It’s not unknown that tumors have a BIG sweet tooth but can that metabolic dependency be exploited for therapy? In this work, we show GLUT1-targeted glucose-decorated gold nanorods show higher selective tumor uptake and improved photothermal therapy! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Our latest work on fluorescent probes for imaging infections in vivo is out. Check it out! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Worked on this paper with Joe out in ACS Chemical Biology. We developed and evaluated AAP, an ALDH1A1 activated photosensitizer that stays OFF until it encounters ALDH1A1 in tumor cells and light, to enable precise localized photo toxicity! doi.org/10.1021/acsc...

Organelles do NOT have a single uniform pH. And if you think they must, because “protons diffuse fast,” this paper is for you. A thread on why that assumption is wrong; and what we found instead. 🧵 1/n

Applications are now open for the 2026 ACS Pride Merck Graduate Research Award! Share this with anyone who might be interested in applying! Applications will be due on Friday, Sept. 5th, 2025. Check out our website for more information! #ACSPride #ACS #ElevatingProfessionalism #HumansOfSTEM #LGBTQ

If you like total synthesis and Wordle, check out Synthordle, a retrosynthetic analysis game created by Shenvi Lab associates Kevin Zong (GS 2) and Jonah Luo (HS sophomore!). shenvilab.github.io/Synthordle/ Easy problems for Sophomore OChem, hard problems for advanced practitioners.

I think this will be a perfect first post for #chemsky Really grateful to the Beckman Foundation for the Graduate Research Fellowship Award. I am excited to work on using ultrasound for designing activatable theranostics! Here's the recent news article: beckman.illinois.edu/about/news/a...