KU Engineering Professor, Research Leadership Team Member Wins Research Award
A professor of engineering and a member of the senior research leadership team at the University of Kansas is being honored for leading research that fuses biology, materials science and engineering into repairing tissue functions, addressing dental and oral diseases and restoring oral health as well as developing sustainable and renewable biobased products for multiple sectors.
Candan Tamerler is the 2023 winner of the Distinguished Scientist/Engineer Award, presented by the Functional Materials Division of the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society, the leading organization for more than 12,000 member scientists and engineers working in industry, academia and government around the world. She will receive the award March 20 in San Diego during the society’s 152nd annual meeting.
“I’m deeply honored and humbled to receive this prestigious award,” Tamerler said. “I am grateful to the award committee, my colleagues and especially for my research team and students.”