Woods Lab Members

Dr. Mark Woods

Associate Professor of Chemistry
Ph.D. | Durham University, 1998
TMS Research Fellow, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 1999

503-725-8238
mark.woods@pdx.edu

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Abigail Donkor

PhD Candidate

Abigail Donkor is a second year PhD student. Before joining the Woods group,she was involved in: Investigating secondary metabolites in underutilized seeds and fruits to address malnutrition in Africa and promote good health in line with the SDG’s. She holds a BSc Honors Degree in Chemistry from KNUST, in Ghana. Currently she is investigating how cellular water exchange can be used as an MRI diagnostic tool/Cancer biomarker by exploring the Relaxation domain of NMR. In her spare time, Abigail loves to volunteer, sing and host events.

Charlene Kupara

PhD Candidate

Charlene Kupara (she/her) is a PhD candidate at Portland State University. She holds a Bachelor of science Honors Degree in Chemistry from the University of Zimbabwe. Before joining the Woods Research Group as a PhD student in 2020, she was a Quality Control Chemist at the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ). Her research is focused on studying and understanding lanthanide chelates with respect to MRI contrast agents.