About the Brothers
Maryalice Ball
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Chemical Engineering
Maryalice is a recent Alumni still active in the Rochester area. Maryalice joined Alpha Chi Sigma in spring 2019 because she wanted to join a group of people that supported each other but were all unique and celebrated those differences. She currently serves as the Alumni Secretary. Maryalice enjoys that in chemical engineering she has the ability to scale up processes that occur in lab to help people in a global scale. Go Bills!
Peyton Frohlich
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Chemical Engineering
Peyton is a fourth year chemical engineering major. He joined Alpha Chi Sigma in spring 2022 and is the Health and Safety Officer. Peyton's favorite aspect of chemistry is that it offers answers to so many questions, much like physics. Peyton loves asking thought provoking questions in order to get to know the people around him better. He has a very extensive board game collection.
Mynard Pease
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Applied Mathematics
Mynard is a fourth year applied mathematics major. He was previously a chemistry major. Mynard joined Alpha Chi Sigma in fall 2022. He is the Master of Ceremonies. Mynard enjoys the geometry and structures in chemistry. He likes the way three-dimensional structures interact with each other.
Alyssa Abbe
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Biotechnology and Molecular Bioscience
Alyssa is a second year biotechnology and molecular bioscience major. She picked silver as her metal and favors reptilian pets.
McKenzie Watts
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Biotechnology and Molecular Bioscience
McKenzie is a third year biotechnology and molecular bioscience major. She serves as the Historian and Community Service Chair. She chose silver as her metal and hopes to someday develop treatments for genetic disorders via genetic engineering. She enjoys reading classic books, watercolor painting and learning to crochet.
Emily Ruddell
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Chemistry
Emily is a fourth year chemistry major. She joined Alpha Chi Sigma in fall 2021. Emily is currently the Master Alchemist. Her favorite aspect of chemistry is analytical chemistry. She enjoys the balance between math, chemistry, and biology.
Mary Emily Visingard
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Biochemistry
Mary Emily is a third year biochemistry major. She joined Alpha Chi Sigma in fall 2022 in order to connect with people who shared commons interests and goals. Mary Emily is the Treasurer and Co-Cyberalchemist. Mary Emily's favorite part of chemistry is organic chemistry and the interactions that atoms have with each other. Mary Emily spends most of her time in her organic synthesis research lab.
Matt Henry
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Chemistry
Matt is a fourth year chemistry major. He joined Alpha Chi Sigma in fall 2022 and is the current Social Chair. Matt joined Alpha Chi Sigma in order to be in a community of like-minded individuals with common interests. Matt's favorite part of chemistry is research. He enjoys seeing how many courses and concepts are applicable when hes working in lab. Matt also is a huge pirate metal fan.
Em Scheuer
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Chemistry
Em is a second year chemistry major. They chose Iron as their metal and joined Alpha Chi Sigma to find a great group of people who shared a passion for chemistry. They hope to use their degree to work in the forensics field and currently work in Dr. Eddingsass’ lab, doing research on plastics in local waterways and sewer systems.
Sophie Quail
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Biotechnology and Molecular Bioscience
Sophie is a third year biotechnology and molecular bioscience major. She is currently the Professional Chair and Public Relations Chair. She chose silver as her metal and enjoys social media and music.
Kaia Morgan Ambrose
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they/them/theirs
Packaging Science BS
Materials Science and Engineering MS
Kaia is a fourth year packaging science major, staying an additional year for materials science. She is currently the Reporter, Recorder, and Co-Cyberalchemist. Her focuses are in organic and polymer synthesis, and she is currently working on biomaterials for regenerative medicine.
Andrew Morris
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Sustainable Engineering MS
Andrew Morris is a second year sustainable engineering student. He graduated with a bachelors in packaging science in 2022. He joined Alpha Chi Sigma in Fall 2018 to meet others with an interest in chemistry. Andrew is the Vice Master Alchemist. His favorite branch of chemistry is polymer chemistry.
Will Warnock
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Chemical Engineering
Will is a fifth year chemical engineering major. He joined Alpha Chi Sigma in spring 2020 to be with like minded people and to be in a network of people who enjoy chemistry. Will loves chemistry because "it's literally magic". He finds it fascinating that we can synthesize chemicals from molecules that can't be seen with the naked eye.
Sarah Wier
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Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Sarah is a second year bioinformatics and computational biology major. She chose Mercury as her metal and plays varsity soccer at RIT.
Richard Bouck
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Biochemistry
Richard is a second year biochemistry major. He chose Mercury as his metal and enjoys Taylor Swift. He also gave the Brothers a wonderful PowerPoint presentation on his thoughts of Hocus Pocus during Fall 2022 as a Pledge in Training.
Dillan Hatch
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Biotechnology and Molecular Bioscience
Dillan is a third year biotechnology and molecular bioscience major. He chose tin as his metal and enjoys reading and playing video games. He is researching antibiotic-producing bacteria.