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​     Featured: Renna Nouwairi
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​        "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." -Nelson Mandela
Career Goals I plan to teach in some capacity.
Values Work ethic, honesty, and respect.
Hometown Fishersville, Virginia.
Reason for Choosing UVA I was very excited about how interdisciplinary the research is and impressed with how much the students enjoy working with their professors.
Anchi Tsuei
​November, 2018
Graduate student Anchi Tsuei presented her poster entitled, "Automated Microchannel Alignment Using Innate Laser-Induced Fluorescence Signature for Microchip Electrophoresis" at the 22nd International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemical and Life Sciences (uTAS).
Shane Woolf
​June, 2018
Graduate student Shane Woolf presented his poster entitled, "Towards a Fully Automated Centrifugal Microfluidic Device for DNA Purification Using Dynamic Solid Phase Extraction and Novel Laser Actuated Valving" at the 2018 Forensic Analysis of Human DNA Gordon Research Conference (GRC).
Anchi Tsuei
​June, 2018
Graduate student Anchi Tsuei presented her poster entitled, "Rapid Screening of Human Male DNA via Colorimetric Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification" at the 2018 Forensic Analysis of Human DNA Gordon Research Conference (GRC).
Charlie Clark
​June, 2018
Congratulations to Charlie Clark for winning first place overall at the 2018 Forensic Analysis of Human DNA Gordon Research Conference (GRC) for his poster entitled "Improvements in Acoustic Differential Extraction of Sexual Assault Samples". 
Tiffany Layne
​June, 2018
Congratulations to Tiffany Layne for winning third place overall at the 2018 Forensic Analysis of Human DNA Gordon Research Conference (GRC) for her poster entitled "Development of a Novel Isothermal Amplification Panel for Cost Effective and Rapid Body Fluid Identification and Y-Screening". 
Charlie Clark
​May, 2018
Congratulations to Charlie Clark for being awarded the Jefferson Scholars Foundation Dissertation Year Fellowship for 2018. The Jefferson Fellowship is the premier graduate student fellowship offered at the University of Virginia. Jefferson Fellowships are designed to identify Ph.D. candidates who demonstrate outstanding achievement and the highest promise.
Charlie Clark
​April, 2018
Congratulations to Charlie Clark for winning first place at UVA's annual 3 Minute Thesis Competition for his talk entitled "Reducing the Backlog of Sexual Assault Samples".
Dr. Shannon Krauss
​April 20th, 2018
Congratulations to Shannon Krauss, PhD for defending her graduate thesis entitled "Development of Portable Sample In-Answer Out Microfluidic Systems for On-Site Analyte Detection".
Charlie Clark
​July, 2017
Congratulations to Charlie Clark for being featured in Battling the Backlog: Part II in the July 2017 issue of The Analytical Scientist for his work on SONIC, an analytical instrument capable of separating sperm cells from epithelial cell lysate using acoustic force.
​Dr. Brandon Thompson
​April, 2017
Congratulations to Brandon Thompson, PhD for defending his graduate thesis entitled "The Print, Cut, and Laminate Method: Rapid Microfluidic Prototyping for Clinical and Forensic Applications."
​Jacquelyn DuVall
​April, 2017
Congratulations to Jacquelyn DuVall, PhD for defending her graduate thesis entitled "Rapid Systems for Detection of Pathogen and Human Nucleic Acids via Microfluidic Amplification."
Christopher Birch and Brandon Thompson
​March, 2017
Graduate student Brandon Thompson and Postdoc Chris Birch presented their research at the 33rd International Symposium on Microscale Separations and Bioanalysis in Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands.
David Dent
​March, 2017
David Dent is featured in an article for UVA Today in recognition of his excellence as a QuestBridge Scholar.
Shannon Krauss, Charlie Clark & Anchi Tsuei
​March, 2017
Graduate students Shannon Krauss, Charlie Clark, and Anchi Tsuei presented their research at Pittcon's 67th Annual International Conference and Exposition in Chicago, IL.
Charlie Clark
​January, 2017
Charlie Clark travelled to the West Palm Beach Sheriff's Office (PBSO) forensic laboratory for external evaluation of the SONIC system, an analytical instrument capable of separating sperm cells from epithelial cell lysate using acoustic force.  The instrument was also sent to the Mesa Police Department for testing.
Shannon Krauss
​February 8, 2017

Congratulations to Shannon Krauss for winning the 2017 Adam Ritchie Award for most outstanding graduate student in the UVA Chemistry department.