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MolE Alum receives 2020 Graduate School Dissertation Award

July 24, 2020

Recent MolE program alum Dan Lee was awarded the 2020 Distinguished Dissertation Award in mathematics, physical sciences and engineering from the UW Graduate School for his dissertation, "Synthesis of novel backbone functional polymers." As a graduate student in Suzie Pun's lab, Dan developed easily synthesized, biocompatible hydrogels that can conduct electricity and could be used to engineer cardiac or neural tissues among other applications. In this profile from the UW Graduate School, Dan shares how he found opportunities to innovate as a scientists and molecular engineer when things didn't go according to plan. [...]

MolES Associate Director Christine Luscombe elected to Washington State Academy of Sciences

July 17, 2020

Seven University of Washington scientists including Christine Luscombe, professor of chemistry and of materials science and engineering, have been elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences (WSAS). By sharing their expertise with decision makers in Washington State, WSAS members help to solve some of the most vexing problems facing the state. [...]

PECASE Honoree Elizabeth Nance highlights the importance of collaboration in nanotechnology

November 24, 2019

Elizabeth Nance, an assistant professor of chemical engineering at the University of Washington in Seattle and a recent recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), focuses her research on understanding the barriers in the brain and other cell- and tissue-based barriers in the body to see how nanoparticles interact with them. [...]

Corie L. Cobb receives DARPA Young Faculty Award

September 12, 2019

Corie L. Cobb, Washington Research Foundation Innovation Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Clean Energy, is the recipient of a 2019 Young Faculty Award from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). [...]

Elizabeth Nance is one of six UW professors to a receive 2019 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists & Engineers

July 9, 2019

The award, also known as the PECASE, is the highest honor given by the U.S. government to early-career scientists and engineers "who show exceptional promise for leadership in science and technology." [...]

MolES Faculty recognized for excellence in research and education

April 24, 2019

Christine Luscombe, MolES Education Director and Campbell Career Development Endowed Professor of Materials Science & Engineering, received the 2019 College of Engineering Faculty Award in Research. MolES faculty members Arka Majumdar, Assistant Professor in Electrical & Computer Engineering and Physics, and Elizabeth Nance, Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, received Junior Faculty Awards in recognition of their leadership in research and education. [...]

Sarah Keller receives 2019 Cottrell Scholars STAR Award

April 11, 2019

MolES faculty member and UW Chemistry Professor Sarah Keller received a 2019 Cottrell Scholars STAR (Science Teaching and Research) Award from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement. The STAR Award "recognizes the outstanding research and educational accomplishments of Cottrell Scholars." Congratulations! [...]

MolES Faculty Earn 2016 Distinguished Teaching Award

March 30, 2016

Two MolES faculty members are being honored as 2016 Awards of Excellence winners, both for their achievements in teaching. Cole Deforest, assistant professor, chemical engineering and Wendy Thomas, associate professor, bioengineering will be honored June 9, 2016 at a ceremony on campus. The Distinguished Teaching Award is given annually to seven [...]

Nature Biotechnology’s ‘greatest hits’ includes MolES faculty

March 29, 2016

Professor Shaoyi Jiang’s research focuses on helping the body accept medical devices and implants that it naturally wants to reject. His 2013 paper on using zwitterionic hydrogels to eliminate the foreign body response to implants was selected as one of eight major hits in 20 years of Nature Biotechnology biomedical research. The March 2016 issue [...]

Lara Gamble named fellow of AVS

June 9, 2015

Professor Lara Gamble has been named a fellow of the American Vacuum Society (AVS). [...]

Nanotech/Molecular Engineering Students Win Biz Plan Competition

May 27, 2015

Congratulations to Charlie Corredor and Renuka Ramanathan for their success in the 2015 UW Business Plan Competition. Each was a member of a team that won a seed money for their start-up businesses. Both Charlie and Renuka are Ph.D. candidates in the dual title degree in Nanotechnology & Molecular Engineering offer through the MolES Institute. [...]

Daniel Gamelin wins 2015 Inorganic Chemistry Lectureship Award

March 8, 2015

The American Chemical Society Division of Inorganic Chemistry has announced Professor Daniel Gamelin as the winner of the third Inorganic Chemistry Lectureship Award. Dr. Gamelin was nominated by his peers for his broad, unique, and outstanding sustained contribution to the development of inorganic nanoscience. Learn more here. [...]

David Castner Honored by UK Surface Analysis Forum

November 20, 2014

MolES faculty member and NESAC/BIO Director David Castner was recently awarded the 2014 RiviÃ¨re Prize from the UK Surface Analysis Forum. This award is presented to researchers whose work has had a major impact on other researchers in the field of surface analysis. In naming Castner the 2014 recipient, the UK Surface Analysis Forum cited [...]

MolES Faculty Honored with UW Innovation Awards

September 7, 2014

Two faculty members of the Molecular Engineering & Sciences Institute have received Innovation Awards, recently announced by the Office of the President. The awards honor mid-career researchers who are engaged in the medical, natural, social and engineering sciences. They also recognize faculty who foster new creative ways to foster student learning and active engagement. Among the [...]

MolES Faculty among the World's Most Influential Researchers

July 16, 2014

Six faculty members of the Molecular Engineering & Sciences Institute are included on a list of the world's most influential scientific researchers of the last decade. The 2014 list of Highly Cited Researchers, developed by Thompson Reuters, includes research scientists whose published papers rank in the top 1% of citations for their respective fields. In [...]

MolES Faculty Member Suzie Pun Earns Two Honors

June 13, 2014

UW Bioengineering Robert F. Rushmer Associate Professor Dr. Suzie Pun has received two awards. She is the 2014 recipient of the Controlled Release Society (CRS) Young Investigator Award and Biomaterials Science Lectureship. She was also named the inaugural recipient of the Biomaterials Science Lectureship award. The CRS Young Investigator award recognizes a society member who [...]

MolES Faculty Member Lara Gamble Receives 2014 Sherwood Award

June 11, 2014

Dr. Lara Gamble, NESAC/BIO associate director and UW research associate professor will be the 2014 recipient of the Peter M. A. Sherwood Mid-Career Professional Award from the AVS Applied Surface Science Division (ASSD). According to AVS, the award "recognizes achievements leading to exceptional progress in research and development made by professionals in their mid-career in [...]

François Baneyx Elected to the AAAS

November 26, 2013

FÃ©licitation Ã François Baneyx, who was just named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Baneyx, professor of chemical engineering and of bioengineering and MolES faculty member, is honored for his contributions in biotechnology and biological nanotechnology. Baneyx studies protein folding and manipulates cellular pathways to make protein production simple, efficient [...]

Klavins, Seelig Receive NSF Expeditions in Computing Award

September 23, 2013

MolES faculty Georg Seelig (Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering) and Eric Klavins (Electrical Engineering) were awarded $2 million as part of a multi-investigator team investigating "Molecular Programming Architectures, Abstractions, Algorithms and Applications" as part of the National Science Foundation’s Expeditions in Computing program. The team, led by by Professor Erik Winfree of the California [...]

Six MolES Faculty Named to State Academy of Sciences

September 13, 2013

Six distinguished faculty members from the Molecular Engineering & Sciences Institute, including its director, Patrick Stayton, were named to the Washington State Academy of Sciences. This group includes: Charles Campbell (Chemistry) David Castner (Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering) Samson Jenekhe (Chemical Engineering) Patrick Stayton (Bioengineering) Minoru Taya (Mechanical Engineering) Paul Yager (Bioengineering) Membership in the Washington State [...]