Stephanie Vasko graduated magna cum laude with a BA in chemistry from Carleton College in 2007. She moved to Seattle in June 2007 to pursue a double PhD in chemistry and nanotechnology at the University of Washington and joined the Rolandi group in December 2008. Her research interests include precursor chemistry for high field atomic force lithography and ethics and policy related to nanotechnology.

Stephanie has been awarded a National Science Foundation Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (NSF-IGERT) in 2008-2009 and 2009-2010, and the UW Chemistry Department West Fellowship in 2007-2008.