Van received his Bachelor of Science in chemistry from Furman University. At Furman, he worked as a research assistant under Dr. Lauren Jarocha and Dr. Christian Kerpal. There he studied donor-acceptor radical pair mechanisms and their involvement in bird magnetoreception. His main focus was studying mixed catanionic surfactant systems and their ability to force prolonged spin coherence between magnetically generated radical pairs. Outside of the laboratory, Ivan loves to play sports, especially badminton and basketball and is an avid baker and cook. Ivan is now pursuing his PhD at Florida State University and is excited to join the Hill group.
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