I develope molecular dynamics simulations models of RNA. I am particuarly intestered in studying RNA phase seperation. Currently I am working on simulation of RNA homopolymers in various ionic environments.
05/24/2024: I presented a poster at the 41st Graduate student symposium at UB: pdf photo.
03/09/2024: I passed my PhD qualifying exam and became a PhD candidate! 🥳
12/09/2023: I publised an review article on the topic of photo-activatable bioorthogonal reagents: pdf.
10/01/2023: I joined BioSim lab at UB, embarking my journey as a computational chemist!
04/27/2023: Our work on a new bioorthogonal ligation reaction was published in JACS: pdf.
- Ph.D., Computational Chemistry, State University of New York at Buffalo (Expected May 2026)
- B.S., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Gettysburg College (2021)
- H.S., Southwestern Academy, San Marino, CA (2017)
(1) Zhang, H.; Fang, M.; Lin, Q. Photo-Activatable Reagents for Bioorthogonal Ligation Reactions. Top Curr Chem (Z) 2023, 382 (1), 1. pdf
(2) Fang, M.; Kumar, G. S.; Racioppi, S.; Zhang, H.; Rabb, J. D.; Zurek, E.; Lin, Q. Hydrazonyl Sultones as Stable Tautomers of Highly Reactive Nitrile Imines for Fast Bioorthogonal Ligation Reaction. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145 (18), 9959–9964. pdf
41st Graduate student symposium at SUNY Buffalo: pdf
- CHE206 Organic Chemistry (Spring 2024)
- CHE350 Physical Chemistry for Life Sciences (Spring 2022, Spring 2023)
- CHE251 Honors Organic Chemistry (Fall 2022)
- CHE101 General Chemistry (Fall 2021)