Ann-Lee is diving head first into her academic, research, and professional endeavors! Amongst her classes, she's excited to continue her Instrumental Analysis course to learn more skills that can translate well into her research. Conducting research over the past two summers has opened up opportunities such as the MIT ACCESS ... read more

It feels like classes just started, but junior year has already gone into full swing for Lana. She has been very excited to experience new courses, labs, and, of course, to get back into research! While the end of summer provided her with some new developments in the QCM project, ... read more

Another summer of research is coming to a close, but not before we reach some important milestones. Our team of high school student researchers from Notre Dame Cristo Rey High School - Donnie, Melannie, Isabela, and Lee - did amazing work last week and shared their successes, challenges, and fun ... read more

It has been an exciting week in the GRAB Lab! On Monday, we welcomed new friends to the group - a fantastic group of four high school students from Notre Dame Cristo Rey high school, led by Dr. Gian Grant. Melannie, Donnie, Isabella, and Lee are learning about chemistry research ... read more

Who are these amazing research students who are in the lab this summer, doing awesome chemistry research, writing fun and engaging blog posts? Good question! It is time to get to know our Summer 2026 researchers, members of the GRAB Lab team, a little better. Describe your research project in ... read more

Congrats to Georgia Kazis and Hailey Young and the entire GRAB Lab research team on our new publication in ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering! It was a lot of fun to return to work with DNA origami and to make practical use of it in preparing heirarchical structures for calcium ... read more

This is Moji's first summer research and she is investigating the fluorescence in polymeric carbon dots.  After synthesizing PCDs from citric acid and urea, she made an unexpected discovery during the purification process of dialysis. The dialysis solution was supposed to be only waste products but turned out to be ... read more

Ann-Lee has now entered her second year of research. This past month has gone smoothly, and she has definitely enhanced her analytical chemistry skills. From calibration curves to DNA attachment, you can say her results have an R^2 value of 0.999! She's excited to wrap up this summer with getting ... read more

Rob is starting his first summer of research, rising to the challenge and learning new things. So far, his work is focused on synthesizing and analyzing tiopronin gold nanoparticles, attaching different molecules to the surface to enhance their properties and changing their charge. So far he has faced the unique ... read more

The change in seasons marks the end of Lana’s sophomore school year and the start of her second summer of full-time research. Although the weather outside hasn’t fully caught up to the summer memo yet, Lana has already been diving headfirst into her research. In only the first few weeks, ... read more

Georgia is beginning her final summer of research, which feels especially bittersweet as she reflects on everything she has accomplished in the lab. The GRAB Lab’s most recent paper, featuring the work she has contributed over the past two years, is currently under review, while she has already moved on ... read more

Summer is here and research is back! It feels good to put the school year behind us and to focus firmly on the experiments ahead. We have a great group of experienced returning researchers along with some new additions to the group. Welcome to Georgia, Lana, Ann-Lee, Rob, and Moji! ... read more

Who needs a beaker mug with the GRAB Lab logo? The seniors do! We want to send a huge thank you to Gwyn, Ellie, Noah, and Donald for their leadership, contributions, and guidance in research, chemistry, and life this semester. You have been awesome and you're now off to exciting ... read more

Congrats to all members of the GRAB Lab - experienced professionals and new members of the group - on awesome success this academic year. You've all worked hard to move research projects forward, learned some great chemistry, and had fun along the way. A special congrats to Gwyn Gagnon who ... read more

As Gwyn returns from ACS Spring 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia, she is reminiscing on the great talks she went to, the connections she made, the communicating science she did, and the places she visited. Her favorite destination in Atlanta, besides the conference center, of course, was the Georgia Aquarium, where ... read more