"Working at Johns Hopkins University has been a wonderful experience. What I love about Johns Hopkins is the cooperation between researchers and departments to make high-impact, cross-disciplinary science happen. I am immersed in a community where everyone around me works on exciting research that truly makes a difference."

Charli Dvoracek is a graduate student researcher in Dr. Peter Searson's lab who works on synthesizing quantum dots, fluorescent nanoparticles, and using the quantum dots to target cancer for treatment. She is involved in the Institute of NanoBioTechnology and received the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. She received her masters degree from Texas A&M University and her undergraduate degree from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.