Student Spotlight

Highlighting outstanding graduate students shaping the future of peptide science.

Arina Filatova

Arina Filatova

Undergraduate Student Researcher
Hackeng and Dijkgraaf Groups, Maastricht University

Arina Filatova is a BSc student in Chemical Biology at Maastricht University. Her fascination with biological macromolecules began early in her studies, when she first learned that a protein's three-dimensional …

Mujeeb Wakeel

Mujeeb Wakeel

Ph.D. Candidate
Agarwal Group, Georgia Tech

Mujeeb received his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry in 2019 from Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. In August 2023, he graduated with a Master of Science in Chemistry from …

Caitlin Gare

Caitlin Gare

Ph.D. Candidate
Lara Malins' Lab, Australian National University

Caitlin Gare is a Ph.D. student in Lara Malins' Lab at the Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, ANU, where she works within the Australian Research Council's Centre of …

Yuan Zhao

Yuan Zhao

Final Year Ph.D. Candidate in Chemistry
Weiping Tang Lab, University of Wisconsin at Madison

Yuan Zhao is a Ph.D. candidate in Weiping Tang's laboratory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Pharmacy, where she is developing the chemical tools that could make previously undruggable …

Nassim Maarouf

Nassim Maarouf

Ph.D. Candidate
William Lubell Lab, Université de Montréal

Nassim Maarouf is a Ph.D. candidate and NSERC and FRQNT scholar in Professor Lubell’s laboratory at the Université de Montréal, where his research focuses on solvent-less, supported, and catalytic liquid-phase …

Thu Nguyen

Thu Nguyen

Ph.D. candidate in Chemistry
Paramjit Arora Lab, New York University

Meet Thu Nguyen, a Ph.D. candidate in Chemistry at New York University, conducting her research in the laboratory of Professor, and immediate Past President of APS, Paramjit Arora. Her …

Taylor Dill

Taylor Dill

Fourth-year Ph.D. Candidate
Eileen Kennedy Lab, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Meet Taylor Dill, a Fourth-year Ph.D. Candidate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, researching in the lab of President-Elect, Eileen J. Kennedy. …

Rachita Dash

Rachita Dash

Fifth-year chemistry Ph.D. candidate
Pires Lab, University of Virginia

I came to a chemistry program from a more biology-focused training, said Dash, who is pursuing a doctoral degree in UVA’s Graduate School of Arts & Sciences. Attracted by the …

Daniel Honeycutt

Daniel Honeycutt

Recently completed Ph.D. in Chemistry
Fang Wang Lab, University of Rhode Island

Dr. Daniel Honeycutt recently completed his Ph.D. in chemistry at the University of Rhode Island, where he trained in Professor Fang Wang’s laboratory. Originally educated as a polymer chemist, Dan …

Anjola Adewoye

Anjola Adewoye

Fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in Chemistry
Legleiter Lab, West Virginia University

Anjola Adewoye is a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in Chemistry at West Virginia University, WVU. Her research, conducted in the Legleiter Lab under the mentorship of Dr. Justin Legleiter, focuses on …