Nejc and Max did an excellent job presenting their research at the ACS National Meeting in Atlanta. Hoping for a more normal conference experience next time!

The end of the summer research season has arrived, but not before our first in person group photo outside the Amherst College Science Center! So proud of the students hard Read More …

Excited to begin our 8 week summer research season with two new members, Frida and Sonja, as well as returning members, Nejc, Troy, Autumn, Hasham, and Max!

Check out the article here: New Grant Funds Student-Faculty Research on Alternative Energy

We have hit ground running this semester with five students in the lab and weekly zoom meetings. We also welcome new member, Troy Colleran 22′.

We have wrapped up research for the fall semester as students head home for the winter break. But that didn’t stop us from having one last virtual group meeting, with Read More …

The Olshansky lab is happy to announce that we have received an Undergraduate New Investigator Grant from the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund (ACS PRF). We will be studying Read More …

Nejc made some fluorescent orange quantum dots, then added some zinc and they became fluorescent blue! Research is off to a colorful start.

The group has grown! We will have four students working in the lab this semester, and one working remotely. Excited to make some quantum dots.

Lab renovations are nearly complete. The lab space is eagerly waiting to be equipped with a glovebox and a variety of other equipment.