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Current Members

Ian Dwyer

Ian Dwyer

Undergraduate Researcher

Joined Spring 2026
idwyer@unca.edu

Chase Thurman

Chase Thurman

Undergraduate Researcher

Joined Spring 2025
NSF S-STEM Chemistry Scholar
cthurma1@unca.edu

Matt Ellington

Matt Ellington

Undergraduate Researcher

Joined Spring 2026
mellingt@unca.edu

Asher Blackwood

Asher Blackwood

High School Researcher

Joined Summer 2025
Co-mentored with Love Lab
ACS Project SEED Internship
Martin L. Nesbitt Discovery Academy

Emery Stephens

Emery Stephens

Undergraduate Researcher

Joined Spring 2025
estephe2@unca.edu


Lab Alumni

High School Researcher

Daniel Resnick

High School Researcher

Joined Summer 2025
Co-mentored with Love Lab
ACS Project SEED Internship
School of Inquiry and Life Sciences at Asheville

Undergraduate Researcher

Lauren Hoffman

Undergraduate Researcher

Joined Spring 2024
NSF S-STEM Chemistry Scholar/NSF-REU Scholar Summer 2024
Currently a Math/Physic double major at UNCA

lhoffma5@unca.edu

Undergraduate Researcher

Delaney Hennes

Undergraduate Researcher

NSF-REU Scholar Summer 2024
B.S. 25' in Computer Sciencec with a minor in Chemistry from St. Norbert College, WI.

delaneyjeanhennes@gmail.com

Undergraduate Researcher

Luca Antonescu

Undergraduate Researcher

Joined Summer 2025
Co-mentored with Love Lab
Currently a Biomedical Engineering at North Carolina State University

laantone@ncsu.edu

Undergraduate Researcher

Luke Coward

Undergraduate Researcher

Class of 2025, B.S. in Chemistry
Co-mentored with Love Lab
NSF S-STEM Chemistry Scholar
Currently a graduate student at UT Knoxville

lcoward@unca.edu

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