Matthew DeLisa, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, has received the inaugural Daniel I.C. Wang Award, sponsored by John Wiley & Sons Inc. and by the journal Biotechnology and Bioengineering. The award honors an accomplished young member of the biotechnology/bioengineering academic community for commitment to the journal and the community it serves.

The award will be presented during the 2008 American Chemical Society Meeting in Philadelphia, Aug. 17-21.

DeLisa was also recently selected to attend the 2008 Transatlantic Frontiers of Chemistry Conference, July 31 to Aug. 3, in Cheshire, U.K. The conference is a joint meeting with the American Chemical Society, Royal Society of Chemistry and German Chemical Society. In each country, participants were chosen by the conference committee as rising stars in the chemical sciences.

DeLisa's research group creates microorganisms with new or improved protein machinery for solving human health problems. Their research integrates engineering design principles with protein biochemistry, microbiology and modern biotechnology.