

Nico won the 2021 Student Research Competition at Pacifichem!
Nico Pino won the Student Research Competition at the 2021 Pacifichem Research Conference in the biological sciences category. Winners...


Welcome Oliver!
We are excited to announce that Oliver Pichardo Peguero has joined the Chan Lab! Brief bio: Oliver was born in Santiago, Dominican...


Amanda wins the 2021 WCC Fall Travel Award!
Amanda has been selected to receive the WCC Travel Award for Fall 2021. These awards are given to UIUC graduate students for their...


Melissa wins the Fuson Travel Award!
Melissa has been selected to receive the Fuson Travel Award for Fall 2021. These awards are given annually to UIUC organic chemistry...


Anuj wins the C.S. Marvel Travel Award!
Anuj Yadav was selected to win the 2021 C.S. Marvel Travel award by the Chemistry Department. Congratulations Anuj!


Our collaborative paper with the Scott lab (MS State) has been published in Org Lett, Congrats Nico!
Thienylpiperidine Donor NIR Xanthene-Based Dye for Photoacoustic Imaging Few xanthene-based near-infrared (NIR) photoacoustic (PA) dyes...


Nico received second place in the DuPont GOLD presentation competition!
Nico Pino was awarded second place in the 2021 DuPont GOLD presentation competition for presenting his work on AlDeSense and photoFAD!...


Melissa, Su, and Joe's paper is published in PNAS!
Activity-based photoacoustic probe for biopsy-free assessment of copper in murine models of Wilson’s disease and liver metastasis The...


Welcome Zhenxiang!
We are excited to have Zhenxiang Zhao as part of the Chan Lab team! Brief bio: Zhenxiang is from Hunan province, China and graduated from...


Our volume within Methods in Enzymology has been published!
Jeff served as the editor for this edition of Methods in Enzymology, and we featured our work in the form of two book chapters written by...



































