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Hometown: Pune, India
Education: BS and MS in Chemistry, IISER Mohali (2022) Vedang is from Pune, India, and received his bachelor's and master's degrees in Chemistry from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali (IISER Mohali) in 2022. For his master's project, Vedang joined Dr. Sanchita Sengupta's group at IISER Mohali where he worked on organic photovoltaics. Vedang joined the Aprahamian group in the fall of 2022. In his spare time, he enjoys playing tennis, listening to rock music, and nerding out over sports trivia. |
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Hometown: Bhubaneswar, India
Education: BS and MS in Chemistry, IISER Kolkata (2022) Shefali is from Bhubaneswar, India, and received her bachelor's and master's degrees in Chemistry from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata (IISER Kolkata) in 2022. She joined Dr. Suman De Sarkar's group at IISER Kolkata for her master's project, focusing on visible light-mediated photoredox catalysis. In the fall of 2022, Shefali joined the Aprahamian group. Outside of the lab, she enjoys traveling, binge-watching web series and writing. |
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Hometown: Las Vegas, NV, the United States
Education: BS Biochemistry, Saint Mary’s College of California Brandon is from Las Vegas, NV and received his baccalaureate in biochemistry in 2014. While studying at Saint Mary’s College of California, he worked in the lab of Dr. Jeffrey Sigman studying the kinetics and modification of the metalloenzyme, Thimet Oligopeptidase. He also spent time in the lab of Dr. Mark Lingwood researching supramolecular interactions of polyelectrolyte complexes and their potential as future drug delivery vehicles. In fall of 2020, Brandon joined the Aprahamian group. Outside of the lab, he enjoys reading old literature, running, rewatching The Office, and occasionally playing video games. |
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Hometown: Shanghai, China
Education: BSc in Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology (2019) Heyifei is from Shanghai (China) and received his bachelor's degree from Southern University of Science and Technology in 2019. During his undergraduate studies, Heyifei joined the group of Prof. Jing Xu in his freshmen year where he worked on the total synthesis of natural products. In 2019, Heyifei joined the Aprahamian group in the Autumn of 2019. In his spare time, Heyifei enjoys playing cards and traveling. |
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Hometown: New York City, New York
Education: BA Hunter College at CUNY (2019) Daniil is originally from Russia, but he spent significant part of his life in New York City. He received his Bachelor degree in Chemistry from Hunter College in 2019. For his undergraduate research, Daniil joined the Braunschweig Group at the Advanced Science Research Center. During that time Daniil worked on developing supramolecular polymers for organic wearable electronics. He joined the Aprahamian Group in the summer of 2019. In his spare time, he enjoys long distance bike rides and reading about history. |
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