Amanda East

BSc Chemistry, DePaul University

PhD Student in Chemistry (Organic Chemistry)

Beckman Institute Graduate Fellow

Publications

3. Lucero MY, East AK, Chan J. Near-infrared II photoacoustic probes for nitric oxide sensing. Methods in Enzymology, 2021, 657, 157-180.

2. Lucero MY, East AK, Reinhardt CJ, Sedgwick AC, Su S, Lee MC, Chan J. Development of NIR-II photoacoustic probes tailored for deep-tissue sensing of nitric oxide. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 7196–7202.

1. East AK, Lucero MY, Chan J. New directions in activity-based sensing for in vivo near-infrared imaging. Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 3393-3405.

Select Awards

9. Pines Travel Award (2022)

8. Robert A. and Eleanor L. Flinn Travel Award (2022)

7. UIUC Women Chemist Committee Travel Award (2021)

6. Peixin He and Xiaoming Chen Graduate Fellowship (2021)

5. DuPont Science and Engineering Fellowship (2020)

4. Department of Chemistry Teaching Excellence Fellowship (2019)

3. Virginia Bartow Scholar (2018)

2. ACS Organic Chemist of the Year (2018)

1. DePaul University Dean's Undergraduate Summer Fellowship (2016)