Arielle C. Mensch
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
Lafayette College

 

Office: 228 Hugel Science Center
Lab: 221 Hugel Science Center
Phone: 610-330-3380
E-mail: menscha@lafayette.edu
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Prof. Mensch graduated from St. John Fisher College in Rochester, NY in 2012 and then decided to gradually move west. She completed her Ph.D. in Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2017 under the direction of Prof. Robert Hamers and as part of the interdisciplinary, multi-institution Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology. While at Wisconsin, she studied the interactions of nanomaterials with supported lipid bilayers, a model for cellular membranes. Following her Ph.D. work, she was a postdoctoral research associate with Dr. Galya Orr at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). While at PNNL, she used correlative super-resolution fluorescence microscopy and atomic force microscopy to study the interactions of nanomaterials and trout gill epithelial cells. In her free time, Prof. Mensch, loves college sports (Go Badgers!), board games, and hanging out with friends and family.

Current Group Members:

Vince DeMaria ’26

Belle Allen ’26

Ivan Tejada ’27

Past Group Members:

Sydney Weibel ’25 (Current: Research Assistant at Yale University)

Angela Tsai ’26

Anna Silver ’25 (Current: Pursuing PhD in Chemistry at Old Dominion University)

Makenna Miller ’25 (Current: seeking employment)

Emily Kessler ’25 (Current: Research assistant at Rutgers RWJ Medical School)

Abrienne Biondo ’24 (Current: Pursuing nursing school at Moravian University)

Anna DiFelice, ’24 (Current: Pursuing PhD in Chemistry at University of Michigan)

Chris Yoler ’24 (Current: Pursuing PhD in Chemistry at Mississippi State University)

Elizabeth Good, ’22 (Current: Program Lead for the Photochemical Assessment Monitoring Stations (PAMS) network at the EPA)

Carie Feigeles, ’22 (Current: Pursuing PhD in Materials Science and Engineering at Clemson University)