Andria Pace

B. Sci., University of Illinois- Urbana Champaign, 2020

Andria is from Southern Illinois, right across the river from St. Louis, Missouri. She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign working on palladium-catalyzed cross coupling reactions with Professor M. Christina White. Outside of lab, Andria enjoys playing basketball and volleyball, running, listening to a wide variety of genres of music, and playing with her cats, Piper and Timmy.

Fun Facts

• Andria has a twin sister named Brittany.
• Andria is a counselor for Camp Kesem, a free summer camp for kids who have a parent affected by cancer.
• Andria originally started undergrad wanting to become a high school chemistry teacher, but decided to shift her focus to becoming a professor instead.
• Andria loves cats and dogs equally (a controversial opinion).