Undergraduate Students

Steven Benson

Steven is improving a portable fluorometer for infield lead detection using LeadGlow. He seeks potential water sources that could contain lead, collects the samples, and measures fluorescence to see if LeadGlow has bound. When Steven is not in the lab, he loves to play soccer and snowboard.

Mark Kibirige

Mark is working on inorganic synthesis projects including the synthesis of the molybdenum cofactor. He is learning the ropes of synthesizing ligands and metal complexes, as well as characterization methods. Mark is an avid league of legends player, and finished last season at Grand Master 600LP as a Yorick main. Mark also loves to watch RDC anime house on YouTube.

Net Mongkonpruthangkoon

Net’s project involves catalytic subunit NapA and electron donating heme NapB. She is working to overexpress these proteins and perform chromatography and spectrophotometric experiments to better understand the dissociation constant of the dimer. Outside of research, Net has a keen interest in sustainability and tries her best to reduce, reuse, recycle, and compost. She is also a food enthusiast, who spends her time cooking and exploring various cuisines in her free time.