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Apr 02, 2025
Stubbins Leads $1.3M NSF Grant To Investigate Plastics’ Role in Ocean Carbon Cycle
MES/COS/CEE Professor Aron Stubbins, in collaboration with the University of New Hampshire and the Sea Education Association, is leading a $1,319,273 NSF grant for “Nutrient-Mediated Interactions Between Plastic-Derived Dissolved Organic Carbon and the Biological Carbon Pump.”
Apr 01, 2025
Joy Inducted Into the 2025 Class of the AIMBE College of Fellows
Abraham Joy, BioE professor and chair, has been inducted into the 2025 Class of the AIMBE College of Fellows “for seminal innovations in the design, fabrication and translation of synthetic biomimetic biomaterials into novel therapeutic and diagnostic medical products.”
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 31, 2025
ECE Student Receives Outstanding Master’s Student Award in Teaching
Vaibhav Kejriwal, MS’25, electrical and computer engineering, received the 2025 Outstanding Master’s Student Award in Teaching from Northeastern for his dedication to academic excellence and mentorship, impactful contributions to research and innovation, and commitment to fostering a collaborative learning environment.