Members

Favorite quote: *"Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know." -John Keats*

Prof. Alison E. Ondrus

Postdoc: Chemical & Systems Biology, Stanford School of Medicine (JK Chen)
Chemistry, Stanford University (J Du Bois)
PhD: Chemistry, MIT (M Movassaghi)
BSc: Chemistry, University of Alberta (FG West)
Hometown: Edmonton, Canada
email: aondrus@uic.edu

Values

Team

Dr. Yu-Shiuan Cheng
Postdoc
PhD: Case Western (RG Salomon)
Hometown: Kaohsiung, Taiwan
email: yscheng@uic.edu

Favorite quote: *“Let the rest do whatever, while you do whatever it takes.” -Grant Cardone*

Angela Nguyen
PSCI G4
BSc: UC Irvine
Hometown: Orange County, CA
email: anguye98@uic.edu

Favorite quote: *”The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself.”* - Carl Sagan

Sriranjani Srikanth
Chemistry G3
MSc: MAHE, India
Hometown: Chennai, India
email: ssrika4@uic.edu

Favorite quote: *“We all have our own personal mountain range, And there are many people who are climbing the mountain right now. We must tell them not to be discouraged, to keep going.” - Roberto Canessa*

Vander Nguyen
Senior
Biochemistry Major
Hometown: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
email: hnguy53@uic.edu

Favorite quote: *"Yes: I am a dreamer. For a dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world."* –Oscar Wilde

Reshma Adigal
Junior
GPPA Medical Scholar
Hometown: Lincolnshire, IL
email: radiga3@uic.edu

Favorite quote: *“It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.” -Eleanor Roosevelt*

Caleb Hayes
Chemistry G4
BSc: Wheaton College
Hometown: Rockford, IL
email: chayes26@uic.edu

Favorite quote: *“Stop trying to calm the storm. Calm yourself, the storm will pass.”- Buddha*

Nayanthara Ramesh Babu
Chemistry G3
Integrated MSc: NISER, India
Hometown: Kerala, India
email: nrames5@uic.edu

Favorite quote: “Don't let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity. It's your place in the world; it's your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live." - Mae C. Jemison

Haylee Bridge
Chemistry G1
BSc: The Ohio State University
Hometown: Troy, OH
email: hbrid@uic.edu

Favorite quote: *"Work hard in silence, let your success be your noise"* –Frank Ocean

Neil Pinto
Freshman
Public Health Major
Hometown: Aurora, IL
email: npint@uic.edu

Favorite quote: *"It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change."* –Charles Darwin

Andjela Vuckovic
Freshman
College of DuPage
Hometown: Belgrade, Serbia
email: vuckovica1116@dupage.edu

Favorite quote: *"When you really want something, the whole universe conspires in helping you to achieve it." - Paulo Coelho*

Anna Nguyen
PSCI G4
BSc: CSB+SJU
Hometown: Hanoi, Vietnam
email: mnguye96@uic.edu

Favorite quote: *“True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.” - Socrates*

Matt McIntyre
Chemistry G3
BSc: Valparaiso University
Hometown: Colorado Springs, CO
email: mmcint9@uic.edu

Favorite quote: *“A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us.” - Franz Kafka*

Ricky Chen
Senior
GPPA Medical Scholar
Hometown: Chicago, IL
email: rchen64@uic.edu

Favorite quote: *“Nothing has taught me more than being with discomfort. It can be our greatest learning opportunity, and it is also inevitable.”* –Sandra Oh

Hanna Isaac
Sophomore
Chemistry Major
Hometown: Chicago, IL
email: hisaa@uic.edu