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Merg lab trip to Mystery Spot and Santa Cruz Boardwalk! Fun times with great people!

October 10, 2026

Five people pose for a picture in front of a sign that reads "Entrance To Mystery Spot" with pumpkins and a skeleton.

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 trip to Mystery Spot and Santa Cruz Boardwalk! Fun times with great people!

October 10, 2026
Kunle receives Merck Next Gen Leaders in Chemistry Award! And following that he presents at NOBCChe 2026 conference!

September 25, 2026
Bita passed her qualifying exam! Great job Bita!

June 16, 2026
Anthony's paper on mesoporous peptide frameworks now published in Nat. Comm. Congrats Anthony and team!

May 15, 2026

Read it here! American Peptide Society has a post here!
Group picnic to celebrate Alisa's graduation! Congrats Alisa! We will miss you. We wish you all the best!

May 06, 2026
Debasis' paper published in RSC Chemical Biology!! We look at the effects of linker design on tethered CMPs. Great job team!

April 08, 2026

Read it here! American Peptide Society has posted it here!
Kunle is invited to attend the 75th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting! Congrats Kunle! Say hi to all the Nobel Laureates for us!

March 18, 2026
Merg lab trip to Point Lobos and Carmel! Fun day at the coast!

October 18, 2025
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
Anthony's preprint on building mesoporous peptide frameworks is available on ChemRxiv!

May 16, 2025

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

April 29, 2025
Anthony and Andre attend Spring MRS Meeting in Seattle. Anthony wins best poster award!! Great Job Anthony!

April 08, 2025
Kunle wins UC Merced's Grad Slam competition! He will represent UCM at the Grad Slam finals in Sacramento! Way to go Kunle!

March 12, 2025
Mobin joins the Merg lab! Welcome Mobin!!

January 06, 2025
Kunle and Andre present research at the Peptide Materials GRC in Pomona, CA! Wonderful conference! Can't wait for the next one!

January 24, 2025
Group hike at Yosemite! Sentinel Dome and Glacier Point at Sunset!

October 25, 2024
Merg lab is looking for new graduate students to join! Please reach out to Prof. Merg if you are interested!

November 02, 2024

Priority application deadline is Dec. 1st for prospective students interested in UC Merced!
Anthony's paper on Coiled Coil Peptide Tiles (CCPTs) is published in JACS! Congrats Anthony and Kunle!

October 25, 2024

Read it here!!

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