
Suri won a teaching award!
Suritra Bandyopadhyay was selected to win the Zumdahl teaching award by the Chemistry Department for his efforts as a teaching assistant...

Joe was awarded the 2023 Pines Travel Award!
Joe has been selected to receive the 2023 Pines Travel Award from the UIUC department of Chemistry. This award is intended for graduate...

Chelsea is awarded Beckman Institute Graduate Fellowship!
Chelsea has been named a 2023 Beckman Institute Graduate Fellow. This program is supported by the Arnold and Mabel Beckman foundation and...

Yourong won second place in the OXE Undergraduate Research Symposium!
As a part of the 2022-2023 Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Omega Chi Epsilon Symposium, Yourong was awarded second place for...

Lily is awarded Beckman Undergraduate Research Fellowship!
Lily has been named a 2023 Beckman Undergraduate Research Fellow. This program is supported by the Arnold and Mabel Beckman foundation...

Amanda's paper is published in JACS!
Biomimetic approach to promote cellular uptake and enhance photoacoustic properties of tumor-seeking dyes The attachment of glucose to...


Chelsea won an Outstanding Poster Award at TiMe Day 2023!
Chelsea recently presented her work at the Tissue Microenvironment (TiMe) Day Symposium and was recognized for outstanding poster...


Zhenxiang won the 2023 Fuson Travel Award!
Zhenxiang has been selected to receive the Fuson Travel Award for Fall 2023. These awards are given annually to UIUC organic chemistry...


Sarah successfully defended her thesis!
Sarah successfully defended her PhD thesis! After leaving UIUC, he will be heading to Abcam in Waltham, MA. Congratulations Dr. Gardner!...


Selena's collaboration paper with the Scott lab is published in ACIE!
Xanthene-Based Nitric Oxide-Responsive Nanosensor for Photoacoustic Imaging in the SWIR Window Shortwave infrared (SWIR) dyes are...