Alyssa Erlenbeck

1st year Graduate Student in Chemistry
alyssaer@umich.edu
Hometown: Hemlock, Michigan

In the Bailey Lab, Alyssa will be working with Ayush to continue developing microfluidic devices and she hopes to use the devices to detect electrolytes, such as sodium.

GET TO KNOW Alyssa

Undergraduate Degree: 2022 B.S. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology from Wayne State University in Detroit, MI

Previous work experience: Analyst at Bureau Veritas, Novi, MI

Favorite food: French fries from McDonald’s and/or Chick-fil-A

Favorite TV shows: Downton Abbey

Favorite sports to watch: Women’s gymnastics during the Olympics

Favorite place visited: St. Maarten

What lab-themed superpower would you like to have? Immediately knowing what is wrong with an instrument!

If you were not doing science, what would you be doing? I’d be working in a community garden for people in cities with no access to grocery stores!

What can people find you doing outside of the lab? Spending time with my cat, watching TV, or going for an evening stroll.