Research
Jefferson Chan studies photoacoustic imaging and targeted drug delivery to diagnose and kill cancer cells. His photoacoustic imaging research uses sound waves to non-invasively image deep-tissue organs. His research group is developing bioorthogonal chemical probes for early cancer diagnosis and to study tumor progression. Chan’s lab uses photoacoustic imaging probes to target cancerous cell populations with chemotherapeutic agents. This approach helps kill the cancer cells while sparing healthy cells. The probe developed, in conjunction with CCIL members Aditi Das and Emad Tajkhorshid, is called CoxFluor, and it detects an enzyme essential for driving the progression of cancer.
Education
- Ph.D., Simon Fraser University, 2011
Campus Affiliations
- Associate Professor, Chemistry
- Affiliate, Biochemistry
- Associate Professor, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
Select Honors and Recognitions
- Scialog Fellow, 2018
- Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, 2022
- Sloan Research Fellowship, 2017
- NSF CAREER Award, 2018