Sasha is a transfer student from Schoolcraft Community College. While at Schoolcraft, she gained experience researching metal-organic frameworks at the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor. Here she immediately fell in love with the challenging, yet rewarding, work that research demands. Now working in the Tolbert Lab at UCLA, Sasha’s research focuses on tuning superparamagnetic nanocrystals for use in multiferroic composite materials where magnetism can be fully switched on and off using an applied electric bias. Sasha has always had a deep appreciation for the sciences and strives to share this passion by pursuing a career in academia. She hopes to expand the boundaries of human knowledge and lead research that will contribute to the fight against climate change.