Aiden Ward
Undergraduate Student (Class of 2025)
Aiden (they/them) is a first-year graduate student who started working in the Partridge Group in August 2022 as an undergrad. They grew up in North Olmsted, OH. Their work in the Partridge Group revolves around the synthesis of novel nucleobases and PNAs and investigating their self-assembly with native nucleobases and nucleic acids through non-covalent interactions. When they’re not in the lab or in class, they like to play video games, watch YouTube videos, and read.
Education
2025 – B.S. Biological Sciences: Biochemistry Track
Awards and Honors
2024 – Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF), ACS Division of Organic Chemistry
2023 – Schwartz Discover Grant, University of Rochester