Group News – Zhang Lab @ Rutgers CCB

Congratulations, (new) Dr. Sun

13 Sep 20244 Feb 2025

Yue successfully defended her dissertation "Regioselective cycloadditions on fullerenes and endohedral metallofullerenes" today! Congratulations, Dr. Sun! Here is a link to Yue's LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/yue-sun-013a59259/

Congratulations, (new) Dr. Kopcha!

We are pleased to announce that Will has successfully defended his dissertation today and become a Ph.D! Will is our first graduate student and the first Ph.D from our group.…

Jianyuan Receives the NIGMS MIRA R35 Grant!

4 Aug 202330 Sep 2023

Jianyuan's proposal "A Fullerene-based Molecular Route towards Designer Nanoparticles" is funded by the NIH NIGMS Maximizing Investigators' Research Award (MIRA) R35 grant! This $1.96m ($1.25m direct cost) will significantly boost…

Welcome on board, Ryan!

6 Jan 202327 Feb 2023

We are excited to welcome our newest group member, Ryan Bennick. Ryan is enrolled in our Ph.D program since Sep 2022. Wish you a great journey ahead, Ryan!

Zhang group members presented at the ACS Fall 2022

26 Aug 202229 Aug 2022

Will, Ryan, Yue, and Jason presented on the ACS Fall 2022 Meeting in Chicago. It was an enjoyable experience to share our work with researchers from all over the world.…

Zhang Group welcomes two new graduate students

20 Jan 20229 Nov 2022

We are excited to welcome newest members, Cassiana Batista Da Rocha and Yida Li, to our group. Cassiana is from Brazil, and is currently interested in fullerene and metallofullerene separation,…

Our home – the CCB new building opening soon

30 Aug 201731 Aug 2017

After a short transition period, the Zhang lab will start its voyage in the new chemistry building, opening soon in October with brand new facilities. For more information, please refer…

Jianyuan joins Rutgers

30 Aug 201730 Aug 2017

Jianyuan is delighted to join Rutgers as an assistant professor commencing Sep. 1, 2017. More at the departmental news page.