Our Team.

Principle Investigator
Teresa Rapp, PhD
Keeping everyone alive
Trained in Chemistry and Chemical/Bioengineering

PhD Student
Monique Demuth
Photocaging
Organic, Inorganic, and Materials (OIM)
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

PhD Student
Audrey Klein
Photodynamic Biomaterials
Organic, Inorganic, and Materials (OIM)
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

PhD Student
Golnaz Navidi
Photodynamic Biomaterials
Organic, Inorganic, and Materials (OIM)
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

PhD Student
Ben Canter
Photodynamic Biomaterials
Molecular Biology
Department of Biology

PhD Rotation Student
Andi Fox
Photocaging
Organic, Inorganic, Materials
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
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PhD Rotation Student
Liz Hicklin
Photodynamic Biomaterials
Organic, Inorganic, Materials
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
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Undergraduate Researcher
Pearstin Confenti
Photocaging
Biochemistry Major

Undergraduate Researcher
Ella Morris
Phototriggered Cargo Release
Human Physiology Major

Undergraduate Researcher
Jonathan Bouton
Phototriggered Cargo Release
Chemistry Major

Undergraduate Researcher
Fira Suryanata
Photodynamic Biomaterials
Chemistry Major
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Research Assistant
Leah Morzenti
Biomaterials Generation
Dual Chemistry and Anthropology major
Lab Alumni
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Undergrad Researcher 2023-2025
Leah Morzenti
Getting her Master's in Bioinformatics

Master's Intern 2025
Evalyn Smith
Polymer Characterization Master's

Undergrad Researcher 2023-2024
Sydney Williams
Pre-med student, forensic pathology

Undergrad Researcher 2023-2025
Hannah Novak
Master's at UW in Chemistry of Drugs