News

Year 2020

 AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Mentor Award

 AAAS Mentor Award Highlighted

Year 2020

 Reign On Faculty Recognition Award (Student Nominated Shining Star Award)

Year 2019

 Panelist for 2019 NIH BRAIN Initiatives: Chemogenetic Innovations in the Manipulation and Monitoring of Labeled Neurons Workshop

Year 2019

 ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry Roland F. Hirsch Award

Year 2019

 Member of Advisory Board for Frank Reidy Research Center for Bioelectrics

Year 2018

 American Chemical Society (ACS) joint Board-Council Committee on Publications

Year 2018

 President John Broderick Diversity Champion Award

Year 2018

 Provost certificate of excellence in promoting undergraduate research

Year 2018

 Shining Star Recognition from Student Engagement & Enrollment Services

Year 2016

Member of Executive Committee and Alternative Councilor, ACS Analytical  Chemistry Division (2016-2021) (Elected in 2015 & Re-elected in 2018)

 One of 16 Finalist of NIH Follow that Single Cell Challenge
 NIH announces Follow that Cell Challenge finalists

 Xu won the NSF BRAIN Initiative EAGER Award
 Xu to Expand Research Scope to BRAIN Research

» Xu Research Group Strikes Gold with Nanoprobes

» PHOTON for super-resolution imaging of single live cells (cover of May Issue of Nanoscale)
» High-throughput imaging of single NP arrays (cover of Nanoscale)

» Elected AAAS Fellow in 2011
» PHOTON for imaging of single protein-ligand binding complexes (cover of Nanoscale)
» Photostable Optical Nanoscopy (PHOTON) (C&EN, P. 32, June 20, 2011)
» New Nanoscopy Technique
» New Approaches for Probing of Embryonic Stem Cells
» Nano Assays of Multidrug ABC Transporters

» Rainbow Colors of Nanoparticles
» New Uses of Nanoparticles Against Cancer
» Faculty Research Achievement Award

» Nanowerk Spotlight

» Nanotech Briefs Nano 50™ Innovator Award; NanoTech Briefs

» C&EN Highlight: In Vivo Imaging of Single Ag Nanoparticles
» ACS Nano 1, 133 (2007) (Nano Movie, lab tour)
» Nanowerk Spotlight
» QUEST Research Highlight
» Nanotech Briefs Nano 50™ Awards in the Technology; ODU News; NanoTech Briefs
» New Book: New Frontiers in Ultrasensitive Bioanalysis: Advanced Analytical Chemistry Applications In Nanobiotechnology, Single Molecule Detection, and Single Cell Analysis

» Single Nanoparticle Optics Featured in NCI Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer
» Our Research Program in Bionanotechnology Featured in 2006 University Video
» NIH and NSF Support of Nano Research Front Page of Virginian Pilot (Front Page)
» NIH Support of Novel Nanoparticle Assay Featured in ODU News