Faculty Awards
Laurel Hind, an assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering, has been recognized with the Rising Star Award from the聽Biomedical Engineering Society - Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering Special Interest Group. Her lab's research could have profound applications for the way in which patients who recover from sepsis are treated.
Bowman Endowed Professor Jason Burdick of the BioFrontiers Institute and the Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine.
Assistant Professor Ankur Gupta has been selected as the winner of the inaugural Johannes Lyklema Early Career Award in Electrokinetics, given by the International Electrokinetics Society.
Wyatt Shields has been honored with a 2024 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar award for his contributions to teaching and research on medical microrobots, self-propelled miniature robots that one day might deliver prescription drugs to hard-to-reach places inside the human body.
Professor Daniel K. Schwartz has been honored with the prestigious American Chemical Society Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry 2024 Langmuir Lectureship award. Schwartz was nominated by his colleagues for significant contributions to the field of colloid and interface science.
Associate Professor Jerome Fox has been named a senior member of the National Academy of Inventors. Fox's research focuses on engineering microbes for drug discovery. He founded Think Bioscience, a company developing medicines for conditions like Rett Syndrome and cancer.
Hendrik Heinz, professor of chemical and biological engineering, has been awarded an International Association for Advanced Materials, Scientist Medal in recognition of his contributions to advanced materials, engineering and technology.
Assistant Professors Kayla Sprenger and Ankur Gupta were selected for the prestigious AICHE 鈥35 Under 35鈥 award.
A team led by ChBE Professor Hendrik Heinz won a $2 million National Science Foundation award to develop reliable predictive models for hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites, which have the potential to usher in more efficient and affordable solar energy.
Distinguished Professor Kristi Anseth was selected by the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs as the 2023 Outstanding Postdoc Mentor of the Year Award recipient.