
NEWS
2022

October 2022
Our group and the Department of Chemistry hosted Prof. Chengde Mao from Purdue University Thank you so much!

July 2022
Congratulations to Samuel Annan on the completion of the summer internship and giving a fantastic presentation!

June 2022
We welcome Samuel Annan, an undergraduate summer intern, to our group!

Mar 2022
We welcome our first Post Doctoral Researcher Dr. Perumal Devanathan to our lab!

August 2022
Congratulations to Suchan Kim for passing his Master's defense and being the first member from our group to graduate!

June 2022
Our lab member Alice has officially passed her Ph.D. candidacy exam! Congratulations Alice!

May 2022
Congratulations to Qi (Maggie) Yang on successfully publishing a review article discussing "Recent Advances in Self-Assembled DNA Nanostructures for Bioimaging"!

Mar 2022
Tiffany Olivera has been officially appointed co-chair for the North Jersey ACS Young Chemists Committee!

August 2022
Congratulations to Jung Yeon (Alice) Lee on successfully publishing a review article discussing "Nucleic acid paranemic structures: a promising building block for functional nanomaterials in biomedical and bionanotechnological applications"!

June 2022
Congratulations to Tiffany Olivera for being accepted to present at Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics & Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) conference in Puerto Rico this Fall!

Mar 2022
Our group and the Department of Chemistry hosted Prof. Mingxu You. from University of Massachusetts Amherst to give a virtual seminar talk. Thank you, Mingxu!
2021

NOV 2021
Our first lab member Maggie has officially passed her Ph.D candidacy exam! Congratulations Maggie!

JAN 2021
Our lab received an NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award. Congrats to all!
2020

OCT 2020
Our group and the Department of Chemistry hosted Prof. Kurt Vesterager Gothelf from Aarhus University to give a virtual seminar talk. Thank you, Kurt!

MAY 2020
Jung Yeon (Alice) Lee receives the award for outstanding contributions to an Advanced Undergraduate Laboratory, for her efforts in helping transition the Analytical Chemistry laboratory to remote instruction.
Congratulations to Jung Yeon!

JAN 2020
Xu Leo Chang joins the lab as a graduate student. Welcome Leo!

SEP 2020
Our lab received the Busch Biomedical Grant (BBG). Congrats to all!

FEB 2020
Our group and the Department of Chemistry hosted Prof. Chenxiang Lin from Yale to give a seminar talk and a one-day visit. Thank you, Chenxiang!

AUG 2020
Our lab received the first NSF funding support. Congrats to all! Thanks, NSF, for supporting our research!

FEB 2020
Our group and the Department of Chemistry hosted Prof. William Shih from Harvard University to give a seminar talk and a one-day visit. William gave a great presentation with amazing research works.
2019

OCT 2019
Our group and the Department of Chemistry hosted Prof. Nadrian C Seeman, the founder of DNA nanotechnology, to give a seminar talk and a one-day visit. It was an excellent talk and we all enjoyed your visit, Ned!

OCT 2019
Qi Maggie Yang and Jungyeon Alice Lee officially join the lab as graduate students. Welcome Maggie and Alice!

SEP 2019
The Biomolecular Design Lab is founded at the Rutgers University, Newark campus. Fei joins the Department of Chemistry as an Assistant Professor.