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Howard P. Isermann Department of
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Chemical and Biological Engineering
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Message from the Department Head
Welcome to the 2026 spring edition of the CBE newsletter! We are proud of our community's work in transforming our discoveries into real-world solutions that address global challenges and sustainability.
— Todd Przybycien, Department Head
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Latest News and Update
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CBE Research Teams Receive Two $3M Research Grants from Gates Foundation
Prof. Todd Przybycien aims to lower the production cost of monoclonal antibodies.
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Profs. Georges Belfort and Pankaj Karande address a critical bottleneck in the production of mRNA therapeutics.
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Prof. Joel Plawsky as Department Head for Decade
Department Celebrates Prof. Joel Plawsky’s Service as Department Head over Decade.
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Gorai Awarded $2M NSF Grant
Prof. Gorai and his collaborators have been awarded a $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to accelerate the development of wurtzite ferroelectrics.
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Underhill Elected Secretary/Treasurer of APS DSOFT
Prof. Patrick Underhill was elected to be the new Secretary/Treasurer of the American Physical Society Division of Soft Matter (APS DSOFT).
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Student Excellence
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2025 Faculty Honors
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Georges Belfort
- Received the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) 2025 Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education (co-recipient with Steven Cramer).
Mattheos Koffas
- Named Chair for the Society for Biological Engineering of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).
Todd Przybycien
- Received the American Chemical Society (ACS) Biochemical Technology Division’s 2025 Van Lanen Distinguished Service Award.
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Steven Cramer
- Received the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) 2025 Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education (co-recipient with Georges Belfort).
Joel Plawsky
- Received the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)/American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Donal Q. Kern Award.
- Received NASA 2024-2025 Agency Silver Service Award.
Helen Zha
- Named Engineering Dean’s Faculty Fellow.
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