News from Dr. Huang's Research Lab
- 05/01/2025
Dr. Huang received The University of Memphis 2025 Willard R. Sparks Eminent Faculty Award. Congratulations! - 04/24/2025
Tasnia received First Place on the Nobcche (National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers) Guest Speaker Event at The University of Memphis, Department of Chemistry. Congratulations, Tasnia! - 03/27/2025
Mitchell Lutey received First Place in Physical and Applied Sciences for his poster presentation at The University of Memphis 37th Student Research Forum. Congratulations, Mitchell!
- 03/27/2025
Suprava received Second Place in Physical and Applied Sciences for her poster presentation at The University of Memphis 37th Student Research Forum. Congratulations, Sup! - 03/03/2025
Dr. Huang is honored as a High Impact Scholar at the 2025 Research Celebration by The University of Memphis. - 02/25/2025
Undergraduate Reema Aysheh joined our group. Welcome, Reema! - 02/09/2025
Our review article led by Alberto "Magnetic-plasmonic core-shell nanopaprticles: properties, synthesis and applications for cancer detection and treatment" is accepted for publication in Nanomaterials! Congratulations to all authors! - 02/06/2025
Our paper led by Mitchell "Single vesicle surface protein profiling and machine learning-based dual image analysis for breast cancer detection" (Nanomaterials 2024, 14(21), 1739) is selected as an Editor's Choice Article by Nanomaterials! - 01/03/2025
Undergraduate Eman is offered an intership position in Spring and Summer 2025 from St. Jude Children's Research Hosptital. Congratulations, Eman!
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New PhD students Deliyah Ledford and Urvashi Kalia (joined PhD student with Prof. Yongmei Wang) joined our group. Welcome, Deliyah and Urvashi! - 10/30/2024
Mitchell and co-authors published the paper "Single vesicle surface protein profilign and machine learning-based dual image analysis for breast cancer detection" in Nanomaterials. Congratulations to all authors, including the undergraduates who worked on the project.
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10/28/2024
Alberto passed defense for his doctoral degree! Congratulations, Alberto! Fantastic job! - 10/23/2024
Undergraduate Riggan Neil Kramer joined our group. Welcome! - 10/04/2024
Undergraduate Ana Vidotte received Dr. Eugene Ho Fellowship for Undergraduate Research! Congratulations, Ana! - 10/02/2024
Undergraduate Ana Vidotte joined our group! Welcome! - 09/16/2024
Undergraduates Eman B. Saleh and Ali Eyad Amro joined our group. Welcome! - 08/22/2024
Dr. Huang received the 2024 The University of Memphis Alumni Association Award for Distinguished Research in Science, Engineering & Mathematics. Congratulations! -
04/08/2024
Madhu published the paper "Dialdehyde cellulose nanofibrils/polyquaternium stabilized ultra-fine silver nanoparticles for synergistic antibacterial therapy" in International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. Congraluations! -
04/02/2024
Alberto received The University of Memphis Graduate Student Association (GSA) Award. Congratulations, Alberto! -
04/15/2024
New PhD student Tasnia Siraj joined our lab. Welcome, Tasnia! -
03/29/2024
Undergraduate Marissa is offered an intership position this summer from Harvard Cancer Center. 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" in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. Congratulations to all authors, including the undergraduates who worked on the project!
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12/19/2023
Dr. Huang is a World's Top 2% 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 35th 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. -
01/28/2023
Our review paper led by Mitchell "Nanomaterials for molecular detection and analysis of extracellular vesicles" is published by Nanomaterials. Congratulations, all authors! -
01/05/2023
Postdoctoral Fellow Madhusudhan Reddy Alle joined our group. Welcome, Madhu! -
01/04/2023
Kris and co-authors published the paper "Dual imaging single vesicle surface protein profiling and early cancer detection" in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. Congratulations to all authors, including the undergraduate who worked on the project!
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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!
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09/01/2021
Dr. Huang received The University of Memphis College of Arts and Sciences Dunavant Professorship. Congratulations! -
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 to all authors! -
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!
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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!
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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!
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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!
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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!
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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!
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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. 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!
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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. Congratulations! -
02/01/2014
Dr. Huang received FedEx Institute of Technology Development Grant. Congratulations!
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11/22/2013
PhD student Ryan Timothy O’Connor joined the group. Welcome! -
05/01/2013
Saheel, Elise, and Jason received Student Travel Fellowship to the Nanotechnologies in Cancer Diagnosis, THerapy, and Prevention conference at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Congratulations! -
01/29/2013
Fei and Saheel published a cancer therapeutic paper "Gold nanorods carrying paclitaxel for photothermal-chemotherapy of cancer" in Bioconjugate Chemistry. Congratulations!
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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 Award (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!
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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 Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award. 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!
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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.