Dr. Andria Pace

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

Ph.D., Princeton University, 2025

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).