January 05, 2022: We welcome new PhD student (Bornita) to join the Jang Lab! 
December 17, 2022: Congratulations Dr. Tan for his graduation!  
September 1, 2021: We welcome new master student (Lizzie) to join the Jang Lab! 
August 23, 2021: We welcome new undergraduate students (Ryan, Macs, Imran, and Sean) to join the Jang Lab! 
August, 2021: Dr. Jang receives an NSF grant to develop synthetic cells using sensor fusion proteins! This project will be conducted by collaboration with Dr. Denard (UF, ChE) and Dr. Hong (IIT, ChE).  See news: ​https://www.che.ufl.edu/jang-receives-nsf-grant-to-design-minimal-synthetic-cells-capable-of-sensing-and-self-manipulation/
June 1, 2021: We welcome a REU student (Tiffany Jeng) from Georgia Tech this summer! 
May 15, 2021: We welcome a new PhD student (Jooyong Shin) to the lab! 
April 7, 2021: Dr. Jang receives a KIChE President Young Investigator Award. Congratulations! See news: ​https://www.che.ufl.edu/jang-receives-korean-institute-of-chemical-engineers-president-young-investigator-award/
March 17, 2021: Dr. Jang receives an NSF CAREER Award! The Jang Lab works on engineering self-assembly of recombinant fusion proteins for bottom-up construction of protein-powered synthetic protocols. See news: ​https://www.che.ufl.edu/jang-receives-nsf-career-award-to-develop-synthetic-protocells/
January 3, 2021: We welcome a UG student (Noah Pruitt) to the lab! He works with Ruwen and Nick to investigate our antibacterial surfaces against different types of bacterial strains. 
December 17, 2020: Dr. Jang gives an invited talk at UKC 2020, virtual meeting.
November 23, 2020: Congratulations! Ruwen and Nick's work has been published online in ACS Applied Polymer Materials! 
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acsapm.0c01054
November 16-20, 2020: Dr. Jang gives an invited talk at 2020 Virtual AIChE Annual Meeting, in "Emerging Junior Investigator Open Innovation Forum", also serves as the session chair for Biomolecules at Interface I & II (Interfacial Phenomena 01C) and Biopolymers (Materials Engineering and Science Division (08). 
October 30, 2020: Congratulations! Ruwen won Honorable Mention (Second Place), GRACE Symposium 2020 Awards!
October 9, 2020: Congratulations! Ruwen won the best nano-image in the image contest for UF Nano Day 2020. See it in our scientific gallery :)
September 30, 2020: We welcome a PhD student (Jackson Powers) to the Lab! Also, welcome back Julio :) 
September 21, 2020: Congratulations! Our first research article (Ruwen, Jooyong, and Blair's work), entitled "Tuning the Structural Integrity and Mechanical Properties of Globular Protein Vesicles by Blending Crosslinkable and Non-crosslinkable Building Blocks" is accepted in Biomacromolecules.  
September, 2020: We welcome a master student (Blair Cole) and undergraduate students (Pragati Patel and Stella Belony) to the lab! 
April 15, 2020: Congrats to Ruwen for passing his qualifying exam! 
March 03, 2020: Ruwen's work on a book chapter, entitled "Engineering Approaches to Create Antibacterial Surfaces on Biomedical Implants and Device" is published online! Congratulations!
January, 2020: We welcome a master student (Ting), undergraduate students (Gabriella, Shannon, and Jackson) to the lab! 

Lab Logo Contest Results!

Guess who the winner is! :)
July 31, 2019: We also had a Farewell Lunch for Camilo. 
June 9 - July 27, 2019: The Jang Lab participates in the UF Student Science Training Program (SSTP). Welcome Steven Meikle and Alicia Tsung :)  
 


​Group Photo on February 26, 2019, in our NEW LAB! 
 
Working on study surface adhesion behavior of our recombinant fusion proteins with monitoring of conformation changes on a gold surface.  

We are so excited to work here and can't wait for outcomes!

Group photo on Valentine's day (02-14-2019): Clark, Ruwen, Josie, Camilo, Nick & Yeongseon

October 28-November 1, 2018: Dr. Yeongseon Jang will attend the AIChE meeting in Pittsburg, PA.
                                                        Please find Dr. Jang if you have interests in our research! 
October 15, 2018: New PhD candidates, Clark & Ruwen joined the Jang Lab! Let's go gators :) 
August 1, 2018: Dr. Yeongseon Jang joined the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Florida as an Assistant Professor!