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Dr. Janani Sampath joins PRG from Lisa Hall group

  • July 1, 2018
Janani exercises leadership on the group retreat to San Juan Island, overseeing mallow roasting experiments performed by Arushi and Josh.

This summer, the Pfaendtner Research Group was pleased to welcome postdoctoral researcher Janani Sampath. Janani joins us from the Hall Research Group at the Ohio State University, where she earned her PhD in Chemical Engineering. We are grateful for the initiative and leadership Janani has showed already as our new group manager, and look forward to her forthcoming research impact.

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