ZHENG LAB
Yaorong Zheng
Principle Investigator
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Kent State University
Office: 236 Integrated Science Building
Phone: 330-672-2267
Email: yzheng7@kent.edu
Dr. Yaorong Zheng earned his B.S. in Chemistry from Peking University (2006) under Prof. Chun-Hua Yan and his Ph.D. from the University of Utah (2011) with Prof. Peter J. Stang on multicomponent coordination supramolecular systems, followed by postdoctoral training with Prof. Stephen J. Lippard at MIT. He joined Kent State University in 2015, where he is now Associate Professor. The Zheng Lab develops photoactivatable platinum complexes and supramolecular assemblies as metal-based chemical scaffolds for precise, spatiotemporal control in biological systems.
Meet The Team
Man Kshetri
PhD
Md Al Amin
PhD
Suha Alqarni
PhD
Shirin Akter
PhD
Zexin Lin
PhD
Bansriben Jagdishbhai Raj
PhD
Shafia Farhana Etu
PhD
Jordan Caraway
Undergraduate
Natalie Kline
Undergraduate
Former Lab Members
Arpit Sharma (PhD in 2025, Currently based in New Zealand)
Wjdan Jogadi (PhD in 2024, Currently based in Saudi Arabia)
Payel Datta (PhD in 2022, now Lecturer at Case Western Reserve University)
Dinusha Jayawardhana (PhD in 2022, now Scientist at Intel)
Morgan Stilgenbauer (PhD in 2020, now Scientist II at Tessera Therapeutics)
Han Wang (PhD in 2020, now Chemist at Vivani)
Zihan Qiu (MS in 2019, now product technical support specialist at ABclonal Technology)
Fred Nielson (MS in 2018, now Manager at IQVIA)
Jimin Park (BS in 2023, now at Celltrion Inc)
Jordan Solmen (BS in 2024, now Education Specialist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst)
May Cheline (BS/MS in 2024, now PhD at Ohio State University)