

Rodrigo wins the Pfizer-ACS Travel Award!
Rodrigo Tapia Hernandez was selected to receive the Pfizer-ACS Travel Award for his work to develop light-mediated drug-delivery methods....


Zhenxiang and Chelsea's article has been published in Chemical Society Reviews!
Targeted contrast agents and activatable probes for photoacoustic imaging of cancer Photoacoustic (PA) imaging has emerged as a powerful...


Sarah wins the Biochemistry Travel Grant!
Sarah Gardner was selected to receive the biochemistry travel grant for her work in developing PA-HD. With this funding, she presented a...


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!...







































