he/him Princeton University 2nd Year Undergraduate Student Roy was born and raised in Northern Virginia. He is studying chemistry at Princeton University as an undergraduate student. As part of the Chemistry REU program, Roy worked in the Stache lab under Megan Matter on direct thermal amidation utilizing photothermal agents. In his free time, Roy enjoys…

she/her Rutgers University – Camden 4th Year Undergraduate Student Leana is an undergraduate student attending Rutgers University – Camden, where she is studying biochemistry with a minor in mathematics. At Rutgers, she works under Dr. Salas-de la Cruz optimizing cellulose nanocrystals using ionic liquids to develop novel materials. She joined the Stache lab for the…