Dongshen Peng

RUNC: Dongshen Peng

Dongshen Peng looks for keys to hidden epigenetic doors.
Wei You stands in a chemistry lab, and his reflection is mirrored on the shiny concrete floor.

Eye-Opening Innovations

Chemist Wei You’s second startup company is using polymers to create drug delivery systems for eye diseases.

Boldly Breaking Barriers

Sam Lai has founded multiple startups by studying underexplored processes in the body — like mucus production.
Ronit Freeman

Building Living Machines

Ronit Freeman uses nature’s building blocks to create innovative technologies, from synthetic cells to treatments that could transform health care.
Chad Pecot

Fired Up for RNA

Chad Pecot is revolutionizing RNA therapies for cancer through his company EnFuego Therapeutics and the new UNC RNA Discovery Center.
Kumi Silva

RUNC: Kumi Silva

Kumi Silva studies how love and hate are intertwined.
Samuel Ellington

RUNC: Samuel Ellington

Samuel Ellington uses math to evaluate events and behaviors.
Alita Miller

RUNC: Alita Miller

Alita Miller engineers probiotics to treat gut diseases.
Sourav Kumar Patra in the lab

RUNC: Sourav Kumar Patra

Sourav Kumar Petra studies the evolution of protein creation and function.
Oswaldo Estrada sits on a brick step while posing for a portrait.

Between Two Worlds

Through fiction, Oswaldo Estrada bridges cultures and languages, illuminating resilience and hope in the journey of immigration.
Al Duncan holds a Roman mask

Unmasking Ugliness

Al Duncan has spent the last 15 years exploring why humans are drawn to the unpleasant and uncomfortable aspects of life.
Three faculty author books: "Warrior, Queen, Scientist, Activist"; "Painting U.S. Empire"; and "We Tried to Tell Y'All"

The Power of Narrative

From Black Twitter to influential women, Carolina faculty discuss recent book projects and the research that went into them.