Lab Members
Principle Investigator
Dr. Michael J. Enright
Chemistry
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Michael Enright received his A.B. in chemistry from Ripon College in 2014 and his Ph.D in Inorganic Chemistry from the University of Washington with the guidance of Professor Brandi Cossairt. He accomplished his postdoctoral research with Ralph Nuzzo at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign from 2019-2021.
Undergraduate Research Assistants
Fay Harris
Chemistry
Fay Harris is a junior at San Francisco State University pursuing a BS in chemistry, a minor in music, and a minor in the classics. She feels very passionate about quantum dots. In her free time, she teaches classical piano and reads historical romance novels.
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Fay is a Genentech Undergraduate Fellow!
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Gabi Vazquez
Biology
Gabi Vazquez is a senior at San Francisco State University majoring in Biology with a big interest in all sciences. She is pursuing a future in the medical field with the target to give back to her community. In her free time, she enjoys being a part of the outdoors hiking as well as exploring new food locations.
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Gabi is an NIH-URISE Fellow!
Jonah Glass-Hussain
Chemistry
Jonah Glass-Hussain is a senior at San Francisco State University majoring in Chemistry. Jonah is exploring selective CO2 reduction to C2+ products on copper nanocrystals and is an expert SEM user. In his free time, he enjoys playing video games.
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Jonah is a funded summer research assistant!
Robert Lam
Biochemistry
Robert Lam is a senior at San Francisco State University majoring in Biochemistry. He is exploring CO2 reduction on ordered copper lattices to control product selectivity. During his free time, he hikes, watches anime, and plays video games.
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Robert is a Genentech Undergraduate Fellow!
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Marcello Garbo
Chemistry
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Marcello Garbo is a junior at San Francisco State University majoring in Chemistry. He is investigating synthetic routes to near-infrared emissive quantum dots using non-toxic reactants. Outside of the lab, he likes to garden and eat hummus.
Marcello is an NIH-URISE Fellow and McKenney Scholar!
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Chloe Peak
Chemistry
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Chloe Peak is a junior at San Francisco State University pursuing a BS in Chemistry. Fueled by a fascination with the atomic building blocks that make up our universe, she plans on pursuing graduate studies in Chemistry. She researches photocatalysis using quantum nanoparticles.
Chloe is a Genentech Undergraduate Fellow!
Emilio Aguilar
Chemistry
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Emilio Aguilar is a senior at San Francisco State University pursuing a BS in Chemistry.
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Emilio is a Bjokquist Scholar!
Former Members
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Catie Bodinger
Chemistry
Materials Science
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Catie Bodinger is a graduate student at the University of Washington. As an undergraduate at Western Washington University, she majored in chemistry and minored in materials science. Catie investigated quantum dots for photocatalysis. Catie earned a Materials Science in Extreme Environments undergraduate research award from the University Research Alliance (URA) in collaboration with the Hopkins Extreme Materials Science Institute (HEMI) and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and conducted research at the Applied Sciences Laboratory of Washington State University. She is a Hambly Research Scholar and won the Outstanding Inorganic Student Achievement Award and the Outstanding Analytical Student Achievement Award.
Duck Carnahan
Chemistry
Mathematics
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D. Michael "Duck" Carnahan is a graduate student at Stony Brook Univesity in New York. He graduated from Western Washington University in 2023. At WWU, Duck investigated the kinetics of selenium nanoparticle growth and anisotropic nanorod elongation in semiconductor nanocrystals. Prior to attending WWU, he was a physics major at Peninsula College where he also assisted in labs and tutored STEM majors with learning disabilities. He has a vested interest in STEM education and studying thermodynamics.
Grace Himka
Biochemistry
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Grace Himka graduated from Western Washington University in 2023 with a BS in Biochemistry at Western Washington University. She is a Joseph and Karen Morse Endowed Research Fellow investigating anisotropy in nanomaterials to improve photocatalysis. She hopes to pursue veterinarian school or research after graduating in the Spring of 2023. In her free time, she enjoys painting and spending time outdoors.
Gayatri Kundassery
Biochemistry
Gayatri Kundassery is an undergraduate at the University of Washington. She has the intention of a BS in Biochemistry with a minor in Climate Science. She has been a musician since the earliest of her memories - singer, campfire guitarist, and harmonium player. She is also a passionate member of AYUDH, a youth service movement focusing on aiding environmental and social issues. Forever in love with nature and everything magical, including chemistry.
Jenai Simons
Chemical Engineering
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Jenai Simons is a senior in the chemical engineering program at UC-Berkeley. She investigated rates of photocatalysis using molecular probes as an NSF-REU fellow in 2022. Outside of the lab, Jenai works at bricks 4 Kidz and is excellent at decorating with stickers.
Former ACS Seed Students
Alina Liu
Lowell High School​
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Aiden Zhang
Galileo Academy of Science of Technology
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