Welcome to the Cheng Lab at UCR! We study biosensor applications and material design through surface plasmon resonance, mass spectrometry, and high throughput approaches. The tools we develop are applied toward a range of biomolecular targets, including clinical biomarkers, environmental toxins and contaminants, and complex media. Located in the Chemical Sciences Building at UCR, we have access to a wide range of analytical and cleanroom facilities on campus. Feel free to learn more about our work through our website, or contact us for samples and/or more information.
Latest Group News
Cole Ebel awarded GAANN fellowship
December 9, 2024
Congratulations to Cole Ebel, who has been selected to receive 2024-2025 UCR Chemistry GAANN fellowship, sponsored by US Department of Education.
MacREU summer student Yuliana presents research
Aug 27, 2024
Congratulations to Yuliana, our visiting student from the University of La Verne, for completing UCR's MacREU summer research program! Great work with your presentation and poster!
Cheng Lab Beach Retreat
Aug 10, 2024
We had a great annual beach party with families and friends in Newport Beach. Fantastic weather and fun games. See you next year!
Yuyang passed the oral qualifying exam
Aug 5, 2024
We gathered at the Getaway Cafe to celebrate Yuyang’s successful passing of the oral qualifying exam. Well done Yuyang! We look forward to seeing more of your brilliant work in future.
Cheng lab @UCChemSym
April 15, 2024
Cheng Lab members Cole, Daniel, and Westley had a blast presenting their work @UCChemSym last week. Daniel even won Best Talk in the Analytical and Environmental chemistry division!
Celebrate Daniel and Santino’s defense
December 15, 2023
The Cheng Lab is out to celebrate Daniel and Santino’s defense. First time to have shabu shabu for group lunch!
The Cheng lab at UCCS 2023
April 25, 2023
Daniel, Alex, and Cole had a wonderful time representing Cheng lab at UCCS! Daniel won the award for best analytical presentation!
Alex Lambert and Alex Malinick traveled to Portugal and won awards at Sample Treatment Conference
December 1, 2021
Congratulations to Alex Malinick and Alex Lambert for their presentations at the 5th International Caparica Christmas Conference on Sample Treatment in Lisbon, Portugal! Alex M. won a prize for his Shotgun Talk and Alex L. won for his Poster Presentation. Great job!
Cheng Lab collaborates with Office of Technology Partnerships
August 25, 2021
We are pleased to announce the opening of two commercialization projects using our latest biosensing technology developments. We are excited to be working with Office of Technology Partnerships, and the project landing pages can be found here: https://techtransfer.
Alex Lambert wins Best Poster Award at Biosensors 2021
August 2, 2021
Congratulations to Alex and coworkers for winning the Best Poster Award at the 31st World Congress on Biosensors (BIOSENSORS 2021). Their poster, “High-performing SPR biosensing with aluminum thin films”, coauthored by Alex Lambert, Santino Valiulis, Alex Malinick, and Ichiro Tanabe, was one of the 6 winners out of ~600 posters. Well done guys!
Also at this conference, Alex Malinick was invited to give an oral presentation on his work “Surface Plasmon Resonance Imaging in combination with Ganglioside Microarray and Deep Learning for Detection of Multiple Sclerosis Biomarkers in Patient Serum”, coauthored by Alex Lambert and Daniel Stuart. Congratulations to all authors