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Akira Brown

Jan 17, 2023

Akira Brown

Akira is a sophomore at North Carolina State University and is currently obtaining her undergraduate degree in chemistry. She is planning to pursue a career in the forensics field, specifically as a postmortem toxicologist.  

Melina Kanelos

Jan 17, 2023

Melina Kanelos

Alexis Owens

Jan 17, 2023

Alexis Owens

Evie Brooks

Jan 17, 2023

Evie Brooks

BS in Polymer and Color Chemistry 

Garrett Welch

Jan 12, 2023

Garrett Welch

Samantha Saunders

Jan 12, 2023

Samantha Saunders

Yixin Liu

Jan 12, 2023

Dr. Yixin Liu

Yixin Liu is a PhD in Fiber and Polymer Science. He graduated in april 2020. He received his MS degree in 2016 majoring in Textile Chemistry from Wilson College of Textiles, NC State University. His MS research topic was “Dimerization of Heterobifunctional Reactive Dyes”. He started his PhD study since 2016 at Wilson College of Textiles,… 

Sam Frisco

Jan 12, 2023

Sam Frisco

Stephanie Atkinson

Jan 12, 2023

Stephanie Atkinson

Stephanie is an undergraduate student studying Polymer and Color Chemistry with a minor in Biological Sciences. She is researching azo dye photodegradation under the supervision of and carrying on the legacy from Ciera Cipriani. Stephanie does molecular modeling under Dr. Melissa Pasquinelli with experimental data gathered when working under Dr. Vinueza. Stephanie uses microfluidics and… 

Yawen Wang

Jan 11, 2023

Yawen Wang

Yawen finished her undergraduate degree in Jiangnan University and entered NC State as a member of 3+x program. Her research focuses on the dyeing performance of disperse dyes under alkaline condition in Jiangnan University. Now she is working on her Master’s degree under the direction of Dr. Nelson Vinueza. Her current research involves using Time-Of-Flight Mass…