Muchen Pan, Ph.D. 

Dr. Muchen Pan joined the Micron School of Materials Science and Engineering at Boise State University as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in December 2024. She is part of the Quantum DNA (qDNA) group with the DNA Synthesis Construct Team. Dr. Pan earned her Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from the Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in January 2021 under the guidance of Dr. Chunhai Fan. Her doctoral research focused on the design and characterization of DNA origami structures. From 2018 to 2020, she worked as a Visiting Graduate Researcher in Computational Biology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), under the guidance of Dr. Hong Zhou, where she resolved virus structures using cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM). In her free time, she enjoys knitting and crochet.

• Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2021)
  Focus: Design and Characterization of DNA Origami Structures
  Advisor: Dr. Chunhai Fan
• Visiting Graduate Researcher in Computational Biology, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) (2018–2020)
  Focus: Resolving virus structures using cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM)
  Advisor: Dr. Hong Zhou
• B.S. in Physics, Wuhan University (2015)

1. Xiaoguo Liu, Fei Zhang, Xinxin Jing, Muchen Pan, Pi Liu, Wei Li, Bowen Zhu, Jiang Li, Hong Chen, Lihua Wang, Jianping Lin, Yan Liu, Dongyuan Zhao, Hao Yan, and Chunhai Fan. Complex silica composite nanomaterials templated with DNA origami. Nature, 559(7715):593–598, Oct 2018.
2. Muchen Pan, Ana L. Alvarez-Cabrera, Joon S. Kang, Lihua Wang, Chunhai Fan, and Z. Hong Zhou. Asymmetric reconstruction of mammalian reovirus reveals interactions among RNA, transcriptional factor µ2, and capsid proteins. Nature Communications, 12(1):4176, Jul 2021.
3. Xinxin Jing, Fei Zhang, Muchen Pan, Xinpei Dai, Jiang Li, Lihua Wang, Xiaoguo Liu, Hao Yan, and Chunhai Fan. Solidifying framework nucleic acids with silica. Nature Protocols, 14(8):2416–2436, Aug 2019.
4. Yinan Zhang, Fei Wang, Jie Chao, Mo Xie, Huajie Liu, Muchen Pan, Enzo Kopperger, Xiaoguo Liu, Qian Li, Jiye Shi, Lihua Wang, Jun Hu, Lianhui Wang, Friedrich C. Simmel, and Chunhai Fan. DNA origami cryptography for secure communication. Nature Communications, 10(1):5469, Dec 2019.
5. Xinpei Dai, Xiaoliang Chen, Xinxin Jing, Yinan Zhang, Muchen Pan, Mingqiang Li, Qian Li, Pi Liu, Chunhai Fan, and Xiaoguo Liu. DNA Origami-Encoded Integration of Heterostructures. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 61(11), Mar 2022.
6. Xiaoguo Liu, Xinxin Jing, Pi Liu, Muchen Pan, Zhuo Liu, Xinpei Dai, Jianping Lin, Qian Li, Fei Wang, Sichun Yang, Lihua Wang, and Chunhai Fan. DNA Framework-Encoded Mineralization of Calcium Phosphate. Chem, 6(2):472–485, 2020.
7. Muchen Pan, Jiye Shi, Lihua Wang, Chunhai Fan, and Xiaoguo Liu. Cryogenic Electron Microscopy for Resolving DNA Nanostructures and Their Complexes. Small Structures, 2(10):2100053, Oct 2021.
8. Bowen Zhu, Jingyang Guo, Lixia Zhang, Muchen Pan, Xinxin Jing, Lihua Wang, Xiaoguo Liu, and Xiaolei Zuo. In-Situ Configuration Studies on Segmented DNA Origami Nanotubes. Chembiochem, 20(12):1508–1513, Apr 2019.
9. Lihua Bai, Meiya Li, Kaimo Guo, Mengdai Luoshan, Hadja Fatima Mehnane, Ling Pei, Muchen Pan, Lei Liao, and Xingzhong Zhao. Plasmonic enhancement of the performance of dye-sensitized solar cells by core–shell AuNRs@SiO₂ in composite photoanode. Journal of Power Sources, 272(2014):1100–1105, Dec 2014.
10. Xiaoli Fang, Meiya Li, Kaimo Guo, Jun Li, Muchen Pan, Lihua Bai, Mengdai Luoshan, and Xingzhong Zhao. Graphene quantum dots optimization of dye-sensitized solar cells. Electrochimica Acta, 137:634–638, Aug 2014.