Molecule Making
- Chirality
- Lipid design
- Bioconjugation
We create molecular technologies, materials, and devices that sense disease, visualize biology, deliver therapy, and restore biological function.





Philosophy of our research
Many biomedical technologies begin either with a molecule or with a device. We intentionally begin with both. We design molecules and materials around biological function, engineer them into useful platforms, and develop the sensing, imaging, therapeutic, or device technologies required to move them toward real-world applications.
Molecule Making
Device Making
Translational Medicine
Research platforms
Our research is not organized around individual diseases alone. We develop technology platforms capable of addressing multiple biomedical problems.
We create novel materials and molecular recognition systems capable of detecting nucleic acids, proteins, metabolites, and biological states.
Explore →We engineer materials capable of transporting therapeutic cargo to defined biological targets.
Explore →We design molecular probes that allow imaging technologies to visualize disease biology.
Explore →We develop engineered systems that reproduce, augment, or respond to biological function.
Explore →Translational journeys
Beyond just publishing: some discoveries become new scientific questions. Others become inventions, devices, clinical studies, licenses, partnerships, or companies. Here are some of those journeys.
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Supported by
Work in the group is supported by federal, foundation and university funding.
National Institutes of Health · NIBIB
National Science Foundation
U.S. Department of Defense
American Heart Association
Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, Penn State
Gates Foundation
Phrma Foundation
Michael Reese Foundation
U.S. Defense Health Agency · DHA
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · CDC
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency · DARPA
Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs · CDMRP
National Cancer Institute · NCI
National Institute of Mental Health · NIMH
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · NIAID
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute · NHLBI