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Five Chemical and Biological Engineering graduate students and one ChBE undergraduate student have received 2024 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships, a prestigious award that recognizes and supports outstanding students in a wide variety of science-related disciplines.

Since retiring in 2017 from CU Boulder’s Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Professor Dave Clough has collaborated on three textbooks. He’s also regularly involved with students, participating in PhD committees and undergraduate activities alike.

Professor Daniel K. Schwartz has been honored with the prestigious American Chemical Society (ACS) Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry 2024 Langmuir Lectureship award. He was nominated by his colleagues for significant contributions to the field of colloid and interface science.

The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) granted $39 million to a CU Boulder-led team, including Professor Stephanie J. Bryant of chemical and biological engineering, to pioneer a single-shot joint treatment, that would stop cartilage and bone from erosion and promote regrowth.

Jerome Fox, an associate professor at the University of Colorado Boulder, has been named a senior member of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). 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.

In a new paper published February 26 in the journal Nature Energy, Michael McGehee, a professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, and his international collaborators unveiled an innovative method to manufacture new solar cells, known as perovskite cells, an achievement critical for the commercialization of what many consider the next generation of solar technology.

Kaustav Bera, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, was awarded a three-year postdoctoral fellowship from the Helen Hay Whitney Foundation. The highly prestigious and very selective fellowship—less than 5 percent of applications are awarded—will support Bera’s postdoctoral training in studying the body’s maintenance of the gut epithelium, the inner lining of the gastrointestinal tract.

Hendrik Heinz, professor of chemical and biological engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder, has been awarded an International Association for Advanced Materials (IAAM), Scientist Medal in recognition of his contributions to advanced materials, engineering and technology.

Assistant Professors Kayla Sprenger and Laurel Hind, of CU Boulder’s Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, are on a collaborative mission to explore solutions for mitigating cognitive decline in individuals living with HIV. This decline can be caused by both the virus itself and the antiretroviral (ARV) drugs used to treat it.