The Wright Lab @TheWrightLab
We do chemistry and take care of the jellyfish. vanderbilt.edu/AnS/Chemistry/… Nashville, TN Joined November 2012-
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thrilled to see our lab so strongly represented at the @beatmalaria 2022 Leadership Summit! Way to go @drcarsonmoore
Dream Team alert! Megan van der Horst and @carsonpmoore have successfully defended their theses! These two stellar young women entered this lab together and presented their final defenses one day apart! We are so proud of you two and couldn’t be more excited for the future! ❤️
Big news from the Wright lab! Our very own @JDeSousaChem has successfully defended her thesis with an incredible presentation of stellar science, making her a newly minted PhD in Chemistry! Congratulations are in order DOCTOR DESOUSA!
Micaella and Jenna have done a fascinating study on the gold-flow properties of LFAs! Amazing work team! #womeninSTEM
Micaella and Jenna have done a fascinating study on the gold-flow properties of LFAs! Amazing work team! #womeninSTEM
Today’s a big day for Wright Lab publications! The MyCOVIDKey team, led by Dr. Tom Scherr, @JDeSousaChem and @carsonpmoore published some great work with @jmirpub mhealth.jmir.org/2021/3/e24275 publichealth.jmir.org/2021/3/e25859
Excellence doesn’t let even a global pandemic keep it down! @JDeSousaChem absolutely smashing it with her successfully defended Independent Research Proposal! Congratulations Jenna!!
Congrats to Carson Moore and Dr. Thomas Scherr for their newest publication: Evaluating Network Readiness for mHealth Interventions Using the Beacon Mobile Phone App: Application Development and Validation Study in JMIR mHealth and uHealth! mhealth.jmir.org/2020/7/e18413
Congrats to our newest PhD candidate, Jenna DeSousa! 🎉 We can’t think of a more awesome way to round out qualifying season! Andrew even broke out the @Patriots jersey in support (and definitely not because he lost a bet)!
Wright lab reunion alert: Carson (current 4th year graduate student) and Christine (pursuing a post-doctoral appointment at Duke) are both presenting at this week’s Gordon Research Conference and Seminar on Malaria!
So excited for Mindy’s awesome new article!
So excited for Mindy’s awesome new article!
Getting out of the lab for a bit to watch the #USWNT dominate and to celebrate Jenna’s 25th birthday! Nothing like a 3-0 win on your birthday, huh?
Very excited to see Jenna’s talk today! Come check it out!
Very excited to see Jenna’s talk today! Come check it out!
Despite a power outage and several room changes, Carson still managed to pull out a W this qual season! Congrats and enjoy your pink champagne!
Congrats to both our stellar 3MT contestants and a special shout out to Megan for making it into the final round! Great job guys, you’re making us proud!
Live update from the 3MT: Megan is heading to the finals!!
The Wright lab has a strong showing at this year’s 3 minute thesis competition! Loving the creative metaphors and power poses!
Continuing our lab’s #PiDay tradition today with a maple and brown butter chess pie tastefully baked and decorated by Carson! Yum! 🥰
It’s qual season! Congrats to our two newest PhD candidates: Andrew and Megan!!! 🎉🎉🎉 Two exams down, two more to go!

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