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Manusha Gamage<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

5th<\/sup> Year Graduate Student, Chemistry Department<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Just graduated with a Ph.D.! December 2025<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

M.A. in Chemistry:<\/em> Johns Hopkins University, 2021<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Stella Matutina Ikuzwe<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

5th<\/sup> Year Graduate Student, Chemistry Department<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

SIkuzwe1@JHU.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hometown: Kigali, Rwanda<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M.A. in Chemistry:<\/em> Johns Hopkins University, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

B.A. in Chemistry with Biochemistry Emphasis<\/em>: Macalester College, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stella is studying the role of iodotyrosine deiodinase (IYD) in other invertebrates to see if there is also a correlation between dehalogenation and fertility as the one found in drosophila.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ekroop Cheema<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

5th<\/sup> Year Graduate Student, Chemistry Department<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

ECheema1@JHU.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hometown: Rajpura, Punjab, India<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M.A. in Chemistry:<\/em> Johns Hopkins University, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M.S. in Chemistry<\/em>: Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur<\/p>\n\n\n\n

B.S. in Chemistry<\/em>: Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ekroop is studying how cofactor replacement can manipulate the enzymatic activity of Iodotyrosine Deiodinase (IYD).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Crystal (Yu-Ju) Peng<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

4th<\/sup> Year Graduate Student, Chemistry Department<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

YPeng38@JHU.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hometown: Hsinchu, Taiwan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M.S. in Chemistry<\/em>: National Taiwan University, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

B.S. in Chemistry<\/em>: National Taiwan University, 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crystal is studying azoreductase-sensitive prodrugs. She is currently working on the designs that generate aza-quinone methides (aQMs) as a warhead to target biomolecules in the presence of azoreductase.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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