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

Greg completed his undergraduate studies at Rochester Institute of Technology in 2018. He went on to receive his PhD in Chemistry under the direction of Elena Jakubikova at North Carolina State University in 2023.

LIKES: Arsenal F.C., sand cats, golfing
DISLIKES: brutalist architecture, city driving, loose change (coins)

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

Madeline completed her undergraduate studies in Chemistry at The University of Alabama. Madeline enjoys cooking, baking, and drawing.

LIKES: Sweaters, Studio Ghibli Movies, Random Smiles
DISLIKES: Wet Socks, Seafood, Mosquito Bites

Janis completed his undergraduate studies in Chemistry at Rutgers University.

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

Shaena is a junior undergraduate student from Oak Ridge, NC majoring in biochemistry and minoring in neuroscience.  In her free time she enjoys painting, baking, and watching football and basketball.

LIKES: the color yellow, cats, candles

DISLIKES: pancakes, sand, afternoon classes

Ding is a sophomore undergraduate from Winston Salem, NC majoring in chemistry. In his free time he enjoys going to the gym and watching Youtube.

LIKES: Clash of Clans, Peach Vibe Celsius

DISLIKES: unskippable ads