Assistant Professor (Oct, 2025-)
Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside
EUDCATION & TRAINING
2019-2025 Research Fellow, Massachusetts General Hospital/ Harvard Medical School, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard (Advisor: Prof. Seok-Hyun Andy Yun)
2014-2019 Ph.D., Chemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology (Advisor: Prof. Mostafa A. El-Sayed)
2011-2014 MS, Analytical Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Advisors: Profs. Hanfa Zou and Fangjun Wang)
HONORS & AWARDS
2023 NIH K99/R00 Award (NHGRI)
2023 MGH ECOR FMD Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
2022 Bullock-Wellman Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
2019 Bud Suddath Memorial Award (Third place), Georgia Institute of Technology
2018 Petit Scholar Mentor Award, Georgia Institute of Technology
2013 National Scholarship for Graduate Students, China
2012 Excellent Student of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
2011 Mathematical Contest of Modeling of USA: Honorable Mention
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES & LEADERSHIP
Independent Journal Reviewers: Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS), ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering
Member of Professional Societies: American Chemical Society (ACS), American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), AACR-Women in Cancer Research, Biophysics Society
Scientist (Oct. 2025-)
Ph.D. in Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India.
pawan.kanaujia@ucr.edu
Ph.D. Student (Fall 2024-)
B.S., Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
zhixin.fang@email.ucr.edu
Biomedical Sciences Master's Student (Fall 2025-)
B.S. in Biological Sciences, UC Irvine
austin.nguyen1@email.ucr.edu
Thompson Ma
Chem Eng, UC Riverside
thompson.ma@email.ucr.edu
Abdul Alktaifi
Neuroscience, UC Riverside
abdul.alktaifi@email.ucr.edu
James Nguyen
Biology, UC Riverside
University Honors Program
james.m.nguyen@email.ucr.edu