Taylor will use the $825,000 award to further develop new materials that selectively capture valuable metals in water, enabling a recovery process that could make battery manufacturing more sustainable.
UMD president pitches vision of future enhanced by UMD-led research in science and technology.
The materials chemist has been teaching at the University of Maryland for more than a decade.
He is known for his pioneering work in synthesizing glycoproteins and glycoengineering antibodies to fight disease.
BioFIRE’s living-learning program hosted welcome activities to kick off the fall semester.
Yu Liu is a chemical physicist specializing in quantum experimental techniques for precision spectroscopy and quantum state control of molecules and ions. He earned his Ph.D. in physics at Harvard University, where he completed the first experimental studies of biomolecular chemical reactions at sub-micro-Kelvin temperatures.
Akshay Patel took a giant leap of faith in 2014. Motivated by his interest in cell biology and inspired by what he read about the cutting-edge research underway at the University of Maryland, Patel journeyed thousands of miles from his home in India to UMD for college, hoping to lay the groundwork for his future career as a scientist.
The $875,000 award will support the development of new tools to advance her alternative fuels research.
Twenty tenured/tenure-track faculty members and 10 instructional faculty members were promoted, effective summer 2023. An additional faculty member was named Distinguished University Professor—the highest academic honor bestowed by the university.
Since becoming dean in 2018, he has fostered excellence in the teaching, scholarship and service activities in the college.