Abbie Ganas received their bachelor degrees in Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Mathematics, magna cum laude, at West Chester University of Pennsylvania in 2015. During their undergraduate studies, they had received many awards based on scholarship and service, including a full scholarship to WCU and an award for completing over 200 hours of community service by graduation. They also founded a chapter of Gamma Sigma Epsilon, the National Chemistry Honor Society, at WCU, which recognizes the scholarship and leadership abilities of WCU chemistry, biochemistry, and chembio undergraduate students. While there, Abbie researched the fabrication of anodized alumina membranes and anodized titania nanotubes under the guidance of Dr. Kurt Kolasinski. They moved to Seattle in the fall of 2015 to pursue a PhD in Chemistry at the University of Washington first under Dr. Julie Kovacs and second under Dr. Peter Pauzauskie. Their first project was to isolate a small biomimetic key intermediate in the mechanism of oxygen activation. Abbie’s second and current project is to elucidate the rational control of dopants in carbon aerogels for conversion to high pressure high temperature (HPHT) doped nanodiamonds. The properties introduced in these doped nanodiamonds have a myriad of applications, from quantum computing to bioimaging and from magnetrometry to drug delivery for cancer remediation. They also work on studying the pressure dependence of materials that have the ability to laser cool.