# Nare Janvelyan Graduate Student ![Nare Janvelyan](/sites/g/files/omnuum7796/files/styles/hwp_4_5__480x600/public/friend-lab/files/janvelyan_pic.jpg?itok=_gGZ2981) location\_on Friend Research Group Harvard University Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences 12 Oxford Street, M018 Cambridge, MA 02138 smartphone [617 495 3331]() email Nare studied Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley where she used femtosecond laser spectroscopy and high harmonic generation to study the photoelectron spectra of metalloporphyrins. As a graduate student in the Friend lab, Nare works on the development of novel nanoporous alloy materials as catalysts for energy-efficient chemical production. Her current projects focus on the synthesis of nanoporous gold-palladium shells and studying the activity of copper based catalysts. - ## People [Graduate Students](/people/graduate-students-1)