[Graduation] The Lu group celebrates newly minted PhD

June 2025
Three graduate students (Wang Shuo, He Yahui, and Lyu Chunyan) successfully defended their PHD theses on May 28th. Three undergraduate students (Cai Haoran, Tang Chenming, and Wu Baiyu) successfully received his B.S. degree in chemistry. We are thrilled to announce the remarkable achievements of our graduating students this year.
Dr. Wang Shuo has been honored with the Peking University Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award for his groundbreaking work in computational chemistry. Additionally, he was named the College of Chemistry Honorary Graduate (No. 001).
Cai Haoran was selected as the student representative to deliver a speech at the College of Chemistry's graduation ceremony. Additionally, he received the Beijing Municipal Outstanding Graduate Award and other honors, underscoring his all-around excellence in academics and leadership.

[Graduation] The Lu group celebrates newly minted PhD

May 2025
Three graduate students successfully defended their PHD theses on May 28th.
Dr. Wang Shuo, Class of 2020, will join National University of Singapore.
Dr. He Yahui , Class of 2020, will join Wuxi Capital Group Co., Ltd.
Dr. Lyu Chunyan , Class of 2020, will join China Bluestar Chengrand Co., Ltd.

We wish all of them great success in their new journey.

[Graduation] The Lu group celebrates newly minted PhD

June 2024
Dr. Liu Xingyi, Class of 2019, successfully defended his PHD thesis on May 24th, and will join Apricot Capital as a investment manager.
Lu Mingyuan, Class of 2020, received his B.S. degree in chemistry and will continue his PhD research in our group.

We wish all of them great success in their new journey.

[PUBLICATION] Wang Shuo reports the highest molecular weight of polysarsoine work in JACS

Feb. 2024

The rapid and controlled synthesis of high-molecular-weight (HMW) polysarcosine (pSar), a potential polyethylene glycol (PEG) alternative, via the ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of N-carboxyanhydride (NCA) is rare and challenging. In the latest work of Wang Shuo, he reports well-controlled ROP of sarcosine NCA (Sar-NCA) catalyzed by various carboxylic acids, which accelerate the polymerization rate up to 50 times, and enables the robust synthesis of pSar with unprecedented ultra-high molecular weight (UHMW) up to 586 kDa (DP ~ 8200) and exceptionally narrow dispersity (Ð) below 1.05.  This is the second first-authored research paper of Shuo, keep it on! [Link]

[PUBLICATION] Lu Jianhua’s latest work is published in JACS

Feb. 2024

Biologics, including proteins and antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs), face significant challenges when it comes to achieving intracellular delivery within specific organs or cells through systemic administrations. In this work, we develop a novel approach for delivering proteins and ASOs to liver cells, both in vitro and in vivo, using conjugates that tethering N-acetylated galactosamine (GalNAc)-functionalized, cell-penetrating polydisulfides (PDS). These conjugates hold tremendous potential in overcoming the various biological barriers encountered during systemic and cell-specific delivery of biomacromolecular cargos, opening new avenues for the diagnosis and treatment of a range of liver-targeting diseases. This is the third first-authored JACS paper of Jianhua Lu, great work! [Link]

[AWARDS] Lu Jianhua Won Prestigious Award

Aug. 2023
Lu Jianhua's PhD Thesis was awarded the prestigious "Elite Youth Spark Award" by the Young Chemists Committee of the Chinese Chemical Society (中国化学会青年化学工作者委员会菁青化学奖 星火奖). She received the award and gave an invited talk in a CCS conference in Changsha.