Dr Karen Hakobyan

Research Associate

School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences

College of Health

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.


Year Citation
2025 Xue, J., Ruan, J., Hakobyan, K., Xu, J., & Liang, K. (2025). Regenerative Biomimetic Photosynthesis by Covalent-Organic Framework-Based Nanobiohybrids. Advanced Materials, 37(7), e2414216.
DOI Scopus2 Europe PMC1
2025 Zhang, M., Hakobyan, K., Cheng, C., & Xu, J. (2025). Surface Engineering of Polymer Hydrogels Toward Functional Soft Material Innovations. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 226(15).
DOI Scopus2
2025 Yong, J., Hakobyan, K., Mahmud, S. A. Z., Johnson, D. J., Lee, J., Diwan, A. D., . . . Mao, G. (2025). Challenges and opportunities in nanotherapeutics targeted for central nervous system disorders. Nanoscale, 17(43), 24860-24896.
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2025 Hakobyan, K., Yong, J., Violi, J. P., Xu, J., & Mao, G. (2025). Direct Reversible Conjugation of an Adenosine Receptor Antagonist to an Axonal Transport Protein Carrier. ACS Nano, 19(27), 24784-24796.
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2025 Luo, H., Shao, Z., Hakobyan, K., Xu, J., Kuchel, R. P., Mishra, S. K., . . . Wong, E. H. H. (2025). β-Lactamase-activated antimicrobial dendron via the amine uncaging strategy. Chemical Science, 16(23), 10296-10306.
DOI Scopus1
2025 Yong, J., Wang, D., Kwok, L., Mahmud, S. A. Z., Hakobyan, K., Lord, M. S., & Mao, G. (2025). Interfacial Interactions between Neural Tracing Lectin-Gold Nanoparticle Conjugate and Cell Membrane Glycoproteins. Langmuir, 41(16), 10161-10176.
DOI Scopus2 Europe PMC1
2025 Hakobyan, K., Ishizuka, F., Corrigan, N., Xu, J., Zetterlund, P. B., Prescott, S. W., & Boyer, C. (2025). RAFT Polymerization for Advanced Morphological Control: From Individual Polymer Chains to Bulk Materials. Advanced Materials, 37(1), e2412407.
DOI Scopus11 Europe PMC8
2024 Shao, Z., Xu, Y. D., Luo, H., Hakobyan, K., Zhang, M., Xu, J., . . . Wong, E. H. H. (2024). Smart Galactosidase-Responsive Antimicrobial Dendron: Towards More Biocompatible Membrane-Disruptive Agents. Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 45(19), e2400350.
DOI Scopus5 Europe PMC4
2024 Zhang, M., Gong, S., Hakobyan, K., Gao, Z., Shao, Z., Peng, S., . . . Xu, J. (2024). Biomimetic Electronic Skin through Hierarchical Polymer Structural Design. Advanced Science, 11(7), e2309006.
DOI Scopus34 Europe PMC14
2024 Zhang, M., Gao, Z., Hakobyan, K., Li, W., Gu, Z., Peng, S., . . . Xu, J. (2024). Rapid, Tough, and Trigger-Detachable Hydrogel Adhesion Enabled by Formation of Nanoparticles In Situ. Small, 20(26), e2310572.
DOI Scopus16 Europe PMC4
2024 Zhang, M., Shen, H., Hakobyan, K., Jiang, Z., Liang, K., & Xu, J. (2024). Robust Hydrogel Actuators Functioning in Multi-Environments Enabled by Thermo-Responsive Polymer Nanoparticle Coatings on Hydrogel Surfaces. Small, 20(34), e2400534.
DOI Scopus17 Europe PMC5
2024 Hakobyan, K., Noble, B., & Xu, J. (2024). Pyrazole carbodithiolate-driven iterative RAFT single-additions. Chemical Communications, 60(58), 7443-7446.
DOI Scopus1 Europe PMC1
2023 Hakobyan, K., Noble, B. B., & Xu, J. (2023). The current science of sequence-defined macromolecules. Progress in Polymer Science, 147, 101754.
DOI Scopus26
2023 Hakobyan, K., Noble, B. B., & Xu, J. (2023). Solid-phase synthesis of iterative RAFT single unit monomer insertion adducts. Polymer Chemistry, 14(35), 4116-4125.
DOI Scopus9
2023 Yong, J., Hakobyan, K., Xu, J., Mellick, A. S., Whitelock, J., & Liang, K. (2023). Comparison of protein quantification methods for protein encapsulation with ZIF-8 metal-organic frameworks. Biotechnology Journal, 18(11), e2300015.
DOI Scopus12 Europe PMC5
2023 Shao, Z., Hakobyan, K., Xu, J., Chen, R., Kumar, N., Willcox, M., & Wong, E. H. H. (2023). Photoinduced Unveiling of Cationic Amine: Toward Smart Photoresponsive Antimicrobial Polymers. ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 5(10), 8735-8743.
DOI Scopus11
2022 Hakobyan, K., Xu, J., & Müllner, M. (2022). The challenges of controlling polymer synthesis at the molecular and macromolecular level. Polymer Chemistry, 13(38), 5431-5446.
DOI Scopus14
2021 Hakobyan, K., McErlean, C. S. P., & Müllner, M. (2021). RAFT without an "r-Group": From Asymmetric Homo-telechelics to Multiblock Step-Growth and Cyclic Block Copolymers. Macromolecules, 54(17), 7732-7742.
DOI Scopus16
2020 Hakobyan, K., McErlean, C. S. P., & Müllner, M. (2020). Activating ATRP initiators to incorporate end-group modularity into photo-RAFT polymerization. Macromolecules, 53(23), 10357-10365.
DOI Scopus19
2019 Hakobyan, K., Gegenhuber, T., McErlean, C. S. P., & Müllner, M. (2019). Visible-light-driven MADIX polymerisation via a reusable, low-cost, and non-toxic bismuth oxide photocatalyst. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 58(6), 1828-1832.
DOI Scopus83 Europe PMC24

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2025 Co-Supervisor Hydrogel delivery systems for vaccine delivery in production animals - Master Full Time Ms Christina Thao Lam

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