Elisa completed her undergraduate studies in Chemistry in Siena, and got her PhD in Computational Chemistry in Marseille in 2018. She was a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford (USA) in the Martínez group for four years, prior to joining the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Department of Chemistry in 2023.

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LIKES: track&field, pets, white tea
DISLIKES: pineapple on pizza, the middle seat, cucumbers

Kiriko completed her undergraduate studies at International Christian University in Tokyo, Japan in 2019. She got her PhD in Computational Chemistry under the supervision of Prof. David Beratan at Duke University in 2025.

LIKES: Puppy play date, rocks and minerals, archery for non-hunting purposes
DISLIKES: Unreliable public transportation

Lefteris completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Athens, Greece. He then moved to Rhode Island to get his Ph.D. at Brown University under the supervision of Richard Stratt.

LIKES: coffee, triathlon, dogs

DISLIKES: cake donuts, the person who invented them

Kaiyi completed his undergraduate study in Physics at the University of Hong Kong. Then, he got a master’s degree in Physics at Stony Brook University, SUNY, under the supervision of Prof. Cyrus Dreyer. Kaiyi enjoys watching and playing football, gaming, reading, and cooking in his free time.

LIKES: NFL games, Arknights, fishes, Chinese traditional literature
DISLIKES: 8 am classes, foods being too sweet

Noureen completed her undergraduate studies in Chemical Engineering at Lafayette College. She worked in clinical trial design for three years before returning to academia for her master's in Biophysics at Rutgers University under the supervision of Grace Brannigan.

LIKES: hiking, coffee, spicy foods
DISLIKES: 8 am classes, pickles, snow

Janis completed his undergraduate studies in Chemistry at Rutgers University.

LIKES: Foxes, World of Warcraft, Cucumbers
DISLIKES: exercises left for the reader, peanut butter

Conner completed his undergraduate studies at UNC Chapel Hill.

LIKES: Star Wars, motorcycles, electric guitar
DISLIKES: wheelbarrows, the letter zeta

Kiichi completed his undergraduate studies in Chemistry at Keio University, Japan.

LIKES: Baseball, jazz, sleep
DISLIKES: US customary units, the fact that baseball is no longer popular in the US

Minghui completed her undergraduate study in Materials Science and Engineering at Central South University, China. She then obtained her master’s degree in Applied Physics at the City University of Hong Kong under the supervision of Prof. Liang Dai.

LIKES: movies, staying up late, mango
DISLIKES: early morning classes, mushrooms

Hi! I'm a sophomore undergraduate at UNC majoring in Biochemistry and minoring in Neuroscience. I am from San Francisco, California and enjoy listening to music while driving!

LIKES: asian food, cats and Formula 1

DISLIKES: bugs, early mornings and avocados

Eli is a junior undergraduate biochemistry major and math minor from Boston, MA. Outside of studying, he also enjoys cooking, lifting, and watching movies.

LIKES: Chicken parm, cats, & Christopher Nolan films

DISLIKES: Leg day & slow walkers

Clare is a junior student at Cary Academy with a passion for science and music.

LIKES: plushies, opera, smell of freshly printed paper, anime

DISLIKES: soda, being too clean, loud places