People
Principal Investigator

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. Xiaochen Tan
Project: 3D-SMART, protein corona
PhD in Chemistry, 2022
Duke University
B.S. Chemistry, 2016
Shandong University
Graduate Students
Chen Zhang
Project: 3D-SMART, information-efficient microscopy
B.S. Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2017
Tsinghua University


Shawn Yu
Project: 3D-SMART & Chemical Imaging, single-polymer growth
B.S. Chemistry, 2017
Peking University
Stacey Niver
Project: 3D-SMART, single-molecule tracking in complex environments
B.S. Chemistry, B.S. Neuroscience, 2018
University of Alabama at Birmingham


Yuxin Lin
Project: Single-virus tracking
B.S. Pharmacy, 2020
Zhejiang University
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. Chemical Biology, 2022
Xiamen University
Undergraduate Students
Taylor Parker
Project: Single-molecule tracking in complex environments
Class of 2024

Alumni
Postdoctoral Researchers


PhD Students


Dr. Courtney Johnson
2015-2022
Currently: Postdoc with Dr. Hari Shroff at HHMI Janelia Research Campus
Undergraduate Students



Class of 2020

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Class of 2018

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Class of 2019
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