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Congratulations, Dr. Kayla Hess!

Graduate student Kayla Hess successfully defended her PhD thesis, titled “Developing new approaches to understanding peptide secondary structure and aggregation via two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy.” She will be starting a postdoc at the FDA.

Posted by on February 16, 2024 in Student Achievements


Lauren receives NSF CAREER award

Lauren has received an NSF CAREER award through the Chemical Structure, Dynamics, and Mechanisms A (CSDM-A) program in the Division of Chemistry. This award, titled “CAREER: Understanding Nanoparticle-Induced Changes to Protein Structure,” will provide 5 years of support as the group addresses a critical gap in our understanding of protein-nanoparticle interactions: the detailed surface-induced changes to…

Posted by on January 1, 2024 in News


Congratulations, Dr. Will Weeks!

Graduate student Will Weeks successfully defended his PhD thesis, titled “Developing nonperturbative spectroscopic approaches for characterizing heterogenous ensembles during protein self-assembly.” He will be starting a postdoc in the Biomedical Engineering department at the University of Mississippi.

Posted by on December 6, 2022 in Student Achievements


Congratulations, Dr. Kelsey Webb!

Graduate student Kelsey Webb successfully defended her PhD thesis, titled “Examining Peptide and Protein Structure and Dynamics with Two-Dimensional Infrared Spectroscopy.” She will be starting a position as an analytical chemist at BAE Systems.

Posted by on April 22, 2022 in News


Kayla receives a Molecular Biophysics Training Grant! Congratulations!

Posted by on May 30, 2020 in Student Achievements


The group welcomes undergraduates Aiden, John, and Ian!

Posted by on February 3, 2020 in News


Will presents his research at SERMACS in Savannah, GA!

Posted by on October 20, 2019 in Student Achievements


The group welcomes summer REU students, Nana and Monica!

Posted by on May 27, 2019 in News


Congratulations to our first graduates from the lab, Daniel and Kathryn!

Posted by on May 10, 2019 in News


Congratulations to Amanda for receiving a Vanderbilt Chemical Biology Interface (V-CBI) training grant!

Posted by on May 2, 2019 in News