Publications Prior to NUS

1. Zheng, C.; Rubio, A. A.; Vasquez, S.; Pham, D.; Pan, Z.; Barnes, C. O.; Kim, P. S. Oriented multivalent display drives consistent serum immunodominance to the Ebola virus glycoprotein. ACS Cent. Sci. 2026, 12, 100-110.

2. Zheng, C.^†; Mao, Y.^†; Markland, T. E.; Boxer, S. G. Beyond the vibrational Stark effect: unraveling the large redshifts of alkyne C-H bond in solvation environments. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 6227-6235.

3. Zheng, C.^†; Ji, Z.^†; Mathews, I. I.; Boxer, S. G. Enhanced active-site electric field accelerates enzyme catalysis. Nat. Chem. 2023, 15, 1715-1721.

   Highlighted in Nature Catalysis Research Highlights and Stanford News.

4. Zheng, C.^†; Mao, Y.^†; Kozuch, J.; Atsango, A. O.; Ji, Z.; Markland, T. E.; Boxer, S. G. A two-directional vibrational probe reveals different electric field orientations in solution and an enzyme active site. Nat. Chem. 2022, 14, 891-897.

   Highlighted in Derek Lowe's In the Pipeline, Nature Chemistry News & Views, Stanford News, and Phys.org.

5. Fried, S. D. E.; Zheng, C.; Mao, Y.; Markland, T. E.; Boxer, S. G. Solvent organization and electrostatics tuned by solute electronic structure: amide versus non-amide carbonyls. J. Phys. Chem. B 2022, 126, 5876-5886.

6. Kozuch, J.; Schneider, S. H.; Zheng, C.; Ji, Z.; Bradshaw, R. T.; Boxer, S. G. Testing the limitations of MD-based local electric fields using the vibrational Stark effect in solution: Penicillin G as a test case. J. Phys. Chem. B 2021, 125, 4415-4427.

7. Su, X.-J.; Zheng, C.; Hu, Q.-Q.; Du, H.-Y.; Liao, R.-Z.; Zhang, M.-T. Bimetallic cooperative effect on O-O bond formation: copper polypyridyl complexes as water oxidation catalyst. Dalton Trans. 2018, 47, 8670-8675.