March 2010 BioE undergraduate alumnus Amit Jain was named a Paul and Daisy Soros Fellow for 2010.
awards
Keasling in National Academy of Engineering
February 18, 2010 Jay Keasling, UC Berkeley Professor of Bioengineering and Chemical Engineering, was elected this week to the National Academy of Engineering.
Amy Herr named Sloan Research Fellow
February 16, 2010 Bioengineering Assistant Professor Amy Herr has been named a 2010 Sloan Research Fellow.
Mofrad Receives NSF CAREER Award
February 2, 2010 Berkeley Bioengineering Assistant Professor Mohammad Mofrad has received a 2010 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program award. CAREER awards are given to young researchers in science and engineering who have also translated their work into significant education activities.
Bioengineers receive Keck Grant for regeneration
January 27, 2010 Bioengineering researchers have received a $1 million grant from the Keck Foundation to pursue research on limb and organ regeneration.
BioE Alum receives Innovator Award
November 2010 Bioengineering undergraduate alumnus James Moon has been awarded the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine Young Investigator Award.
Keaveny gets Mow Medal
December 10, 2009 Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering Professor Tony Keaveny has been awarded the Van C. Mow Medal by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Johnson selected as Lecturer Teaching Fellow
August 2009 Bioengineering Lecturer Terry Johnson has been selected to participate in the 2009-2010 UC Berkeley Lecturer Teaching Fellows Program.
Herr receives DARPA Young Faculty Award
July 13, 2009 Bioengineering Assistant Professor Amy Herr is the recipient of a 2009 DARPA Young Faculty Award. Herr was recognized for her proposal on “An Integrated Micro/Nanosystem for Rapid Validation of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Biomarkers”.