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CSE professors Ambika Bhagi-Damodaran, Ognjen Ilic, and Qi Zhang
Awards-Grants, People-Profiles

Three CSE faculty members receive University of Minnesota McKnight Land Grant Professorships

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Three College of Science and Engineering faculty members were named University of Minnesota McKnight Land Grant Professors, an award given to early-career faculty who have the potential to make big impacts in their fields.

portrait of Professor Ambika Bhagi-Damodaran
Awards-Grants, Research

Chemistry Assistant Professor Ambika Bhagi-Damodaran receives Cottrell Scholar Award

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University of Minnesota Chemistry Assistant Professor Ambika Bhagi-Damodaran is one of 25 early-career researchers across the U.S. and Canada to receive a 2023 Cottrell Scholar Award in recognition of her excellence in research and teaching.

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Awards-Grants

CSE Dean Andrew G. Alleyne elected to National Academy of Engineering

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University of Minnesota Twin Cities Professor and Dean of the University’s College of Science and Engineering Andrew G. Alleyne has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering.

Larry Edwards
Awards-Grants, Energy-Environment, Research

Professor Larry Edwards receives Benjamin Franklin Medal in Earth and Environmental Sciences

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University of Minnesota Twin Cities Professor R. Lawrence “Larry” Edwards has been awarded the Franklin Institute’s 2023 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Earth and Environmental Sciences recognizing his achievements in the field.

Brittany Hartwell
Awards-Grants, Research

Biomedical engineering Assistant Professor Brittany Hartwell receives Michelson Prize for excellence in vaccine research

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University of Minnesota Biomedical Engineering Assistant Professor Brittany Hartwell is one of four researchers worldwide who has been awarded a 2022 Michelson Prize, which recognizes early-career investigators who represent “the next generation of innovators in human immunology and vaccine research.”

Professor Emeritus David Kohlstedt
Awards-Grants, Energy-Environment, Research

Professor Emeritus David Kohlstedt receives Vetlesen Prize, the ‘Nobel Prize of Earth Sciences’

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University of Minnesota Twin Cities Professor Emeritus David Kohlstedt has been awarded the Vetlesen Prize, one of the highest honors in Earth sciences and considered to be the field’s Nobel Prize equivalent.

Professor Chris Kim
Awards-Grants, Digital Technology

Professor Chris Kim to lead NSF-, DARPA-funded $8M quantum-inspired computing efforts

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University of Minnesota Twin Cities Professor Chris Kim will lead three new projects to study quantum-inspired computing, supported by more than $8 million in program funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).

Courtney Roberts' research group
Awards-Grants, Research

Assistant Professor Courtney Roberts awarded $1.9M grant for catalysis research

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The Roberts Group, led by University of Minnesota Department of Chemistry Assistant Professor Courtney Roberts, received a National Institutes of Health Maximizing Investigators' Research Award for work on aryne difunctionalization reactivity.

Larry Edwards, Tony Low, Don Truhlar, and Dan Knights
Awards-Grants, People-Profiles

Four CSE faculty among most cited researchers in the world

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The work of four University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering faculty are frequently referenced by their peers, suggesting they're making substantial contributions to advance knowledge in their fields.

Professor Jian-Ping Wang
Awards-Grants, Energy-Environment

University-born company Niron Magnetics receives $17.5M DOE grant

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Niron Magnetics, a company founded by University of Minnesota Twin Cities Professor Jian-Ping Wang, received $17.5M from the U.S. Department of Energy to fund production of its sustainable magnets.