Welcome!
The Sletten Group takes a multidisciplinary approach towards the creation of enhanced nanotherapeutics, shortwave infrared diagnostics, and new chemical tools to study living systems. Research within the group involves a mix of organic synthesis, fluorous chemistry, chemical biology, self-assembly, polymer synthesis, photophysics, nanomedicine, and pharmacology.
Recent News
1/5/26 – We’re ringing in the new year with new lab members! Welcome to the group, Marie and Nate.
12/13/25 – Emily and Ellen present at the 2025 Chemical Biology and Physiology conference at Oregon Health and Science University. Great work, and congrats to Emily for winning “Best poster”!
12/9/25 – The Sletten group gets together at Santa Monica Brew Works to celebrate our 10 year lab birthday. Cheers to a decade of science!
11/3/25 – Marie joins the group for her fall rotation. Welcome!
11/2/25 – Thank you to everyone who came out to the PhotonBooth at UCLA’s annual “Explore Your Universe” science fair.
10/25/25 – The group gets together to enjoy some food and brews for our annual Oktoberfest celebration at Ellen’s house!
10/2/25 – It’s a big week for the Sletten group! Congrats to Jesus for passing his qualifying exam and becoming PhD candidate #25.
10/1/25 – We are excited to welcome our newest postdoctoral fellow, Willow, to the lab and UCLA!
9/29/25 – Today we welcome first year graduate students Emmanuel, Isaac, Kate, Megan, and Nate for their Fall rotations!
9/10/25 – The Sletten group has a strong showing at UCLA’s first campus-wide science fair, presenting our research to the local Los Angeles community.