Two CCB faculty members, David Liu and Emily Balskus, have earned prestigious ACS National Awards. Vignettes of all award recipients will appear in Chemical & Engineering News in early 2018.

David Liu

At the March 20, 2018 ACS National Awards Ceremony, David Liu, Professor of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, will be honored with the Ronald Breslow Award for Achievement in Biomimetic Chemistry, a recognition of his outstanding contributions to the field. 

Professor Liu's research integrates chemistry and evolution to illuminate and program biology. His group's major research interests include (i) the discovery of therapeutically relevant synthetic molecules using DNA-templated organic synthesis, a technique developed in his laboratory, and Darwinian selection; (ii) the characterization and engineering of genome-editing proteins towards next-generation human therapeutics; and (iii) the laboratory evolution and delivery in vivo of proteins that modify information flow in human cells.

Emily Balskus

Emily Balskus, the Morris Kahn Associate Professor of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, won the Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award for excellence in organic chemistry. To celebrate her achievement, the ACS invites Professor Balskus to deliver an awards address at the Arthur C. Cope Symposium as well as a presentation at an ACS regional meeting.

The Balskus Lab integrates microbiology and chemistry to explore the vast world of microbes and microbial communities. Such research proves critical for the health of many environments and organisms, humans included.