Michelle Calabrese Honored with 2025 Marion Milligan Mason Award for Women in the Chemical Sciences

The Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science is proud to celebrate Dr. Michelle Calabrese, who has been named a recipient of the 2025 Marion Milligan Mason Award for Women in the Chemical Sciences. This prestigious award, presented by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), recognizes early-career women researchers for their exceptional contributions to the chemical sciences and provides $55,000 in research funding along with leadership development and mentoring opportunities.

Dr. Calabrese, an Assistant Professor in CEMS, is being honored for her groundbreaking research into how magnetic fields influence the solvation environment in weakly diamagnetic complex fluids, driving anomalous phase transitions. Her work aims to expand the capabilities of stimulus-responsive polymers, and to develop advanced materials with finely tunable properties. This recognition reflects her dedication to advancing the field and her commitment to innovation in chemical engineering and materials science.

This marks the second time our department has been recognized with this award, following Dr. Vivian Ferry's selection as a recipient in 2019. 

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Calabrese on this outstanding honor! To learn more about the Marion Milligan Mason Award, visit the AAAS’s website.