Dr. Rudi Fasan received $2,967,188 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for his research project on Chemoenzymatic Strategies for Molecular Discovery and Asymmetric Synthesis. This five-year award supports the development of innovative chemoenzymatic platforms for discovering natural product–inspired macrocyclic peptides that…
The National Science Foundation (NSF) granted Dr. Filippo Romiti $678,600 through its CAREER program for his research project on the Innovative Strategies for the Synthesis of Unexplored Complex Bisindole Heterodimeric Alkaloids. While complex heterodimeric bisindole alkaloids are known to…
Dr. Ziwen Jiang received exactly $2,000,000 from the Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) for his study on Engineered Antibody Tools for Targeted Regulation of Cancer-associated Proteins and Organelles. This study focuses on the development of antibody-based tools…
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded Dr. Vladimir Gevorgyan $2,204,601 for his research on Novel Transition Metal Catalysis for Chemical Synthesis. Dr. Gevorgyan’s project focuses on developing a new platform for regio- and stereoselective functionalization of unactivated aliphatic C(sp³)–H…
Dr. Sheena D’Arcy receives a $2,398,872 award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for her project, The Role of Dynamics in Regulating Multi-Activity Protein Complexes and Chromatin, which will lead to a five-year examination into how cells control the…
The Strategic Environmental Research & Development Program (SERDP) awarded Dr. Mario Wriedt $581,027 for his research on High-Capacity Sustainable Sorbents for Treatment of PFAS. The main purpose of Dr. Wriedt’s research is to improve and evaluate new sorbent materials that…
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Dr. Hedieh Torabifard $1,935,708 for her research project on Computational Framework to Investigate the Inorganic Ion Transporters. This project intends to address the critical gaps in our understanding of how ions, such…
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Dr. Filippo Romiti a grant of $1,950,000 for his project on the New Methods and Strategies for the Scalable Synthesis of Complex Bioactive Molecules. The primary objective of this research is to…
Professor Baughman’s research will address the fabrication and characterization of nanofibers and their transformation into inexpensive, high performance artificial muscles and mechanical energy harvesters.
Dr. Jung-Mo Ahn has received $956,625 from The UT Health Science Center at San Antonio for his research on Enhancing Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Ovarian Cancer. His team has identified a new molecular target protein for treating multiple cancers that…
