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
7/1/24 – Ellen is promoted to the rank of full Professor! Congratulations on this phenomenal achievement!
6/24/24 – Congrats to Joseph and Ashley! Their work on biotin-initiated poly(oxazoline)s is now available at Macromolecules.
6/17/24 – Our work led by Helen on counterion exchange of a fluorofluorophore is now preprinted at ChemRxiv.
6/14/24 – Today we celebrate all of our BS and MS graduates. Congrats to Maggie, Neel, Jon, Nika, and Ashley!
6/10/24 – Maggie wraps up with a poster presentation at the MACS symposium. Great work!
6/4/24 – Congratulations to Joseph for giving an excellent exit seminar on his work on custom poly(oxazolines)!
5/21/24 – Sangeeta, Ella, Paige, Emily, and Quintashia are recognized at the annual Chemistry and Biochemistry department awards ceremony. Congrats to everyone for all their hard work this year!
5/14/24 – Our undergrads presented their first posters at UCLA’s SMACS Chemistry Undergraduate Poster Session. Great work everyone, and congrats to Nika for winning best poster!
4/12/24 – Congrats to Devon for being selected as an Honorable Mention for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship!
4/1/24 – This quarter, we welcome first year PhD student Jesus to the group!
3/25/24 – An exciting day for the Sletten group–Our collaboration led by Eric with the Delcamp group is now available at Nature Chemistry; and our collaboration led by Heidi and Joseph with the Campàs group is now preprinted at Chemrxiv!
1/19/24 – Congrats to Emily, Helen, Paige and Prairie for presenting posters at UCLA’s 2024 Glenn T. Seaborg Symposium; and congrats to Maggie for an excellent research talk in the MACS program seminar series (a busy day in the Sletten group!).
1/17/24 – Joseph and Ashley’s work on biotin-initiated poly(oxazoline)s is now preprinted at Chemrxiv.
1/8/24 – We are excited to officially welcome Luigi to the group as a first year PhD student!