News from Dr. Huang's Research Lab

• 04/02/2024: Alberto received The University of Memphis Graduate Student Association (GSA) Award. Congratulations, Alberto!

• 03/29/2024: Undergradate Marissa received an offer from Harvard Cancer Center in Boston for an intership position this summer. Congratulations, Marissa!  

• 03/04/2024: Undergraduate William Rodney Bantom III joined our group. Welcome!

• 02/05/2024: Alberto received College of Arts and Science Travel Enrichment award for attending ACS Spring 2024 national meeting. Congratulations, Alberto! 

• 02/05/2024: Alberto received Graduate Student Association Travel Fund for attending ACS Spring 2024 national meeting. Congratulations, Alberto! 

• 01/04/2024: Alberto published first-author paper "Multiplexed surface protein detection and cancer classification using gap-enhanced magnetic-plasmonic core-shell Raman nanotags and machine learning algorithm" on ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. Congratulations, Alberto, co-first authors Mitchell and Ray as well as other contributing authors!

• 12/19/2023: Dr. Huang is a Top 2% World's Most-cited Scientist based on Stanford-Elsevier Ranking. 

• 12/12/2023: Undergraduate Hailey is awarded with Honors Thesis based on her research in our lab on synthesis and characterization of gold-based hybrid nanoparticles for potential applications in cancer nanomedicine. 

• 09/15/2023: New PhD students Suprava Shah and Mitchell Lutey joined our lab. Welcome, Suprava and Mitchell!

• 08/01/2023: Alberto received First Generation PhD Fellowship from the state of Tennessee. Congratulations, Alberto!

• 06/01/2023. Dr. Huang and collaborators (Drs. Hoang, Wang, & Zhang) received a NIH R15 grant for extracellular vesicle research. Congratulations! 

• 04/25/2023: Mitchell received the chemistry department Outstanding 3rd year graduate researcher. Congratulations, Mitchell!

• 04/03/2023: Undergraduate Hailey received 1st place in Physical and Applied Science at the 35^th Annual Student Research Forum. Congratulation, Hailey!

• 03/13/2023: Our review paper "Nanomaterials for molecular detection and analysis of extracellular vesicles" is honored to be an Editor's Choice Article. Congratulations!

• 01/28/2023: Our review paper led by Mitchell "Nanomaterials for molecular detection and analysis of extracellular vesicles" is published by Nanomaterials. Congratulations!
  

• 01/05/2023: Postdoctoral Fellow Madhusudhan Reddy Alle joined our group. Welcome, Madhu!
  

• 01/04/2023: Our paper led by Kris "Dual imaging single vesicle surface protein profiling and early cancer detection" is published by ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. Congratulations, everyone! 

• 09/01/2022: Undergraduates Georgia Hill and Hailey Miller joined our group. Welcome! 

• 08/10/2022: Alberto passed his prospectus for doctoral degree. Congratulations!

• 06/01/2022: Undergraduates Rami Amer, Patrick Roman, and Quinten Brown joined our group. Welcome!

• 05/15/2022: Our review paper led by Mitchell "Gold nanorod-assisted photothermal therapy and improvement strategies" is published by Bioengineering. Congratulations! 

• 05/12/2022: Kris passed his prospectus for doctoral degree. Congratulation, Kris!

• 09/01/2021: Dr. Huang received Dunavant professorship from College of Arts and Sciences.
  

• 09/01/2021: Dr. Huang is promoted to full professor! 

• 09/01/2021: Undergraduates Assam Annamer and Thea Wilkens-Reed joined our group. Welcome! 

• 07/18/2021: Our paper led by Vojtech "Exosomal surface protein detection with quantum dots and immunomagnetic capture for cancer detection" is published by Nanomaterials. Congratulations!

• 06/22/2021: Vojtech passed his doctoral defense. Congratulation, Vojtech!

• 06/08/2021: Dr. Yongmei Wang, Dr. Xiaohua Huang, Dr. Tang Hoang (Physics and Materials Science), and collaborator Dr. Zhenbang Chen (Meharry Medical College) received PECIR (Program to Enhance Collaborative and Interdisciplinary Research) Grant Award to work together to discover exosome-based molecular biomarkers for predicting impending prostate cancer metastasis. Congratulations!  

• 06/01/2021: Undergraduates Mahmound Ajjaoui joined our group. Welcome!

• 03/02/2021: Joined article with Dr. Yongmei Wang " Insights on the coupling of plasmonic nanoparticles from near-field spectra determined via discrete dipole approximations" is published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. Congratulations!

• 01/15/2021: Undergraduates Ilsa Zahara Saeed and Marwan Aly joined our group. Welcome! 

• 10/1/2020: Our paper led by Ray "Immunomagnetic capture and multiplexed surface marker detection of circulating tumor cells with magnetic multicolor surface enhanced Raman scattering nanotags" is published by ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. Congratulations! 

• 09/01/2020: Undergraduates Rihana Najdawi and Brandy Thanh Vo joined our group. Welcome!

• 07/24/2020: Dr. Huang and her collaborators Drs. Kui Li (UTHSC), Lu Lu (UTHSC), and Yongmei Wang (UofM) received UTHSC/UofM SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 Research CORNET Award to investigate host genes, immune response and susceptibility/resistance to SARS-CoV-2. Congratulations!

• 07/17/2020: Rajashekhar received and accepted an offer for a tenure-track faculty position from Tougaloo College, the Department of Chemistry and Physics. Congratulations!   

• 07/01/2020: Dr. Huang and collaborators Drs. Thang Hoang (Physics and Materials Science), Yongmei Wang, and Hongmei Zhang (Public Health) received a NIH R15 grant from National Institutes of Cancer (NCI) to evaluate the potential of exosomes for cancer diagnostics and staging in the breast cancer model. Congratulations!      

• 05/08/2020: Joined article with Dr. Thang Hoang in Physics and Materials Science " Plasmon-assisted random lasing from a single-mode fibertip" is accepted for publication in Optical Express. Congratulations!

• 05/04/2020: Joined article with Dr. Thang Hoang in Physics and Materials Science " Small mode volume plasmonic film-coupled nanostar resonators" is accepted for publication in Nanoscale Advances. Congratulations!   

• 11/11/2019: Postdoctoral fellow Dr. Rajashekhar Kanchanapally joined our group. Welcome!   

• 10/23/2019: Undergraduate Hieu received College of Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Research Award. Congratulations!

• 10/01/2019: New PhD student Alberto Rodriguez joined our group. Welcome!

• 09/01/2019: Undergraduates Johneice Marie Anderson, Oluwashina Balogun, Jennifer Corters, and Zeel Patel joined our group. Welcome! 

• 08/10/2019: Allie received his PhD degree in Chemistry. Congratulations! 

• 07/01/2019: Dr. Huang received Faculty Research Grant from College of Arts and Sciences. Congratulations!

• 06/10/2019: Allie passed his doctoral defense. Congratulations!

• 04/17/2019: Allie received and accepted a postdoctoral fellowship offer from Prof. Xiaoming He at University of Maryland. Congratulations! 

• 02/20/2019: Joined article with Dr. Yongmei Wang "Near-field and far-field optical properties of magnetic plasmonic core-shell nanoparticles with non-spherical shapes: A discrete dipole approximation study" is published in AIP Advances. Congratulations! 

• 12/10/2019: Graduate student Saghar Gomrok joined Dr. Yongmei Wang's goup with Dr. Huang as a co-advisor. Welcome!

• 01/20/2019: Allie received the CIBA award for Spring 2019 from our department. Congratulations!

• 01/15/2019: Undergraduates Hieu Truong Sr, Clark Louis Serato Tecson, Taylor Hargett, and Olivia IVY Chatman joined our group. Welcome!

• 08/01/2018: Dr. Huang received a FedEx Institute of Technology Development Grant from The University of Memphis Foundation. Congratulations! 

• 03/23/2018: Joined review article with Prof. Xiaoyuan Chen at NIH "Ratiometric optical nanoprobes enable accurate molecular detection and imaging" is published in Chemical Society Review. Congratulations!   

• 01/20/2018: Ryan received the CIBA award for Spring 2018 from our department. Congratulations! 

• 01/09/2018: Our paper "Molecular detection and analysis of exosomes using surface enhanced Raman scattering gold nanorods and a miniaturized device" is accepted for publication in Theranostics. Congratulations!

• 12/19/2017: Our patent application "Iron oxide-gold core-shell nanoparticles and uses thereof" is approved by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Congratulations! 

• 08/01/2017: Dr. Huang received a FedEx Institute of Technology Development Grant from The University of Memphis Foundation. Congratulations! 

• 03/20/2017: Our review article "Synthesis and properties of iron oxide-gold core-shell nanoparticles" is published in RSC Advances. Congratulations! 

• 03/01/2017: Dr. Huang received a Research Investment Fund from The University of Memphis. Congratulations! 

• 01/19/2017: Our review article "Gold nanoparticle based platforms for circulating cancer marker detection" is published in Nanotheranostics. Congratulations! 

• 12/10/2016: Graduate students Ray Wilson, Vojtech Vinduska and Zechariah Avello joined our group. Welcome! 

• 09/01/2016: Dr. Huang is tenured and promoted to associate professor. Congratulations!  

• 04/27/2016: Allie published his first paper "Size- and shape-controlled synthesis and properties of magnetic-plasmonic core-shell nanoparticles" in Journal of Physical Chemistry C. Congratulations!  

• 02/03/2016: Saheel published a cancer therapeutics paper "Photosensitizer-loaded gold nanorods for near infrared photodynamic and photothermal cancer therapy" in Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. Congratulations!    

• 01/15/2016: Elise received the CIBA award for Spring 2016 from our department. Congratulations! 

• 12/01/2015: Saheel received a job offer from National Water Quality Laboratory, U.S. Geological Survey. Congratulations! 

• 11/05/2015: Dr. Huang co-led a panel discussion with Dr. Wang on "Meet the challenges in nanomedicine by bridging the gap between theory and experiment" at the 2015 SERMACS-SWRM conference in Memphis, Tennessee.

• 11/04/2015: Dr. Huang organized a "Cancer Nanotechnology" symposium at the 2015 SERMACS-SWRM conference in Memphis, Tennessee.

• 08/20/2015: Elise received the CIBA award for Fall 2015 from our department. Congratulations! 

• 06/24/2015: Saheel passed his defense for PhD degree. Congratulations! 

• 05/12/2015: Saheel published a cancer therapeutic paper "Near-infrared-absorbing gold nanopopcorns with iron oxide cluster core for magnetically amplified photothermal and photodynamic cancer therapy" in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. Congratulations!   

• 04/15/2015: Saheel has been selected for an appointment to the Summer Student Research Program at the National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR), US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). He is one of the 17 recipients out of more than 200 national applicants. Congratulations! 

• 04/07/2015: Dr. Huang received a NIH R15 grant as a principle investigator. This is a three-year project to support the development of new technologies for capture, detection and analysis of circulating tumor cells, in collaboration with Dr. Yongmei Wang and Dr. Bashir Morshed (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering). Congratulations! 

• 02/23/2015: Saheel passed his prospectus toward PhD degree. Congratulations!

• 02/17/2015: Our review article “ Nanotechnology for enrichment and detection of circulating tumor cells” is published in Nanomedicine (Lond). Congratulations!

• 02/04/2015: Saheel have been selected as the sole student presenter at the 27th Annual Student Research Forum on March 30, 2015. This is a prestigious honor for him to share with the University of Memphis community the great work that we have been doing in our lab. Congratulations! 

• 12/15/2014: Our research was reported by International Innovation.

• 11/22/2014: PhD student Allie E Kwizera joined the group. Welcome!

• 06/20/2014: Saheel published a cancer detection paper "Capture and detection of cancer cells in whole blood with magnetic-optical nanoovals" in Nanomedicine (Lond). Congratulations!  

• 02/01/2014: Dr. Huang received FedEx Institute of Technology Development Grant. Congratulations!

• 11/22/2013: PhD student Ryan Timothy O’Connor joined the group. Welcome!

• 01/29/2013: Fei and Saheel published a cancer therapeutic paper "Gold nanorods carrying paclitaxel for photothermal-chemotherapy of cancer" in Bioconjugate Chemistry. Congratulations!  

• 11/26/2012: PhD students Jason Jackson, Anderson Morris, Md Nadim and Jessica Treadway joined the group. Welcome! 

• 08/23/2012: Dr. Huang received The University of Memphis College of Arts and Sciences Early Career Research Awards (ECRA). Congratulations! 

• 07/17/2012: Saheel's paper “Synthesis and properties of near infrared-absorbing magnetic-optical nanopins” is reported by Chemistry World, the RSC’s monthly magazine. Congratulations!

• 06/28/2012: Saheel published his first paper “Synthesis and properties of near infrared-absorbing magnetic-optical nanopins” in Nanoscale. Congratulations!

• 11/25/2011: Graduate students Brittaney Brown and Amrael Brown joined the group. Welcome!  

• 06/15/2011: Visiting professor Dr. Fei Ren joined the group. Welcome! 

• 05/18/2011: Dr. Huang received Starter Grant Award from Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburg.Congratulations!  

• 04/05/2011: Dr. Huang received Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award from Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU). Congratulations!  

• 04/01/2011: Dr. Huang received Faculty Research Grant from The University of Memphis. Congratulations! 

• 01/15/2011: Undergraduates Kristen Dollahite, Melody Williams and Stephanie Kendrick joined our group. Welcome!  

• 12/19/2010: The Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) user proposal is approved. 

• 12/15/2010: Dr. Huang was invited to give a talk at International Conference on Nanomedicine in Cancer, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.

• 11/26/2010: Graduate student Saheel Bhana joined the group. Welcome!

• 11/26/2010: Graduate student Destiny Woodard joined the group. Welcome!  

• 07/25/2010: Undergraduate Ray Wilson from Christian Brother University joined our group. Welcome! 

• 07/01/2010: Dr. Huang joined the Department of Chemistry, The University of Memphis as a tenure-track assistant professor.