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Principle Investigator<\/strong>: Linda S. Shimizu<\/strong>\"\" \u00a0
Professor
NIH Post-doctoral Fellow Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ph. D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1997
B. A. Wellesley College, 1990<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Graduate Students: \u00a0 We currently have funding for 2-3 new students to join our efforts. \u00a0Positions available for this summer. \u00a0 <\/strong>Please apply to the graduate program and contact Dr. Shimizu for more information. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Vaibhavi Samant <\/strong><\/div>\r\n
2023 – Present<\/div>\r\n
B. Sc., Sathaye College<\/div>\r\n
M.Sc. University of Mumbai, India<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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Kazi Md Zubaer<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

2024 – Present<\/p>\r\n

B.S. & M.S. University of Dhaka, Bangladesh<\/p>\r\n

M.Sc. Ball State University<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n

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Undergraduate and Visiting Students:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

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Contact Dr. Shimizu if you are interested in joining our research projects.<\/p>\r\n

Izzie Rushton<\/strong> – Senior, doing a thesis on the kinetic assembly of terphenyl bis-urea macrocycles using UV-vis spectroscopy<\/p>\r\n

Paras Srivastava<\/strong> – Senior, doing a thesis on the synthesis of phenylethynylene bis-urea macrocycles and probing reactions in crystals.<\/p>\r\n

Nicole Craft<\/strong> – Sophomore, gaining experience in monitoring supramolecular assembly using temperature-dependent absorption studies.<\/p>\r\n

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Anna Cully<\/strong> – Sophomore, gaining experience in synthesis and prediction of molecules binding with proteins by docking studies. \u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Joshua Parsons<\/strong> – Senior, gaining experience in docking small molecules with LY6K and learning synthetic techniques.<\/p>\r\n

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