Group News Congratulations, (new) Dr. Kopcha! 1 Sep 2023 We are pleased to announce that Will has successfully defended his dissertation today and become a Ph.D! Will is our first graduate student and the first Ph.D from our group.…
Group News Jianyuan Receives the NIGMS MIRA R35 Grant! 4 Aug 202330 Sep 2023 Jianyuan's proposal "A Fullerene-based Molecular Route towards Designer Nanoparticles" is funded by the NIH NIGMS Maximizing Investigators' Research Award (MIRA) R35 grant! This $1.96m ($1.25m direct cost) will significantly boost…
publication Our first undergrad-led paper is published on Mater. Chem. Front. 1 Mar 202314 Mar 2023 Our recent review article "Interactions between fullerene derivatives and biological systems" was accepted in February and is now online at https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2023/qm/d3qm00004d In this work, two high-achieving undergraduate students, Mark John…
Uncategorized Jianyuan receives the NSF CAREER Award! 1 Feb 202329 Sep 2023 We are excited to share that our grant proposal, "CAREER:Water-Soluble Metallofullerene Derivatives with Defined Structures and Tailorable Functions” is funded by the NSF CAREER Award. With the support of $700k…
Group News Welcome on board, Ryan! 6 Jan 202327 Feb 2023 We are excited to welcome our newest group member, Ryan Bennick. Ryan is enrolled in our Ph.D program since Sep 2022. Wish you a great journey ahead, Ryan!
publication Our “Metallobuckytrio” work is accepted by Angewandte Chemie 9 Nov 2022 Our work on the "Metallobuckytrios" (MBTs), that consists the effort of over three years, from many group members and collaborators, has been accepted for publication by Angewandte Chemie! Congratulations to…
Uncategorized Our work is accepted by Organic Letters 29 Aug 2022 Yue's work entitled "Synthesis of [60]- and [70]Fullerene-Fused Tetrahydroquinoxaline Derivatives by Oxidative [4 + 2] Cycloaddition with Unusual Reactivity and Regioselectivity" has been accepted by Organic Letters and is available…
Group News Zhang group members presented at the ACS Fall 2022 26 Aug 202229 Aug 2022 Will, Ryan, Yue, and Jason presented on the ACS Fall 2022 Meeting in Chicago. It was an enjoyable experience to share our work with researchers from all over the world.…
Uncategorized Ryan receives the ACS Bridge Project Travel & Professional Development Award 25 Jul 202210 Aug 2022 Ryan Crichton has received the ACS Bridge Project Travel & Professional Development Award! This award will allow Ryan to access more opportunities in the ACS Fall 2022 Meeting and future…
publication Our work is accepted by Nanoscale 28 Feb 202228 Feb 2022 Our work on fullerenol-cyclodextrin based nucleus-targeting drug delivery is accepted by Nanoscale! The work is led by graduate student Rohin Biswas and was performed in collaboration with Prof. Zheng Shi…