Protein Engineering, Genome Editing, and Molecular Innovation

to develop biomolecular tools for probing gene and protein functions and to advance therapeutics through targeted delivery platforms

Lab News

Jan 2026: Chen Lab launched at Penn Chemistry

Jan 2026: Dr. Yutao Zhao joined as our first postdoc, welcome!

Jan 2026: Master’s students Henry Hua and Karen Mathews joined our lab, welcome!

April 2026: MD-PhD student Jordyn Duby started rotation in our lab, welcome!

We are seeking motivated (under)graduate students and postdoc researchers who are interested in exploring directions in biomolecular engineering, genome editing, and therapeutic delivery.