ChE PhD Student Wins Best Poster at ACS Women’s Careers in Chemistry 2026 Event

student standing in front of research poster

Rachel Shovmer, PhD’27, chemical engineering, advised by ChE Chair and Professor Rebecca Willits, received a Best Poster Award for her poster “Development of On-Demand Enzymatically Cleavable Granular Scaffolds to Examine Neural Stem Cell Response” at the ACS Celebrating Women’s Careers in Chemistry 2026 event held at Harvard University on March 5, 2026. The event highlights the research and achievements of women scientists across the chemical sciences.

Related Faculty: Rebecca Willits

Related Departments:Chemical Engineering