{"id":756,"date":"2023-02-26T22:03:59","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T03:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/partridge\/?page_id=756"},"modified":"2026-04-20T11:28:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T15:28:19","slug":"aiden-ward","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/partridge\/group-members\/aiden-ward\/","title":{"rendered":"Aiden Ward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6432\" src=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/partridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AW-normal-2-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/partridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AW-normal-2-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/partridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AW-normal-2.jpeg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>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\u2019re not in the lab or in class, they like to play video games, watch YouTube videos, and read.<\/p>\n<h6>Education<\/h6>\n<p>2025 \u2013 B.S. Biological Sciences: Biochemistry Track<\/p>\n<h6>Awards and Honors<\/h6>\n<p>2024 \u2013 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF), ACS Division of Organic Chemistry<\/p>\n<p>2023 \u2013 Schwartz Discover Grant,\u00a0University of Rochester<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"parent":356,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-756","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Aiden Ward - Partridge Group<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/partridge\/group-members\/aiden-ward\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Aiden Ward - Partridge Group\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"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&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/partridge\/group-members\/aiden-ward\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Partridge Group\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-20T15:28:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/partridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AW-normal-2.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"360\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"270\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sas.rochester.edu\\\/chm\\\/groups\\\/partridge\\\/group-members\\\/aiden-ward\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sas.rochester.edu\\\/chm\\\/groups\\\/partridge\\\/group-members\\\/aiden-ward\\\/\",\"name\":\"Aiden Ward - Partridge Group\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sas.rochester.edu\\\/chm\\\/groups\\\/partridge\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sas.rochester.edu\\\/chm\\\/groups\\\/partridge\\\/group-members\\\/aiden-ward\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sas.rochester.edu\\\/chm\\\/groups\\\/partridge\\\/group-members\\\/aiden-ward\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sas.rochester.edu\\\/chm\\\/groups\\\/partridge\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/AW-normal-2-300x225.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-02-27T03:03:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-20T15:28:19+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sas.rochester.edu\\\/chm\\\/groups\\\/partridge\\\/group-members\\\/aiden-ward\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/sas.rochester.edu\\\/chm\\\/groups\\\/partridge\\\/group-members\\\/aiden-ward\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sas.rochester.edu\\\/chm\\\/groups\\\/partridge\\\/group-members\\\/aiden-ward\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sas.rochester.edu\\\/chm\\\/groups\\\/partridge\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/AW-normal-2.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sas.rochester.edu\\\/chm\\\/groups\\\/partridge\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/AW-normal-2.jpeg\",\"width\":360,\"height\":270},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sas.rochester.edu\\\/chm\\\/groups\\\/partridge\\\/group-members\\\/aiden-ward\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sas.rochester.edu\\\/chm\\\/groups\\\/partridge\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Group Members\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sas.rochester.edu\\\/chm\\\/groups\\\/partridge\\\/group-members\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Aiden Ward\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sas.rochester.edu\\\/chm\\\/groups\\\/partridge\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sas.rochester.edu\\\/chm\\\/groups\\\/partridge\\\/\",\"name\":\"Partridge Group\",\"description\":\"University of Rochester\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sas.rochester.edu\\\/chm\\\/groups\\\/partridge\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Aiden Ward - Partridge Group","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/partridge\/group-members\/aiden-ward\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Aiden Ward - Partridge Group","og_description":"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&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/partridge\/group-members\/aiden-ward\/","og_site_name":"Partridge Group","article_modified_time":"2026-04-20T15:28:19+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/partridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AW-normal-2.jpeg","width":360,"height":270,"type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/partridge\/group-members\/aiden-ward\/","url":"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/partridge\/group-members\/aiden-ward\/","name":"Aiden Ward - Partridge Group","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/partridge\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/partridge\/group-members\/aiden-ward\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/partridge\/group-members\/aiden-ward\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/partridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AW-normal-2-300x225.jpeg","datePublished":"2023-02-27T03:03:59+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-20T15:28:19+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/partridge\/group-members\/aiden-ward\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/partridge\/group-members\/aiden-ward\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/partridge\/group-members\/aiden-ward\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/partridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AW-normal-2.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/partridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AW-normal-2.jpeg","width":360,"height":270},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/partridge\/group-members\/aiden-ward\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/partridge\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Group Members","item":"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/partridge\/group-members\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Aiden Ward"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/partridge\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/partridge\/","name":"Partridge Group","description":"University of Rochester","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/partridge\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/partridge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/partridge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/partridge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/partridge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/partridge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=756"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/partridge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6442,"href":"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/partridge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/756\/revisions\/6442"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/partridge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sas.rochester.edu\/chm\/groups\/partridge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}