Wenbin Lin Research Group

The University of Chicago

Can functional porous and nanoscale materials be engineered to enable sustainable energy and targeted cancer therapies? The group’s ongoing projects include metal-organic frameworks, catalysis, renewable energy, nanomedicine, and cancer therapy. Researchers design and study metal-organic frameworks as single-site solid asymmetric catalysts, gas storage/separation media, and light-harvesting/photocatalytic materials. The group develops hybrid nanoscale materials for biomedical imaging, targeted drug delivery, and nanoparticle radiosensitizers to enhance chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and immunotherapy and to enable preclinical-to-clinic translation. Current work integrates light-harvesting, water oxidation, and proton reduction expertise to pursue artificial photosynthesis and biofuel catalytic conversions.