Carnegie Mellon Research Program
Chemistry • Biology • Pharmaceutics
An Online Research & Academic Preparation Program
Real Research. Real Mentorship. Real Academic Advantage!
The Carnegie Mellon Research Program (CMRP) is a 12-week intensive online research program designed for Khmer high school and undergraduate students in Cambodia and abroad who are passionate about science. Through direct faculty mentorship and structured research training, CMRP introduces students to authentic college- and graduate-level research in chemistry, biology, and pharmaceutics—no prior research experience required.
THE FIRST COHOART WILL START THIS SUSMMER!
Research Advisor
Professor of Chemistry
Founding Director of the Institute of Biomolecular Design and Discovery (IBD2)
Carnegie Mellon University
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology
Postdoc, UC Berkeley
Postdoc, The Scripps Research Institute
412-527-8724
Social Media
Research website (currently under development): https://groups.chem.cmu.edu/ly/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/danith.ly/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danith-ly-18446a17/
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danith_Ly
In the News
Podcast on bifacial nucleic acid recognition, 2026
https://basebybase.com/episodes/pothole-filling-rcug-gamma-pna/
Carnegie Mellon to develop molecular circuits that acts as transistor for immunotherapy, 2020
https://www.cmu.edu/mcs/news-events/2020/0406_ly-dsf-moonshot.html
Chemistry’s Danith Ly receives grant to develop global pathogen surveillance system, 2020
https://www.cmu.edu/chemistry/news/2020/0624_pandemic-detection.html
NeuBase Therapeutics wins The Scientist’s Top 10 Innovations of 2019 Award for its Janus Base technology, 2019
Synthetic molecule invades double-stranded DNA, 2018
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/566696
Molecular converter switches genetic information from right- to left-handed, 2018
https://www.cmu.edu/mcs/news-events/2018/1211_nucleic-acid-converter.html
Two-faced molecule could lead to Huntington’s disease treatment
https://www.cmu.edu/chemistry/news/2018/0914-Janus-PNA_Huntingtons.html
Fetal gene editing with synthetic nucleotides cures beta-thalassemia in mice, 2018
Cancer researcher explores new track, 2018
New gene-editing trick discovered just in time for J-Lo’s “CRISPR” TV series, 2016
Engineers made fake DNA to fix genetic disorders, YouTube, December 22, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO3zfqcnCdw&t=12s
The passion of a budding scientist/engineer—Adam Simpson, 2016
https://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2016/january/environmental-science.html
A train without a brake, 2015
http://www.chem.cmu.edu/groups/ly/news/Train_Without_A_Brake.pdf
CNAST receives $3.1M gift to develop the next-generation nucleic acid codes, 2014
https://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2014/september/september18_cnastgrant.html
Five CMU professors were awarded research grant from the Kaufman Foundation, 2013
https://www.cmu.edu/mcs/news-events/
Carnegie Mellon scientists create mimic of disease-fighting cyclic peptide, 2012
https://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2012/april/april13_diseasefightingpeptide.html