Dr. George Georgiou, a biomedical engineering professor and chemical engineering professor, was awarded the James E. Bailey Award from the Society for Biological Engineering of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) for his contributions to protein engineering, specifically the development of therapeutics to biological warfare agents, protein manufacturing technologies, and combinatorial library screening methodologies. The award, endowed by Cytos Biotechnology, recognizes outstanding contributions in biological engineering. In addition to receiving the award, Dr. Georgiou will lecture at the Annual AIChE meeting Nov. 5 at 6 p.m. in Salt Lake City. Georgiou holds the Cockrell Family Regents Chair in Engineering No. 9.
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