Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Kent State University
Office: 236 Integrated Science Building
Phone: 330-672-2267
Email: yzheng7@kent.edu
Dr. Zheng received his B.S. degree in Chemistry in 2006 from Peking University in China while working with Professor Chun-Hua Yan. Shortly after, he joined the laboratory of Professor Peter J. Stang in the chemistry department of University of Utah, where he focused his graduate research on multi-component coordination supramolecular systems. After receiving his Ph.D. degree in 2011, he moved to Cambridge to work with Professor Stephen J. Lippard as a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Chemistry of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 2015, he joined Kent State University as an Assistant Professor working on self-assembly and bioinorganic chemistry.
Yaorong Zheng
Principle Investigator
Morgan Stilgenbauer
Graduate Student
Han Wang
Graduate Student
Payel Datta
Graduate Student
Dinusha Jayawardhana
Graduate Student
Fred Nielsen
Master Student
Zihan Qiu
Master Student
Sabrina Adjiri
Sabrina is a Junior at Kent State University and is majoring in Biotechnology. Upon graduation from Kent, she hopes to get an MD/PhD in Biomedical engineering, work for doctors without boarders, and research new types of prosthetics.
Undergraduate Student
Hala Daghlas
Undergedaute Student
Susan Kempf
Undergraduate Student
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Kent State University
Office: 227 Williams Hall
Phone: 330-672-9524
Email: dbowers7@kent.edu
Dr. Bowers received his B.S. degree in Chemistry from Gannon University in 2008 and his Ph.D. from The University of Akron in 2013. His graduate research focused on the synthesis and characterization of chlorophosphazenes and their derivatives working in the laboratory of Dr. Claire A. Tessier of the chemistry department. After receiving his Ph.D. degree in 2013, he joined Kent State University as an Assistant Professor and teaches a variety of chemistry courses.
David J. Bowers
Senior Postdoctoral Scholar
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Kent State University
Office: 226A Williams Hall
Dr. Yue received his B.S. degree in Medicinal Chemistry in 1995 from West China University of Medical Sciences (WCUMS) and got his PhD in Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica (SIMM), Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2004. His work in SIMM focused on the research of the inhibitor for PI3K-PKB system. After graduation from SIMM, he joined in the Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering in Wuhan University of Technology (WHUT) as a lecturer faculty and was promoted to associate professor and independent principle investigator in 2006, where he did research on organic process research & development and medicinal chemistry. From 2012, he came to USA and continue his research in medicinal chemistry as postdoctoral researcher in the Scripps Research Institute-Florida, the chemistry department of University in Pittsburgh and the department of chemistry and biochemistry in Kent State University. In August of 2016, he joined Dr. Zheng’s group as a postdoctoral researcher.
Zhizhou Yue