Beth is a third-year graduate student working with Ray Schaak. Beth’s hometown is Masontown, PA and she received a B.S. in Chemistry and Forensic Science from the University of New Haven, CT. Her current research involves using bacteriophage M13 and phage display to identify material specific peptides and to probe the degree of specificity that these peptides have for the target material. Beth also enjoys sharing her love of science with younger students through outreach opportunities with various organizations.
Lasse Jensen is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry and has been at Penn State since 2007. The research in his group focuses on developing new theoretical and computational tools for addressing fundamental questions relevant to optical spectroscopy of bio- and nano-systems. They are particularly interested in understanding molecular plasmonics where molecules and metal nanoparticles are combined to give unusual optical properties.