Quick Shot

There are currently 80 graduate students and 43 undergraduates at LLE. Shown is Debra Saulnier positioning a sample with the materials lab’s NMR instrument. Debra has worked at LLE while attending the University’s undergraduate program and is currently a doctoral candidate in the Chemical Engineering Department. Her work includes the synthesis of photoactive chiral and non-chiral near-IR transition-metal complexes and photoswitchable liquid crystal alignment layers for device applications in laser systems.