Bio
Emari Mann earned a BS in Biochemistry from her family’s alma mater, and the first HBCU in South Carolina, Claflin University. In summer 2022 she worked in the lab of Professor Catherine Grimes, in collaboration with the lab of Professor April Kloxin as a fellow in the University of Delaware NSF CHARM REU program. She focused on synthesizing large muropeptide fragments on an automated peptide synthesizer to establish the utility of automated solid phase peptide synthesis. As a PREP scholar she will work in Dr. Theanne Griffith’s lab.