Ian Tinsley graduated from UIS in Spring of 2015 with a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry. He decided to pursue a Master’s degree at Eastern Illinois University where he has worked with Dr. Kraig Wheeler on molecular recognition with quasiracemic systems. He has presented his work at the American Crystallographic Association and American Chemical Society Meetings. Ian graduated from EIU in 2017 and was selected for the Distinguished Graduate Student Award and the Graduate Student Investigator Award. He carried on his studies in the PhD program at Syracuse University and obtained his Ph.D in Chemistry in 2021. He is currently working as a Post-Doctoral Researcher at Indiana University Bloomington.