Panita is a member of Professor Qian Wang's group.  She received the Outstanding Presentation Award from the Dynamic and Tunable Biomaterials Symposium at the 251st ACS National Meeting & Exposition, San Diego, California, March 13-17, 2016.  The title of her oral presentation was, "Injectable Hyaluronic Hydrogel Functionalized with Rod-Like Nanoparticles for Cartilage Tissue Engineering."