Honors and Awards Langmuir Lectureship Award, 2024 Shapiro Professor of Chemistry, 2021-present Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, 2020-2021 Penn State Faculty Scholar Medal in Life and Health ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — By combining forefront X-ray observations with state-of-the-art supercomputer simulations of the buildup of galaxies over cosmic history, researchers have provided the best ...

Education Ph.D. in Physics, Tsinghua U. (China), 2013 B.S. in Optical Engineering, Shandong U. (China), 2007 Biography Professor, Penn State, 2024 – present Associate Professor, Penn State, 2022 - ...

Research Summary We use model organisms to understand neuronal polarity and neuronal injury responses. We are interested in how machinery found in all cells is adapted in neurons to generate extremely ...

Philadelphia native Dr. Ala Stanford had been all over the city, administering free COVID-19 tests with her staff to anyone who wanted them. Her husband was driving the van, and her pastor was running ...

Professional Appointments and Affiliations Howard Hughes Medical Investigator Evan Pugh University Professor of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Eberly Distinguished Chair in Science ...

In seven different buildings throughout campus—and all over the globe—you’ll find a diverse community of biologists who are committed to improving our society. We’re widely recognized for our ...

Prehealth Advising at Penn State is available to any student in any major at any campus across the University, as well as to alumni who would like to explore, prepare, and apply for training in a ...

Michael Brin Prize in Dynamical Systems Professor Emeritus Michael Brin of the University of Maryland has endowed an international prize for outstanding work in the theory of dynamical systems and ...

About Me Denise Okafor received her B.S. in biomedical chemistry from Oral Roberts University. She earned an M.S. in chemistry and a Ph.D. in biochemistry at Georgia Institute of Technology. Her ...

Research Interests Research in the Zhu lab focuses on the exploration of fundamental and novel electronic properties of low-dimensional materials and nanostructures. Our current research interests ...

Selected Publications Crystalline symmetry protected number-conserving Majorana mode in Dirac semimetal nanowires, Rui-Xing Zhang, Chao-Xing Liu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 156802 (2018) Singlet-Quintet ...