People
Principal Investigator

Prof. Kevin Welsher
Associate Professor of Chemistry
kevin.welsher (at) duke.edu
2010-2015
Postdoctoral Researcher with Prof. Haw Yang, Dept. of Chemistry, Princeton University
2005-2010
PhD Student with Prof. Hongjie Dai, Dept. of Chemistry, Stanford University
Postdoctoral Researchers

Dr. Yuxin Lin
Project: Single-virus tracking
PhD in Chemistry, 2025
Duke University
B.S. Pharmaceutical Science, 2020
Zhejiang University
Graduate Students
Alexis Johnson
Project: 3D-SMART, top-secret advances in single-molecule tracking
B.S. Biochemistry, 2021
Depaul University


Haoting Lin
Project: Single-virus tracking
B.S. Chemistry, 2022
Xiamen University
Chan Le
Project: 3D-SMART
B.S. Biochemistry, 2023
Regis University


Xinrui Lu
Project: Single-virus tracking
B.S. Chemistry, 2024
Sichuan University
Yubo Wang
Project: Single-polymer growth
B.S. Chemistry, 2024
Nanjing University

Undergraduate Students

Jacob Reinach
Project: Single-polymer growth
Class of 2026
Adam Levin
Project: 3D-SMART
Class of 2028

Alumni
Postdoctoral Researchers


Dr. Dario Conca
2024 Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher
Currently: Postdoc with Dr. Marta Bally at UmeƄ University

PhD Students


Dr. Courtney Johnson
2015-2022
Currently: Postdoc with Dr. Hari Shroff at HHMI Janelia Research Campus
Dr. Xiaochen Tan
2016-2022 (PhD Student)
2022-2023 (Postdoc)
Currently: China Investment Corporation


Dr. Shawn Yu
2017-2024
Currently: The Experimental High School Attached to Beijing Normal University


Undergraduate Students
Class of 2020
Class of 2020
Class of 2020
Class of 2018
Class of 2018
Class of 2019
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