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Merg lab trip to Point Lobos and Carmel! Fun day at the coast!

Merg lab trip to Point Lobos and Carmel! Fun day at the coast!

October 18, 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 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!!
Kunle passes his qualifying exam with flying colors! Congrats Kunle on this important milestone!

August 06, 2024
New Preprint out on ChemRxiv! Check out Anthony's work on Coiled Coil Peptide Tiles (CCPTs)!

July 16, 2024

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Alisa joins the lab as an undergraduate researcher! Welcome to the group, Alisa!

June 24, 2024
Yumie's last day in the Merg lab! We will miss you! All the best with your Ph.D. studies at UCSD!

July 02, 2024
The Merg lab welcomes Amanda to the group! She is a new Ph.D. student working on coiled coil peptides!

June 17, 2024
Andre and Anthony attend AACG-West Conference at Fallen Leaf! Anthony wins "best poster" award!! Great Job Anthony!

June 12, 2024
Yumie will be embarking on her graduate school career in the Bioengineering Ph.D. program at UCSD! Congrats Yumie!

March 28, 2024

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