2023
- ARE THE PLASTIC PARTICLES THAT SURROUND US EVERYWHERE TOXIC? UNCG press release on Jia's Lab Paper. URL: https://www.uncg.edu/featured/are-the-plastic-particles-that-surround-us-everywhere-toxic/
- Ajmal Khan, a Ph.D student in Jia Lab won the 2023 Robert R. Bryden Graduate Research Award of $ 1000 from the North Carolina Academy of Science (NCAS) for his project " Molecular studies of Microplastics- and Nanoplastics-induced endothelial inflammation: Implications in environmental determinants of cardiovascular disease"
- Ajmal Khan, a Ph.D student in Jia Lab won 2023 GRADUATE RESEARCH & CREATIVITY SHOWCASE expo (APRIL 4 @ 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM). URL: https://grs.uncg.edu/enrolled/showcase/
- Ajmal Khan, a Ph.D student in Dr. Jia's lab. has been granted $1,000 from the Dorothy Munroe Graduate Student Research Award to support his research. September 15, 2023
2020
- Dr. Zhenquan Jia (Biology) received new funding from the NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute for the project “Novel carbon nanodots for modulation of OxLDL mediated inflammation and inhibition of atherosclerosis. Dr. Norman Chiu and Dr. Jianjun Wei are co-principal investigators on the project" August 11, 2020
2017
- Some of our esteemed Biology faculty were honored at the 2017 Faculty Excellence in Research and Creative Activity reception on April 4, 2017: Dr. Stan Faeth, Dr. Yash Patel, Dr. John Tomkiel Dean, Dr. Malcolm Schug, Dr. Parke Rublee, Dr. Zhenquan Jia, and Dr. Olav Rueppell were all recognized for their research contributions. April 4, 2017