News: Alumni

Six Princeton CBE alums elected into the National Academy of Engineering
Feb. 8, 2023

Six graduate alums of Princeton CBE have been elected into the 2023 class of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), according to a Feb. 7 announcement.

Pioneering nanotechnologist Jackie Ying, a Princeton alumna and trustee, wins the King Faisal Prize in Science
Jan. 10, 2023

Jackie Ri-Yu Ying, a pioneer in the use of nanotechnology for human health, has won the 2023 King Faisal Prize in Science for “the synthesis of various advanced nanomaterials and systems, and their applications in catalysis, energy conversion and biomedicine.” Ying is a 1991 graduate alumna in chemical engineering and a member of Princeton’s Board of Trustees.

Biomedical expert Goyal wins interdisciplinary award from Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Aug. 11, 2020

Cancer researcher and CBE graduate alumnus Yogesh Goyal has received a 2020 Career Award at the Scientific Interface (CASI) from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund. All eight of this year's awardees receive $500,000 over a five-year period, bridging postdoctoral training with the first three years…

NSF names students to research-funding program
April 11, 2019

Four students from chemical and biological engineering have been named to the Graduate Research Fellowship Program, an award from the National Science Foundation that helps fund those students' education and research for three years.

The fellowship is the oldest active program at NSF, having funded more than 50,000 young scientists…

Doctoral research helps develop tool to probe plastics’ behavior down to the molecular scale
March 15, 2019
Consider the humble tire. Sitting outside on a frigid winter day, it’s hard as a stone, yet when spinning under a drag racer, a tire becomes warmly pliable. For everyday materials, from glass to rubber to plastic, these fundamental changes in behavior are determined by the glass transition temperature.