Samuel Stupp awarded Bauerman Medal from Imperial College, London
February 20, 2023

Samuel Stupp of the Department of Chemistry has been awarded the Bauerman Medal from the Materials Department at Imperial College, London. The medal and accompanying prize lecture highlight advances in materials science and engineering.
Stupp is Board of Trustees Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Chemistry, Medicine, and Biomedical Engineering at Northwestern University. He is the first Northwestern faculty to receive this honor.
The Bauerman lecture is the annual highlight of a series of events hosted by the Department of Materials since 2016. It celebrates Hilary Bauerman, one of the seven original students to enter the then-Government School of Mines in 1851. Now the Royal School of Mines, it houses the Imperial College’s departments of Materials, and Earth Science and Engineering at London.
Stupp’s research focuses on developing self-assembling supramolecular nanostructures and materials for functions relevant to renewable energy, regenerative medicine, and robotic soft matter. He has made significant contributions to the fields of supramolecular chemistry, nanotechnology, and organic electronic materials. One of his notable discoveries is a broad class of peptide amphiphiles that self-assemble into high aspect ratio nanofibers with extensive applications in regenerative medicine.
Stupp’s Bauerman lecture, Frontiers in Supramolecular Design of Materials, will be given on March 15, 2023.

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