Assistant Professor Bryan Boudouris received the prestigious NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation for his project titled "Advanced Molecular Architectures for Electronically-Active Radical Polymers."
A team co-led by Associate Professor Julie C. Liu has shown that a synthetic version of a high-strength adhesive produced by mussels is non-toxic to living cells, suggesting its potential suitability for surgical and other biomedical applications.
Pollens, the bane of allergy sufferers, could represent a boon for battery makers. Recent research from Associate Professor Vilas Pol’s laboratory has suggested their potential use as anodes in lithium-ion batteries.