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April 2026

Prof. Hao Yan was elected

Prof. Hao Yan was elected to the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

April 2026

Abhay Prasad and Rong Zheng successfully defended

Abhay Prasad and Rong Zheng successfully defended their Ph.D Thesis, congratulations!

October 31, 2025

Dr. Deeksha Satyabola Successfully Defends Ph.D. Thesis

Deeksha Satyabola successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis — congratulations, Dr. Satyabola! She will be joining Johnson & Johnson as a postdoctoral fellow. We wish her every success in her new role.

February 1, 2025

Prof. Hao Yan Bestowed as Regents Professor

Prof. Hao Yan has been bestowed as the Regents Professor, highest faculty honor awarded at Arizona State University. Many Congratulations!

November 1, 2024

Dr. Liangxiao Chen Successfully Defends Ph.D. Thesis

Liangxiao Chen successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis. Congratulations, Dr. Chen! He is moving to Wyss Institute at Harvard as a Post doctoral fellow. Best wishes!

July 1, 2024

Prof. Hao Yan Elected Foreign Member of European Academy of Sciences

Dr. Hao Yan has been Elected Foreign Member by the European Academy of Sciences, 2024. Many congratulations, Prof. Yan!

May 15, 2024

Dr. Lu Yu Successfully Defends Ph.D. Thesis

Lu Yu successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis. Congratulations, Dr. Yu! She is moving to UWash as a Post doctoral fellow. You will do great!

May 1, 2024

Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant Awards

Lu Yu and Abhay Prasad are awarded the Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant in School of Molecular Sciences. Congratulations, Lu and Abhay! Keep shining!

December 1, 2023

Humboldt Research Award

Dr. Hao Yan was awarded the Humboldt Research Award by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, 2023. Big news, Huge Congratulations! from the lab

October 1, 2023

World's Top 2% Scientists List

Dr. Hao Yan was named to the World's Top 2% Scientists' list ranked by Stanford University for the 4th consecutive years. Great news, Congratulations Prof. Yan!

May 1, 2023

Dr. Leeza Abraham Successfully Defends Ph.D. Thesis

Leeza has successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis. Congratulations, Dr. Abraham! Leeza will use her expertise to work in Exodigm Biosciences, Inc. (Dr. Hao and Rizal's start-up). Good luck for your future work!

April 15, 2023

Dr. Yue Tang Successfully Defends Ph.D. Thesis

Yue has successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis. Congratulations, Dr. Tang! Yue is moving to Shandong University as a faculty starting in August, 2023. Best wishes.

April 10, 2023

Dr. Hao Liu Successfully Defends Ph.D. Thesis

Hao Liu has successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis. Congratulations, Dr. Liu! Hao will be a Post-Doc in Dr. Petr Sulc group at ASU. Wishing you all the best.

April 8, 2023

Best Poster Award at FNANO23

Hao Liu was awarded the best poster awarded in the Foundations of Nanosciences (FNANO23) in Snowbird, Utah. Good job, Hao!

April 5, 2023

Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award

Leeza Abraham was awarded the Outstanding Teaching Assistant in School of Molecular Sciences. Congratulations, Leeza!

April 3, 2023

Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant Award

Hao Liu was awarded the Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant in School of Molecular Sciences. Congratulations, Hao!

April 1, 2023

Le Roy Eyring Fellowship

Deeksha was awarded the Le Roy Eyring Fellowship by the School of Molecular Sciences. Congratulations, Deeksha!

March 1, 2023

College of Fellows of American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering

Dr. Hao Yan was elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. Many congratulations, Prof. Yan!

December 1, 2022

Fellow of National Academy of Inventors

Prof. Yan was elected as Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. Congratulations, Prof. Yan!

October 1, 2022

Web of Science 2022 Highly Cited Researcher

Prof. Yan was recognized as Web of Science 2022 Highly Cited Researcher in Cross-Field. Congratulations, Prof. Yan!

July 1, 2022

Dr. Erik Poppleton Successfully Defends Ph.D. Thesis

Erik has successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis. Congratulations, Dr. Poppleton! Erik is moving to Max Planck Institute for Medical Research as a Postdoc Fellow.

January 15, 2022

Dr. Xiaodong Qi Joins Element Biosciences

Xiaodong is moving to Element Biosciences as a Research Scientist. Congratulations, Dr. Qi and thank you for serving as a bio-master and all the efforts of managing the lab!

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January 1, 2022

Dr. Xu Zhou Joins University of Wisconsin

Xu is moving to University of Wisconsin, Madison as a Postdoc Fellow. Good luck Xu and we wish you all the best in your future endeavors!

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September 1, 2021

Dr. Renee Yang Starts Tenure Track Position

Congratulations to Renee, our former Ph.D. student who will start her tenure track position in The National Center for Nanoscience and Technology this Fall. Congratulations, Dr. Renee Yang!

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August 1, 2021

Dr. Guangbao Yao Starts Tenure Track Position

Congratulations to Guangbao, our former Postdoc who will start his tenure track position in Shanghai Jiaotong University this Fall. Congratulations, Dr. Guangbao Yao!

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July 1, 2021

Dr. Shuoxing Jiang Starts Tenure Track Position

Shuoxing will start his tenure track position in Nanjing University this Fall. Congratulations, Dr. Shuoxing Jiang and thank you for all the hard work you have put in and outstanding contribution to the Yan lab!

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April 15, 2021

Dr. Swarup Dey Successfully Defends Ph.D. Thesis

Swarup has successfully defended his Ph.D. theses. Congratulations, Dr. Dey! Swarup is moving to Harvard University as a Postdoc Fellow.

April 10, 2021

Dr. Raghu Narayanan Successfully Defends Ph.D. Thesis

Raghu has successfully defended his Ph.D. theses. Congratulations, Dr. Narayanan! is moving to UCSF as a Postdoc Fellow.

April 5, 2021

Dr. Xu Zhou Successfully Defends Ph.D. Thesis

Xu has successfully defended his Ph.D. theses. Congratulations, Dr. Zhou!

March 1, 2021

Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant Award

Xu Zhou was awarded the Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant in School of Molecular Sciences. Congratulations, Xu!

February 1, 2021

Associate Editor for Science Advances

Prof. Hao Yan began to serve as Associate Editor for Science Advances.

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January 1, 2021

Associate Editor for ACS Applied Biomaterials

Prof. Hao Yan began to serve as Associate Editor for ACS Applied Biomaterials.

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December 1, 2020

2020 Foresight Institute Feynman Prize

Prof. Hao Yan received the 2020 Foresight Institute Feynman Prize for his significant contributions to the science of using nucleic acids as designer molecular building blocks for programmable molecular self-assembly. Congratulations, Prof. Yan!

July 1, 2020

School of Molecular Sciences Innovation Award

Swarup Dey has been awarded the 2020 School of Molecular Sciences Innovation Award. Congratulations, Swarup!

December 1, 2019

Multiple Prestigious Awards and Recognition

Prof. Hao Yan is elected as the Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Fast Company's 100 Most Creative People in Business 2019, and Web of Science 2018 & 2019 Highly Cited Researcher in Cross-Field. Congratulations, Prof. Yan!

May 15, 2019

JACS Front Cover Publication

Xu Zhou's paper on DNA templated excitonic energy transfer graced the front cover of JACS. Congratulations, Xu and all the co-authors.

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May 1, 2019

Biodesign Center Symposium Success

Biodesign Center for Molecular Design and Biomimetics has a successful 2nd annual center symposium. Go CMDB!

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April 15, 2019

Dr. Fan Hong Successfully Defends Ph.D. Thesis

Fan has successfully defended his Ph.D theses. Congratulations, Dr. Fan Hong is moving to Harvard University as a Postdoc Fellow.

April 10, 2019

Dr. Yu Zhou Successfully Defends Ph.D. Thesis

Yu has successfully defended his Ph.D theses. Congratulations, Dr. Yu Zhou is will become a Postdoc Fellow in Prof. Alexander Green's lab.

March 1, 2019

Dr. Fei Zhang Starts Tenure Track Position

Fei will start her tenure track position in Rutgers University, Newark this Fall. Congratulations, Dr. Fei Zhang and thank you for what you have done in the Yan lab as a master of nucleic acid designer.

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August 1, 2018

Dr. Suchetan Pal Becomes Assistant Professor

Congratulations to Dr. Suchetan Pal, our former Ph.D. student who becomes an assistant professor in IIT Bhilai and will start a new academic journey in India.

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April 15, 2018

Dirks Prize for Molecular Programming

Given by the International Society for Nanoscale Science, Computation and Engineering, the Dirks Prize will recognize exceptional early-career achievement by a researcher working in any area of molecular programming, whether theory, experiment, computation, or a combination thereof. Congratulations to Fei who is the 2018 recipient and invited by ISNSCE to present a Prize Lecture at FNANO.

April 1, 2018

Dr. Saswata Banerjee Successfully Defends Ph.D. Thesis

Saswata has successfully defended his Ph.D theses. Congratulations, Dr. Banerjee! Saswata is moving to Columbia University as a Postdoc Fellow.

April 15, 2016

Dr. Shuoxing Jiang Successfully Defends Ph.D. Thesis

Shuoxing has successfully defended his Ph.D theses. Congratulations, Dr. Jiang!

April 1, 2016

Dr. Renee Yang Successfully Defends Ph.D. Thesis

Renee has successfully defended her Ph.D theses. Congratulations, Dr. Yang!

April 1, 2015

Dr. Fei Zhang Successfully Defends Ph.D. Thesis

Fei has successfully defended her Ph.D theses. Congratulations, Dr. Zhang!

November 1, 2014

ASU NanoDevils Win Gold Medal at BIOMOD

Our ASU NanoDevils team won the Gold medal for their project and the Second place in the category of the Best Youtube Videos at this year's BIOMOD competition held at Harvard University. Congratulations ASU NanoDevils!

August 1, 2014

Dr. Zhengtao Deng Selected for 1000 Young Talent Program

Congratulations to Dr. Zhengtao Deng, our former research assistant professor who was selected in the '1000 young talent search' program of China and started his independent lab in Nanjing University, starting in 09/2014.

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June 1, 2014

Dr. Palash Dutta Successfully Defends Ph.D. Thesis

Palash has successfully defended his Ph.D theses. Congratulations, Dr. Dutta! Palash is moving to Georgia Tech and Emory University as a Postdoc Fellow.

May 1, 2014

DNA Nanotechnology Video

Here is the link to the DNA Nanotechnology video they filmed here last month.

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April 15, 2014

Dr. Xixi Wei Successfully Defends Ph.D. Thesis

Xixi has successfully defended her Ph.D theses. Congratulations, Dr. Wei! Xixi will start her career in Caris Life Sciences as a Research Scientist.

April 1, 2014

Dr. Anirban Samanta and Dr. Wei Li Successfully Defend Ph.D. Theses

Anirban and Wei have successfully defended their Ph.D theses. Congratulations, Dr. Samanta and Dr. Li! Anirban is moving to Naval Research Laboratory as a Postdoc Fellow. Wei is moving to Caltech as a Postdoc Fellow.

December 15, 2013

Dr. Yonggang Ke Starts Assistant Professor Position

Our former graduate student Dr. Yonggang Ke will start his independent career as a tenure track Assistant Professor in the joint Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University. Congratulations, Yonggang.

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December 10, 2013

Dr. Bryan Wei Starts Professor Position

Our former exchange graduate student Dr. Bryan Wei will start his independent career as a Professor in Tsinghua University. Congratulations, Bryan.

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December 5, 2013

Dr. Ryan Nangreave Joins ASU Lake Havasu

Our postdoc Dr. Ryan Nangreave will start his position as a Teaching Professor at ASU Lake Havasu campus. Congratulations, Ryan.

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September 15, 2013

Prof. Hao Yan Appointed Director of Center for Molecular Design and Biomimicry

ASU appoints Dr. Hao Yan as director of Center for Molecular Design and Biomimicry.

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September 10, 2013

Rozenberg Tulip Award

Each year, the Rozenberg Tulip Award is given by the International Society for Nanoscale Science, Computation and Engineering for outstanding achievements in the field of Biomolecular Computing and Molecular Programming. Congratulations to Hao Yan and Yan Liu who are the 2013 recipients.

September 1, 2013

Best Poster Award at DNA19

Congratulations to Wei for winning the best poster award at DNA19 conference.

May 1, 2013

Dr. Dongran Han Moves to Harvard Medical School

Dongran is going to Harvard medical school for a postdoc position. Congratulations, Dr. Han!

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April 20, 2013

Dr. Liu Earns Tenure and Promotion

Congratulations to Dr. Liu for earning tenure and promotion to associate professor!

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April 15, 2013

Departmental Awards

Congratulations to Minghui for winning the Departmental Outstanding Graduate Assistant Award; congratulations to Angela and Saswata for the Certificate in Recognition for Excellence as a Teaching Assistant.

April 10, 2013

Dr. Minghui Liu Successfully Defends Ph.D. Thesis

Minghui has successfully defended her Ph.D thesis. Congratulations, Dr. Liu!

April 5, 2013

Dr. Zhao Successfully Defends Ph.D. Thesis

Zhao has successfully defended his Ph.D thesis. He is going to Harvard medical school for a postdoc position. Congratulations, Dr. Zhao!

April 1, 2013

Dr. Jinglin Fu Starts Assistant Professor Position

Jinglin will start his independent career as tenure track Assistant Professor at Rutgers University, Camden in Fall 2013. Congratulations, Dr. Fu.

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November 15, 2012

Yang Moves to Yale

Yang moved to Yale for a postdoc position. Congratulations, Yang.

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November 10, 2012

Dr. Dongran Han Successfully Defends Ph.D. Thesis

Dongran has successfully defended his Ph.D thesis. Congratulations, Dr. Han!

November 1, 2012

Dr. Xiaowei Liu and Dr. Suchetan Pal Successfully Defend Ph.D. Theses

Xiaowei and Suchetan have successfully defended their Ph.D theses. Congratulations, Dr. Liu and Dr. Pal!

September 15, 2012

NIH Director's Transformative R01 Award

In collaboration with Prof. Milan Stojanovic at Columbia University. Dr. Yan received the 2012 NIH Director's Transformative R01 Award. The project is titled 'Theranostic Nano-objects: Basic Principles and Initial Applications'.

September 1, 2012

Zhengtao Moves to MIT

Zhengtao moved to MIT for a Research Associate position. Congratulations, Zhengtao.

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August 15, 2012

Dr. Jaswinder Sharma Starts Staff Scientist Position

Our former graduate student Dr. Jaswinder Sharma will start his independent career as tenure track Staff Scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Congratulations.

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August 1, 2012

Dr. Chengxiang Lin Starts Assistant Professor Position

Our former graduate student Dr. Chengxiang Lin will start his independent career a tenure track Assistant Professor in the Department of Cell Biology at Yale University. Congratulations, Chenxiang.

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May 1, 2012

Department of Defense MURI Award

Prof. Hao Yan receives prestigious $6.25 million multi-disciplinary research award from Department of Defense. This MURI research team draws on expertise across several scientific fields and includes fellow ASU co-investigators Neal Woodbury and Don Seo; Mark Bathe, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; William Shih, Harvard Medical School; and Nils Walter, University of Michigan.

April 1, 2012

Dr. Zhe Li Successfully Defends Ph.D. Thesis

Zhe has successfully defended her Ph.D thesis. She is going to Yale for a postdoc position. Congratulations, Dr. Li!

January 1, 2012

Milton D. Glick Distinguished Professor Appointment

Dr. Hao Yan is appointed as Milton D. Glick Distinguished Professor in Chemistry and Biochemistry, starting from Jan. 01, 2012. Congratulations are in order!

November 15, 2011

Chemical Society Reviews Theme Issue

Chemical Society Reviews published a theme issue 'Advances in DNA-based nanotechnology', with a DNA origami jet featuring as the cover art. An article 'DNA origami: a quantum leap for self-assembly of complex structures', coauthored by Gothelf and Yan group, is published in this issue.

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November 1, 2011

Dr. Jeanette Nangreave Successfully Defends Ph.D. Thesis

Jeanette has successfully defended her Ph.D thesis. She will become a Assistant Research Scientist/Lab Manager for the Yan lab. Congratulations, Dr. Nangreave!

April 1, 2011

Science Cover Story - DNA Origami with Complex Curvatures

Our paper 'DNA Origami with Complex Curvatures in Three-dimensional Space' featured as Science cover story. Congratulations to the authors: Dongran, Suchetan, Jeanette, and Zhengtao!

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September 1, 2010

Reji Gets Assistant Professorship

Congratulations to Reji for getting an Assistant Professorship from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research. Reji will start his new position in January 2011.

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August 1, 2010

Baoquan Becomes Professor

Congratulations to Baoquan for becoming a Professor in the National Center for Nanosciences and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in Beijing. He was also selected for the 100-talent program in the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Baoquan will start his new position in November 2010.

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April 1, 2010

Best Poster Award at FNANO

Congratulations to Dongran for winning the best poster award at FNANO meeting.

September 1, 2009

New Students Join the Group

New students joined the group: Dongran Han, Anirban Samanta, Wei Li, Palash Dutta, Ashok Kumar, Welcome!

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April 15, 2009

Multiple Ph.D. Defenses

Congratulations to Jas, Yonggang and Chenxiang for their successful Ph.D. defenses. Jas is moving to Los Alamos National Laboratory for a postdoc position. Yonggang and Chenxiang are both going to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute & Harvard Medical School for postdoc positions.

March 1, 2009

Dr. Rahul Chhabra Successfully Defends Ph.D. Thesis

Rahul has successfully defended his Ph.D dissertation. Congratulations, Dr. Chhabra! Dr. Chhabra is moving to U. of Alberta for a postdoc position.

November 1, 2008

Dr. Kyle Lund Successfully Defends Ph.D. Thesis

Kyle has successfully defended his Ph.D dissertation. Congratulations, Dr. Lund! Kyle is going to US Army to lead a research team.

October 1, 2008

Dr. Sherri Rinker Successfully Defends Ph.D. Thesis

Sherri has successfully defended her Ph.D dissertation. Congratulations to Dr. Rinker, the first Ph.D. produced from the Yan Lab! Sherri is going to Indiana University Medical School for a NIH postdoc fellow position.

May 1, 2008

Qiangbin Becomes Professor

Congratulations to Qiangbin for becoming a Professor in the Suzhou Institute of Nano-tech and Nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He will start his new position in July 2008.

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