Welcome Melissa!

We are excited to welcome Melissa Lucero to our Chan Lab team!

Brief bio: Melissa recently graduated from University of Maryland in Baltimore County (UMBC) with a major in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. At UMBC, she worked in the Ptaszek Lab as a MARC U*STAR Scholar to synthesize water-soluble chlorin-bacteriochlorin dyads for multicolor imaging. In 2016, Melissa performed research at Stanford University in the McConnell Lab as an Amgen Scholar. Melissa is currently pursuing her PhD in Chemical Biology.

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Amanda and Melissa's article has been published in Chemical Science!

Anuj and Selena's article has been published in Current Opinion in Chemical Biology!

Thomas successfully defended his thesis!

Effie, Hailey, and Chris's book chapter is accepted for publication in Methods in Enzymology!

Chris successfully defended his thesis!

Effie successfully defended her thesis!

Amanda is awarded Beckman Institute Graduate Fellowship!

Hailey successfully defended her thesis!

Sarah and Chris's paper is accepted for publication in Angewandte Chemie!

Chelsea successfully defended her PhD!

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Welcome Adam!

Welcome Cameron!

Amanda and Melissa's article has been published in Chemical Science!

Anuj and Selena's article has been published in Current Opinion in Chemical Biology!

Thomas successfully defended his thesis!

Effie, Hailey, and Chris's book chapter is accepted for publication in Methods in Enzymology!

Chris successfully defended his thesis!

Welcome Jinjia!

Effie successfully defended her thesis!

Namuunzul is awarded Beckman Undergraduate Research Fellowship!

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Amanda and Melissa's article has been published in Chemical Science!

Anuj and Selena's article has been published in Current Opinion in Chemical Biology!

Thomas successfully defended his thesis!

Effie, Hailey, and Chris's book chapter is accepted for publication in Methods in Enzymology!

Chris successfully defended his thesis!

Effie successfully defended her thesis!

Amanda is awarded Beckman Institute Graduate Fellowship!

Hailey successfully defended her thesis!

Sarah and Chris's paper is accepted for publication in Angewandte Chemie!

Chelsea successfully defended her PhD!

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Welcome Adam!

Welcome Cameron!

Amanda and Melissa's article has been published in Chemical Science!

Anuj and Selena's article has been published in Current Opinion in Chemical Biology!

Thomas successfully defended his thesis!

Effie, Hailey, and Chris's book chapter is accepted for publication in Methods in Enzymology!

Chris successfully defended his thesis!

Welcome Jinjia!

Effie successfully defended her thesis!

Namuunzul is awarded Beckman Undergraduate Research Fellowship!

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