Heartiest congratulations to Chelsea Swartchick (@CBSreduction) on successfully defending her thesis! Chan Lab wishes you continued success and countless opportunities ahead. 🥳👏

Heartiest congratulations to Rodrigo Tapia-Hernandez on successfully defending his thesis! Chan Lab wishes you continued success and countless opportunities ahead. 🥳👏

Congratulations Laura, Justin, and Harshika on making it to the list of Teachers ranked as excellent by their students in Fall 2023!

Our newest work from @suritra2904 is out in @ACS_AMI! Check out "NOxPorfin", a Nitric-Oxide activatable porphyrin-based photosensitizer formulation for site-selective tumor-killing application Congrats Suri and team! pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.102…

Thrilled to announce the successful defense of @kaybrades PhD titled 'Strategic Tuning of Near-Infrared Dyes to Access Novel Biomedical Applications.' Katie's research opened doors to newer solutions for our lab! Congratulations on this achievement!👩‍🔬 🎓

We're ecstatic to announce that @ForzanoJoe has been selected as one of seven recipients of the inaugural 2024 ACS Pride-Merck Graduate Research Award! 🏆 Joe's work will be celebrated at the ACS National Meeting in New Orleans, March 2024. Congratulations, Joe! 🎉🌈🏳️‍🌈

Laura Bickart graduated with BA in Chemistry from @smithcollege. Her undergrad thesis focused on synthesis of DNA-conjugated small molecule catalysts for efficient and targeted drug delivery. For fun, Laura enjoys hiking, rock climbing, baking, and reading!

Samantha Dye graduated with BA from @albioncollege in Biochem. Her undergrad thesis focused on synthesis of smoothened inhibitor photoswitchable compounds and their use as therapeutics. When not in lab you can find her singing at church, or helping with an Am. Can. Soc. event!

Justin Ahrens graduated from @waynestate with a B.S. degree in Biochem. and Chem, Bio. His undergrad research focused on studying octahedral Ir(III) Photosensors to monitor drug metabolism in CP450 active site. He enjoys sporting events, cooking, & hosting monthly game nights.

Harshika Varadhan graduated with a B.S. in Chem. & Biomed. Engg. from @CarnegieMellon. As an undergrad, her research involved synthesizing amino acid-coated Cu NPs for enantiomeric separation of chiral drugs. When not working in lab, she loves to dance, watch reality TV, and bake