Research
2026 ASEE Annual Conference | June 2026
Exploring Team-Based Undergraduate Research to Expand Opportunities
Zachary Wylie (PhD student), Alex Prybutok (faculty) and Lilo Pozzo (faculty)
Science | July 2026
De novo design of orthogonal far-red, orange, and green fluorophore-binding proteins for multiplexed imaging
Long Tran (PhD candidate), David Baker (faculty) and co-authors
ACS Catalysis | July 2026
Rigor & Reproducibility in Electrocatalysis: Approaches and Considerations for Surface Area Normalization
Eric M. Stuve (faculty) and co-authors
NeuroSci | July 2026
Effect of Caffeine on Cell Death, Oxidative Stress, and Microglial Morphology in a Ferret Organotypic Brain Slice Model of Hypoxia–Ischemia
Zheyu Ruby Jin (PhD, ‘26), Elizabeth Nance (faculty) and co-authors
Sensors & Diagnostics | July 2026
PEG-mediated viscous crowding controls dynamics and quantitative range in recombinase polymerase amplification nucleation site analysis
Coleman D. Martin (postdoc), Jonathan D. Posner (faculty) and co-authors
Advanced Materials | July 2026
Boolean Logic-Based Control Over Recombinant Protein Biomaterial Degradability and Therapeutic Delivery
Ryan Gharios (alumni), Shivani Kottantharayil (undergraduate), Cole A. DeForest (faculty) and co-authors
Acta Biomaterialia | July 2026
Modeling Tenascin-C-rich metastatic tumor niches in engineered hydrogel biomaterials
Aakanksha Jha (postdoc), Cole DeForest (faculty) and co-authors
Analytical Chemistry | August 2026
Second Harmonic Nonlinear Warburg Admittance Analysis Eliminates Information Loss from Linearization in Traditional EIS: Theory and Experimental Validation
Lauren Frank (PhD student), Daniel Schwartz (faculty) and co-authors
Nature Communications | August 2026
Quantifying replication fidelity of unnatural base pairs using nanopore sequencing
Nicholas Kaplan (graduate student), Jayson Sumabat (graduate student), Jorge Marchand (faculty) and co-authors
Bioengineering & Translational Medicine | September 2026
From bench to bedside: Overcoming translational hurdles in nanoparticle research with pharmacokinetic modeling
Nuo Xu (alumnus), Elizabeth Nance (faculty) and co-authors
Biomacromolecules | October 2026
Decoupling the Role of Nanoparticle Rigidity and Chemistry in Particle Transport through the Brain Parenchyma
Shreya Ramanan (alumnus); Brendan Butler (alumnus); Elizabeth Nance (faculty) and co-authors
Nature Chemical Engineering | October 2026
Engineering biocomputability in living and material systems
Ryan Gharios (PhD student); Annabella Li (alumnus); Cole A. DeForest (faculty) and co-authors
Chem: A cell press journal | October 2026
Coming full circle: Biofuels, plastic waste, and the circular economy
Julie Rorrer (faculty)
Current Opinion in Systems Biology | October 2026
Spatiotemporal multiscale models reveal how cross-scale coordination shapes human health and longevity
Neda Bagheri (faculty) and co-authors
Reaction Chemistry & Engineering | October 2026
Autonomous closed-loop optimization of n-butane hydrogenolysis: a case study for history dependent heterogeneous catalytic reactions
Leo Brody (postdoc), Julia Hancock (PhD candidate), Mahdokht Soltani (PhD candidate) and Julie Rorrer (faculty)
Applied Biomaterials | October 2026
Adhesive, Chemically Resistant and Antibacterial Protein Films by Coacervating Mineralization of Noble Metal-Binding Elastin-Like Polypeptides
Nada Naser (faculty), William Wixson (PhD student), François Baneyx (faculty) and co-authors
Material Horizons | October 2026
Conferences at a crossroads: networking, serendipity, and the cost of showing up
Cole DeForest (faculty)
Recognition
Dr. Cole DeForest received renewed funding from the National Institutes of Health to study biology in four dimensions.
Dr. Shachi Mittal was awarded an Early-Career Investigator Travel Award by the National Cancer Institute.
Dr. Alex Prybutok was quoted in an article from The Chronicle on the UW STEM Summer Camp.
Dr. Elizabeth Nance was appointed chair of the NIH Innovations in Nanosystems and Nanotechnology Study Section.
Dr. Alex Prybutok was named to AIChE’s 35 under 35.
Originally published November 2, 2026