Each year Iowa State recognizes the excellence of faculty and staff in its annual university awards. Honorees for 2022 were announced in an Inside Iowa State article published April 28. Here are the members of the Iowa State research community recognized for their contributions and achievements: Outstanding Achievement in Research The award recognizes a tenured…
Dr. Qijing Zhang, a Clarence Harley Covault Distinguished Professor in Veterinary Medicine, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, in recognition of his distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Zhang, who also serves as the associate dean of research and graduate studies, is among 120 new members and 30 international members named…
An Iowa State University research team that helped develop a demonstration-scale pyrolyzer capable of sequestering thousands of tons of carbon dioxide a year has received a prestigious milestone award from XPRIZE Carbon Removal, it was announced on Friday. The milestone prize provides $1 million to the carbon removal team at the Bioeconomy Institute to help…
The Iowa State University Office of the Vice President for Research announced Robert Brown and Lisa Schulte Moore will serve as co-directors of the nationally renowned Bioeconomy Institute (BEI). Brown, Anson Marston Distinguished Professor in Engineering and Gary and Donna Hoover Chair in Mechanical Engineering now serves as BEI Director of Engineering Technologies. Schulte Moore,…
With an abundance of undergraduate research experience under her belt, Bella Guyll is ready to continue her studies and further advance her research as a graduate student. Guyll, who completed her B.S. in mechanical engineering (ME) in 2021 and who will begin her doctoral studies in ME in Fall 2022, has been accepted into the…
Dr. Paul Plummer, the Anderson Chair in Veterinary Medicine and professor of veterinary diagnostic and production animal medicine, has been elected to the National Academies of Practice as a Distinguished Veterinary Science Fellow. A faculty member at Iowa State since 2010, Plummer is board certified in large animal medicine from the American College of Veterinary…
Twelve Iowa State University graduate students have been selected to receive $120,000 in Brown Graduate Fellowship Program funding to support strategic university research over the next year. Established in 2011 and administered by the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR), the annual Brown Graduate Fellowship Program is used to advance Iowa State research…
Two Iowa State University researchers have been selected to receive funding from the 2022 Margaret B. Barry Cancer Research Program to explore bioengineering probiotics to destroy the types of tumors seen in cancer patients. Administered by the Iowa State University Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR), the Barry award is given each year…
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is honoring six Iowa State University researchers for their work in biology, statistics and physics. The six have been elected to the association’s 2021 class of 564 new AAAS Fellows. They’re being recognized “because of their efforts to advance science applications that are deemed scientifically or socially distinguished,” the…
The Iowa State University Plant Sciences Institute recently completed its third Faculty Scholars cohort, welcoming four additional Iowa State researchers to a roster currently comprised of 25 active faculty members. The PSI Faculty Scholars program, which began in 2015, is open to PhDs with tenure-track positions of assistant professor or higher at Iowa State. It…
