Department of Chemistry

Dr. Zhu was awarded a NIH R01 grant.: Dr. Zhu was awarded a NIH R01 grant.

June 27, 2020 Hao Zhu

Dr. Zhu was awarded a five year NIH R01 grant, titled “Mechanism-Driven Virtual Adverse Outcome Pathway Modeling for Hepatotoxicity“, from National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. This grant, with the total amount of $2,271,161 will provide Dr. Zhu necessary support to develop predictive models for potential liver toxicants using new AI algorithms and public big ... Continue reading Dr. Zhu was awarded a NIH R01 grant....
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June 27, 2020Dr. Zhu was awarded a NIH R01 grant.
Dr. Zhu was awarded a research contract from Lubrizol: Dr. Zhu was awarded a research contract from Lubrizol

June 27, 2020 Hao Zhu

The Lubrizol Corporation provided Dr. Zhu an one year contract of $25,000 to study developmental toxicity. This collaboration project also involves the use of Lubrizol toxicity data for modeling purpose.
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June 27, 2020Dr. Zhu was awarded a research contract from Lubrizol
Zhu lab published on Nature Communications: Zhu lab published on Nature Communications

June 27, 2020 Hao Zhu

The research paper, titled “Construction of a web-based nanomaterial database by big data curation and modeling friendly nanostructure annotations”, was published on Nature Communications. The first author was Xiliang Yan, who finished this project as a visiting student in Zhu lab. I want to thank Dr. Bing Yan for his supporting of experimental data as ... Continue reading Zhu lab published on Nature Communications...
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June 27, 2020Zhu lab published on Nature Communications
Linlin Zhao and Swati Sharma successfully defended their thesis in CCIB: Linlin Zhao and Swati Sharma successfully defended their thesis in CCIB

June 27, 2020 Hao Zhu

In two virtual thesis defense seminars of April, Linlin Zhao defended her PhD thesis, titled “Computational modeling for chemical toxicity assessment in the big data era: combining data driven profiling and mechanism-driven read-across”. Swati Sharma defended her master thesis, titled “Hybrid modeling of reproductive and developmental toxicity”. Congratulations to Dr. Linlin Zhao and Swati Sharma. ... Continue reading Linlin Zhao and Swati Sharma successfully defended their thesis in CCIB...
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June 27, 2020Linlin Zhao and Swati Sharma successfully defended their thesis in CCIB
Forensic Science Center of Excellence Hosts Webinar Featuring LFTDI’s NOCIt Inference Platform: Forensic Science Center of Excellence Hosts Webinar Featuring LFTDI’s NOCIt Inference Platform

June 5, 2020 Catherine Grgicak

Tuesday, July 14th, 2020 1:00:00 PM ET – 2:00:00 PM ET Duration: 1 hour(s) Presenter: Catherine M. Grgicak
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June 5, 2020Forensic Science Center of Excellence Hosts Webinar Featuring LFTDI’s NOCIt Inference Platform
Prof Moran awarded NEH funding: Prof Moran awarded NEH funding

April 15, 2020 Kimberlee Moran

Professor Kimberlee Moran was awarded the NEH Summer Stipend for: “The Arch Street Project: Visualizing the Historical, Archaeological, and Bioanthropological Evidence from the First Baptist Church of Philadelphia’s Burial Ground”. The grant will fund the production of an interactive site map of the cemetery excavated in 2017. Nearly 500 burials were recovered and are still being ... Continue reading Prof Moran awarded NEH funding...
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April 15, 2020Prof Moran awarded NEH funding
Prof. Moran & Prof. Betz hosts 3rd annual Ethics Bowl debate tournament: Prof. Moran & Prof. Betz hosts 3rd annual Ethics Bowl debate tournament

April 9, 2020 Kimberlee Moran

For the 3rd year in a row, Professor Moran will be facilitating the Rutgers-Camden Ethics Bowl, a co-taught class with Professor Betz in the Department of Philosophy & Religion (50:730:240). The class, Debating Ethical Issues Across Disciplines, teaches students ethical frameworks through which dilemmas can be addressed. Students prepare scenarios that are then debated in ... Continue reading Prof. Moran & Prof. Betz hosts 3rd annual Ethics Bowl debate tournament...
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April 9, 2020Prof. Moran & Prof. Betz hosts 3rd annual Ethics Bowl debate tournament
Dr. Grgicak accepts invitation to join the Editorial Board of Electrophoresis: Dr. Grgicak accepts invitation to join the Editorial Board of Electrophoresis

March 27, 2020 Catherine Grgicak

Dr. Grgicak joins the Editorial Board of Electrophoresis, a scientific journal dedicated to topics that include new or improved analytical and preparative methods, sample preparation, development of theory, and innovative applications of electrophoretic and liquid phase separations methods in the study of nucleic acids, proteins, carbohydrates natural products, pharmaceuticals, food analysis, environmental species and other compounds of importance to the life sciences.
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March 27, 2020Dr. Grgicak accepts invitation to join the Editorial Board of Electrophoresis
Chemistry Student Ariel Smart Presents at AAFS: Chemistry Student Ariel Smart Presents at AAFS

March 27, 2020 Kimberlee Moran

Chemistry Master’s Student, Ariel Smart, presented her research at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences annual conference in Feb 2020. Her poster, titled ” The Effect of pH on Presumptive Serological Screening Tests” was a candidate for the Young Forensic Scientists Award.
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March 27, 2020Chemistry Student Ariel Smart Presents at AAFS
Linlin’s research of liver toxicity modeling was published on Toxicological Science: Linlin’s research of liver toxicity modeling was published on Toxicological Science

February 26, 2020 Hao Zhu

Linlin’s research paper, titled “Mechanism-driven Read-Across of Chemical Hepatotoxicants Based on Chemical Structures and Biological Data”, was published on Toxicology Science. Please see the details of this paper here. This is Linlin’s fourth first-author paper in her five year graduate study under my guidance and the sixth research paper in press from my group in ... Continue reading Linlin’s research of liver toxicity modeling was published on Toxicological Science...
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February 26, 2020Linlin’s research of liver toxicity modeling was published on Toxicological Science
Dr. Zhu’s paper was recognized as the Top Citation Paper by Drug Discovery Today: Dr. Zhu’s paper was recognized as the Top Citation Paper by Drug Discovery Today

February 7, 2020 Hao Zhu

Dr. Zhu’s review paper titled “From machine learning to deep learning: progress in machine intelligence for rational drug discovery” was recognized as the Top Citation Paper by Drug Discovery Today. This paper was cited over 100 times within the past two years (2018-2019) and can be viewed here.
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February 7, 2020Dr. Zhu’s paper was recognized as the Top Citation Paper by Drug Discovery Today
LFTDI inventors acquire U.S. Patent on NOCIt technology: LFTDI inventors acquire U.S. Patent on NOCIt technology

February 2, 2020 Catherine Grgicak

Patent US 10,504,614 B2 was issued to Dr. Grgicak & Dr. Lun et al. for their “Systems and Methods for Determining an Unknown Characteristic of a Sample”. This patent describes the invention underlying NOCIt, the system that allows a full evaluation of the entire forensic DNA signal across all probable number of contributors.
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February 2, 2020LFTDI inventors acquire U.S. Patent on NOCIt technology

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