Bio: Casey enjoys reading, graphic design, and watching reality television. You would probably want her on your R House trivia team as a pop culture expert.
Project: Release and transformation of additives from plastics
Caroline Anastasia
B.Sc. in Chemistry: University of Connecticut, 2019
Contact: canasta2@jhu.edu
Bio: In her free time, Caroline enjoys watching college basketball (go Huskies!), crocheting, laying in the sun, and hanging out with friends and family
Project: Caroline is a member of the NSF Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology (CSN), where she is studying how nanoparticles interact with model plant cell wall surfaces. Outside of the CSN, Caroline is looking at how microplastics and their additives are taken up and metabolized by plants
Savannah Phillips
B.Sc. in Chemistry: Virginia Tech, 2020
B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering: Virginia Tech, 2020
Contact: sphill69@jhu.edu
Project: Modification of plant-derived nanoglycogen for applications in sustainable agriculture
Patrick Eckhert
B.Sc. in Chemistry: Northern Arizona University, 2020
Contact: peckher1@jhu.edu
Project: Electron Stimulated Surface Reactions of Organometallic Precursors
Elias Buurma
B.A. in Chemistry: Middlebury College, 2021
Contact: ebuurma1@jhu.edu
Project 1: Integrating Phosphorous in Biodegradable Polymers for Sustainable Agriculture
Project 2: How Phthalates in Microplastics are taken up by Plants
