#  Ankita Shastri 

PhD Student 2010-2016

 

 

 



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I am a graduate student in the Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department and entered Harvard as a student in Fall 2010. I am originally from Allentown, Pennsylvania but have been around Boston for a while, having graduated from Boston University in Spring 2010 with a degree in Chemistry. I am interested in interdisciplinary research with a variety of applications. While studying at BU, I conducted research in Professor Bjoern Reinhard’s lab, working with artificial lipid bilayer membranes and measuring its diffusional properties. Before working in the Reinhard lab, I also worked for a bit with photocatalytic organic reactions in Professor Corey Stephenson’s lab at BU. Currently in the Aizenberg group, I am working with the actuation of stimuli-responsive hydrogels and its various applications in chemistry, biology, and materials science.

## Awards and honors

J. Philip Mason Memorial Award from Boston University 2010

[View publications in the Aizenberg group](/publications/affiliated-authors/ankita-shastri)



 

 

 





 

 

- ## Member Role
    
     [PhD Graduate](/member-role/phd-graduate)
- ## Member Status
    
     [Alumni](/member-status/alumni)