Tess Teodoro

Olivia "Tess" Teodoro's lifelong interest in water research led her as an undergraduate to the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, which emphasizes water and energy as one of its core research themes. Since then, Tess has conducted research on novel coagulant development in the Zhao Group at Peking University's Department of Environmental Engineering and the functionalization of silica nanoparticles in the Gottlieb Group at Ben-Gurion University's Department of Chemical Engineering. Her current work with Whitney Fowler in the Tirrell Group involves the synthesis and characterization of highly selective peptide amphiphiles for phosphate recycling. Tess will receive her bachelor's degree in molecular engineering (chemical and soft materials) in June 2021.