Chundawat Group Summer Lunch Party at Chef Tan!
Chundawat group members had lunch today at Chef Tan restaurant in Highland Park! Here is a group picture from everyone at the restaurant.
News
Austin Seamann Awarded Prestigious PhD Fellowship
Congratulations to Austin Seamann on being selected as a predoctoral fellow in the Rutgers PhD Training Program in Biotechnology! His PhD journey started last fall after he joined the Rutgers … Read More
SriVidya leads gut health and carbohydrate-active enzymes outreach event for school students
Congratulations to Sri Vidya Tallavajhula, Sophia Fernandez, and Arushi Biswas, on successfully planning and launching Chundawat Lab’s first hands-on demo activity on enzymes relevant to gut health! The activity was … Read More
Dr. Chundawat attends the annual NIIMBL meeting
Back this week from Washington DC after attending the NIIMBL | The National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals annual meeting where I was invited as the PI to present … Read More
Bhargava and team publish paper in special issue of Frontiers in Energy Research
Congratulations to Vijayendra Bhargava Nemmaru, Jenna Douglass, Antonio De Chellis, Srivatsan Shankar, Alina Thokkadam, Allan Wang, as well as our long-time collaborator at NREL (John Yarbrough), on publishing a research … Read More
Markus and DJ hooded at the convocation by Dr. Chundawat
Congratulations to my former PhD students Markus Hackl, PhD and Dharanidaran Jayachandran, PhD who were officially hooded today at the Rutgers University 2024 convocation and PhD hooding ceremony. It was … Read More
Undergraduate students win multiple awards at CBE annual research symposium
Congratulations to several Chundawat group undergraduate students on winning awards at the CBE Annual Undergraduate Research Poster competition. Reena Lubowski won first place (mentored by Antonio DeChellis), Minjal Baheti and … Read More
Chundawat and Hildebrandt Granted USDA/Sungrant Award
PI Shishir Chundawat will lead a team of researchers to develop integrated technologies for conversion of cellulosic biomass and biomass-derived CO2 to fuels/chemicals. The project was selected for funding by … Read More
Chundawat group members received awards to attend annual BPS meeting
Antonio DeChellis and Mohit Kumar received the Rutgers RCEI and SGS travel awards for the Annual Biophysical Society (BPS) Meeting in Feb 2024 this year. Ryan Murphy and Srividya T. … Read More
Antonio and team publish cellulase supercharging paper in ACS journal!
Congratulations to my Rutgers University PhD student Antonio De Chellis who led the discovery of novel supercharged enzymes designed for more efficient conversion of cellulosic biomass to fermentable sugars. My … Read More