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Mar 31, 2025
ChE PhD Student To Receive 2025 Kokes Award
Colin Gallagher, PhD’27, chemical engineering, who works in ChE Assistant Professor Qing Zhao’s lab, was awarded a 2025 Kokes Award, which he will receive at the 29th North American Catalysis Society Meeting (NAM29), to be held in Atlanta, Georgia in June
Mar 31, 2025
ChE PhD Student Recognized at BioEl 2025 Conference
Bryan Schellberg, PhD’25, chemical engineering, placed third in the student-talks category at the BioEl 2025 conference in Austria for his presentation “In-Situ Monitoring of Cellular Function On-Chip via Automated, Non-Invasive Luminescence Sensing.”
Mar 31, 2025
ChE PhD Student Receives Travel Award at Biophysical Society 2025
Natesan Mani, PhD’26, chemical engineering, who works in ChE/COS Assistant Professor Srirupa Chakraborty’s lab, received a travel award to attend the Biophysical Society 2025 Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, Calif., where he presented a talk and a poster on “Glycan-Mediated Regulation of IgG1 Fc-CD16a Interactions: Insights From All-Atom Simulations.”
Mar 31, 2025
Northeastern’s Sigma Xi Chapter Recognized for Excellence
Northeastern University’s student chapter of Sigma Xi, The International Scientific Research Honor Society, was recognized as a 2024 Student Chapter of Excellence. The group also received a Chapter Program of Excellence Award for its Research Immerse Program.
Mar 31, 2025
Acorn Grant Awarded for Research on Plant Production of Chemotherapy Drugs
ChE Associate Professor Carolyn Lee-Parsons and Postdoctoral Research Associate Lauren Cole-Osborn were awarded a 2025 Acorn Innovation Grant (Acorn Award) from MassVentures for their project, “Elite CRISPR-Edited Periwinkle Plants for Production of Chemotherapeutics.”
Mar 27, 2025
Amiji Elected AAAS Fellow
Bouvé/ChE University Distinguished Professor Mansoor Amiji was elected as an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2024 Fellow in the Pharmaceutical Sciences section for distinguished contributions in pharmaceutical sciences with a specific focus on targeted drug delivery for a variety of diseases including cancer, inflammatory diseases, and CNS diseases.
Mar 25, 2025
Northeastern NAI Honors Innovators in AI and Healthcare
Northeastern’s National Academy of Inventors (NAI) chapter, honored ECE University Distinguished and William Lincoln Smith Professor Vincent Harris with the Innovation Impact Award; Justin Hayes, PhD’25, chemical engineering, with the Student Innovation Impact Award; and BioE Assistant Research Professor Saeed Amal with the Emerging Visionary Award, for their significant contributions to innovation, particularly in AI-driven healthcare.
Mar 25, 2025
ChE Student Receives Outstanding Master’s Student Award in Leadership
Simran Pandey, PhD’29, chemical engineering, received a Northeastern University Outstanding Master’s Student Award in Leadership for fostering interdisciplinary collaboration and mentoring the next generation of researchers.