Headshot of Dr. Rong Cai with her blonde dog in a field of sunflowers

Favorite Scientist: Peidong Yang

Education: Ph.D., Analytical Chemistry, University of Utah, 2019

rc82 at rice dot edu

C. Ajo-Franklin Group Publications

Characterizing Mediated Extracellular Electron Transfer in Lactic Acid Bacteria with a Three-electrode, Two-chamber Bioelectrochemical System.” R. A. C. Alba, S. Li, B. B. Kundu, C. M. Ajo-Franklin, R. Cai. Journal of Visualized Experiments (2024).

Creation of a point-of-care therapeutics sensor using protein engineering, electrochemical sensing and electronic integration,” R. Cai, C. Ngwadom, R. Saxena, J. Soman, C. Bruggeman, D. P. Hickey, R. Verduzco, C. M. Ajo-Franklin. Nature Communications (2024)

A de novo matrix for macroscopic living materials from bacteria,” S. Molinari, R. F. Tesoriero Jr., D. Li, S. Sridhar, R. Cai, J. Soman, K. R. Ryan, P. D. Ashby, C. M. Ajo-Franklin*, Nature Communications, 13, 5544 (2022).