Back from paternity leave, our King of Memes and 4th year PhD student, Jason Orlando! *He's also a vet, so not to be messed with
The Sydlik Group at Carnegie Mellon
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
Jason Orlando
Sunday, July 7, 2024
Michelle Wolf
Michelle is a 5th year PhD who's our current resident biology expert!
Wednesday, July 3, 2024
Jessica (Yaxuan) Liu
Next up is undergraduate Jessica Liu who has been working with PhD student Michelle Wolf (intro to come next week) since 2021!
Monday, July 1, 2024
Stella Trickett
Name: Stella Trickett
- Aromatic Peptide Amphiphiles as an Emergency Overdose Treatment
- Adsorption of Common Toxins to Activated Charcoal
Friday, June 28, 2024
Hunter Wood
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Walker Vickery
Up next is our PhD student closest to his defense... meet 5th year PhD student, Walker! (soon to be Dr. Vickery!)
Monday, June 24, 2024
Sebastian Guajardo
Today's researcher hails from Chile and is almost done with his qualifying exams... meet soon to be PhD candidate Sebastian!
Name: Sebastian Guajardo
Hometown: Victoria, Chile
Education/ Experience/ Awards:
· 2012-2018: BS in Chemical Engineering, University of Concepcion, Chile
· 2018-2020: MS in Chemical Engineering, University of Concepcion, Chile
· 2021-2022: Research Assistant, Transformative Biomaterials and Biotechnology Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
· 2023-…: PhD in Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
· Fulbright Scholar (Equal Opportunities Scholarship, Fulbright-ANID, for doctoral studies in the US)
Team Sydlik Member since January 2023.
Research Project: Biomaterials development for heavy metal removal
Favorite thing about CMU/ the Sydlik Group: The people (subject to reassessment)
Least favorite thing about CMU/ the Sydlik Group: Walking from Mellon to Main Campus for material testing during summer. I hate the heat and humidity!
Favorite thing to do in Pittsburgh: Just explore and try new activities in the city. Pittsburgh seems like an interesting place to me.
Fun fact: Soccer is the real football! Anyways… GO STEELERS!