Randy Hamchand is a 5th year Ph. D. student in the Chemistry Department. His research focuses on the biochemical elucidation of novel small-molecule signals implicated in human-microbe and microbe-microbe interactions. He attended the University of Connecticut for his undergraduate and masters studies where he obtained an M.S. in Chemistry and a B.S in Biological Sciences. Randy has several years of tutoring experience and enjoys learning about fields outside of his own.