-Peter receives a Travel Award from the Biophysical Society (BPS) for the 2026 annual meeting in San Francisco, CA!

-Welcome Ziming joining us as a Ph.D. student researcher!

-Peter has been named 2026 Neurobiology in Changing Ecosystems (NCE) Scialog Fellow!

-Congratulations to Xuchen Ren, who has officially passed the MatSE qualifying exam (Polymer Physics, Surface and Colloids)! Way to go, Xuchen!

-In collaboration with Prof. Chris Anderson, we received an NEXUS seed grant from the MatSE department to develop polymer-based electro-optic transducers for bioelectric signal detection!

-Welcome Joie joining us as a master’s student researcher!

-We are growing! Welcome Jitong, Zixin, and Koney joining us as Ph.D. student researchers, Baker and Carolyn joining us as undergraduate student researchers!

-Peter receives an Individual Investigator Award from the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust! Read News here.

-Our paper on label-free optical recording of bioelectric signals using dioxythiopene-based polymers appeared on Nature Communications. Great collaboration with the Cui Lab (Stanford), Reynolds Lab (Georgia Tech), and Müller Lab (UC Berkeley)! Read News here.

-Congratulations to Colin O’Donnell, who was accepted to the Illinois Scholars Undergraduate Research (ISUR) Program ! Way to go, Colin!

-Congratulations to Alexandra Kuhlman-Schneider, who was awarded the Clifton G. Bergeron Scholarship from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering! Way to go, Alexandra!

-Peter receives the American Heart Association (AHA) Career Development Award! Read News here.

-Welcome Michelle and Alexandra joining us as undergraduate student researchers!

-Welcome Xuchen joining us a Ph.D. student researcher, Colin and Oliver joining us as undergraduate student researchers, and Francis joining us as a master’s student researcher!

-Zhou lab launches the website!