Prachi Priya
priya6 at illinois dot edu
1st Year Graduate Student, Materials Divison
Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
M.S. Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 2025
B.S. Chemistry, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, 2022
Biography: Prachi is a native of Gaya, Bihar, India. She completed her master’s degree in chemistry at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, and is currently a doctoral student at the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign, where she joined the Snyder group in Fall 2025. Her research includes studying cobalt-containing zeolite systems, such as Co-BEA, to understand their spectroscopic and reactive properties. Outside the lab, she enjoys watching cricket, playing table tennis, learning the ukulele, and listening to Bollywood music.