

Welcome Luke!
We are excited to announce that Luke Akin has joined the Chan Lab! Brief bio: Luke is a recent graduate from The University of Texas at...


Welcome Melissa!
We are excited to welcome Melissa Lucero to our Chan Lab team! Brief bio: Melissa recently graduated from University of Maryland in...

Hailey, Jamila, Tom and Kian's paper is accepted in Nature Communications!
A Bioreducible N-oxide-based Probe for Photoacoustic Imaging of Hypoxia Hypoxia occurs when limited oxygen supply impairs physiological...

Thomas's review is published in Aldrichimica Acta!
Despite their long, rich history in organic chemistry, named reactions have only recently been applied to chemical biology. This review...


Hailey wins Fuson Travel Award!
Hailey Knox was recently selected to receive a Fuson Travel Award for Spring 2018. These awards are given annually to UIUC organic...


Spotlight on Jeff: A look at what we do in the Chan Lab
Jeff's recent SCS Faculty Profile explains why we are interested in Photoacoustic Imaging, and why Illinois is a great department to...


Five undergrads represent Chan Lab at undergrad conference, Gina wins poster award
Our undergrads had the opportunity to present their work at the annual East Central Illinois ACS Undergraduate Research Conference. Five...

Congrats to Chris for publishing a Biochemistry perspective!
Development of Photoacoustic Probes for In Vivo Molecular Imaging Photoacoustic (PA) imaging is an emerging, non-invasive imaging...


Chris, Hailey and Thomas receive NSF honorable mentions
Congrats to Chris, Hailey and Thomas for receiving NSF honorable mentions.


Jeff wins an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship
2017 Sloan Research Fellows The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation congratulates the winners of the 2017 Sloan Research Fellowships. These 126...