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Merg lab awarded an NSF grant for developing aCMP frameworks!

August 15, 2025

Saying goodbye to Kayla and Jose! It was great having you both in the Merg lab this summer! We wish you all the best in your future endeavors!!

August 07, 2025

Kayla and Jose goodbye

Anthony's preprint on building mesoporous peptide frameworks is available on ChemRxiv!

May 16, 2025

Read it here!

Read More Anthony's preprint on building mesoporous peptide frameworks is available on ChemRxiv!

Anthony successfully defends his Ph.D.! He is the first Ph.D. student to graduate from the Merg lab. Congrats Dr. Perez!

May 02, 2025

Defense Anthony

Kunle wins People's Choice award at the UC Grad Slam Finals! Way to represent UCM!

April 29, 2025

Grad Slam 2025

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Prof. Andrea D. Merg

Office:
BSP 167
University of California, Merced
5200 North Lake Rd. 
Merced, CA 95343 

Email: amerg@ucmerced.edu
Phone: tbd

Lab:
BSP 166-A
University of California, Merced
5200 North Lake Rd. 
Merced, CA 95343

Group News

  • Merg lab visits Atwater High School to encourage high school students to a career in STEM! Great job Kunle and Yumie!

    February 16, 2024



  • Andre receives the 2023 Outstanding Project SEED Mentor Award!

    February 07, 2024
  • End of year group potluck on campus! And congratulating Diliveya on her graduation! We wish her all the best!

    December 14, 2023


  • Anthony receives the CCBM Spring Fellowship Award for his project on CCPTs! Congrats Anthony!

    November 10, 2023
  • Kunle joins the Merg lab! Welcome Kunle!

    November 02, 2023
  • Merg lab visits Santa Cruz! Had a fun time at the beach and boardwalk!

    October 22, 2023

  • Merg lab awarded collaborative ARO grant with three other PIs on the development of responsive peptide/protein-based architectures!

    October 01, 2023
  • Merg lab receives an NSF LEAPS-MPS award on developing coiled coil peptide tiles!

    September 18, 2023
  • The Merg lab's first publication is published in J. Pept. Sci.! Congrats Anthony and Yumie!!

    September 10, 2023

    Read it here!

  • Merg lab says goodbye to Debasis! We wish you all the best in your future career! Thank you for your contributions!

    August 31, 2023

  • Merg lab welcomes two new graduate students, Bita and Parian, to the group!

    August 28, 2023
  • We have several openings for graduate students and postdocs that need to be filled! Please email Prof. Merg directly if you are interested in the lab!

    August 07, 2023
  • A second ACS Project SEED student, Akira, has joined the lab! Both SEED students are working hard!

    July 18, 2023



  • A new ACS project SEED student has joined the lab for the summer! Welcome Caitlynn!

    June 05, 2023
  • Very first preprint from the Merg lab is out! Congrats Anthony and Yumie!

    May 24, 2023

    Read it here!

  • End of the semester picnic to send off Nayeli! She will be starting graduate school in the Fall! Congrats!

    May 10, 2023


  • Former high school SEED student in the Merg lab, Zon, will be attending Harvard! Congrats Zon!

    May 05, 2023

  • Group hike at Hites Cove!

    April 29, 2023





  • Anthony passes his qualifying exam! Great job Anthony!

    February 02, 2023
  • Anthony, Debasis, and Andre visit Dos Palos High School and present on nanomaterials and ACS Project SEED!

    January 31, 2023

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