The Rutgers Innovation Awards recognize researchers who have translated world-class research into an invention/innovation that would benefit society.
Congratulations to the innovation awardees and patent awardees!
For the recap story and access to event photos, click here.
The Rutgers Innovation Awards recognizes distinguished innovators who have demonstrated excellence by developing a breakthrough idea, process, or technology that has shown its transformational potential to improve lives and create economic value.
The event will also recognize current Rutgers inventors who have received issued US patents during the fiscal years 2023 and 2024.
The Rutgers Innovation Awards include:
Early Career Innovator
Undergraduate Student Innovation
Graduate Student Innovation
Postdoctoral Fellow Innovation
Rutgers Startup (must have an exclusive license with Rutgers)
Social Innovation
AI/Digital Innovation
Health Science/Biomedical Innovation
Agriculture Innovation
Physical Science & Engineering Innovation
September 24, 2024
Location, time, and other necessary information will be sent to invitees prior to the event.
|
Award |
Name |
Research Team |
Rutgers CLU |
School |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Undergraduate Student Innovation Award |
SageTech |
Claudia Santacruz, Rut Mehta, Brianna Lischy, Oliver Kisza, Deshik Iyengar |
Rutgers-New Brunswick |
School of Arts and Sciences |
|
Graduate Student Innovation Award |
Haydee Pacheco |
Haydee Pacheco |
Rutgers-New Brunswick |
School of Engineering |
|
Postdoctoral Fellow Innovation Award |
Cameron Love |
Cameron Love |
Rutgers-New Brunswick |
School of Arts and Sciences |
|
Early Career Innovator Award |
Pingping Hou |
Pingping Hou |
Rutgers Health |
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School |
|
Rutgers Startup Award |
Queens Carbon, Inc. |
Daniel Kopp, Richard Riman |
Rutgers-New Brunswick |
School of Engineering |
|
Social Innovation Award |
Ruo-Qian Wang |
Ruo-Qian Wang, WHIRL Lab |
Rutgers-New Brunswick |
School of Engineering |
|
Artificial Intelligence / Digital Innovation Award |
Eric Wengrowski |
Eric Wengrowski, Kristin Dana, Matthew Purri |
Rutgers-New Brunswick |
School of Engineering, School of Graduate Studies |
|
Physical Sciences & Engineering Innovation Award |
Jing Li |
Jing Li, Kun Zhu |
Rutgers-New Brunswick |
School of Arts and Sciences |
|
Health Sciences / Biomedical Innovation Award |
Daniela Staquicini |
Daniela Staquicini |
Rutgers Health, Rutgers-Newark |
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School |
|
Agriculture Innovation Award |
James White |
James White, Kathryn Kingsley, Kurt Kowalski, Xiaoquin Chang, Matthew Elmore, Ivelisse Irizarry |
Rutgers-New Brunswick |
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences |
| Aaron Mazzeo |
| Abraham Pinter |
| Adam Gormley |
| Alan Goldman |
| Alok Choudhary |
| Amit Singla |
| Angela Coe |
| Anna Voordeckers |
| Arash Hatefi |
| Ashutosh Goel |
| Arya Tewatia |
| Athina Petropulu |
| Bernard Kear |
| Bruce Haffty |
| Chaoyang Xue |
| Charles Gatt |
| Daniel Murnick |
| David Alland |
| David Salas De La Cruz |
| David Domingo |
| David Perlin |
| David Shreiber |
| Diana Vargas-Gold |
| Dimitris Metaxas |
| Edmond LaVoie |
| Ekaterina Semenova |
| Eva Andrei |
| Fred Kramer |
| Fuat Celik |
| Gary Aston-Jones |
| German Drazer |
| Glen Atlas |
| Guohong Li |
| Hao Lin |
| Huixin He |
| James Simon |
| Jeffrey Boyd |
| Jeffrey Laskin |
| Jeffrey Zahn |
| Jennifer Lynch-Branzoi |
| Jerry Shan |
| Jing Li |
| Joachim Kohn |
| Joel Freundlich |
| John Nosher |
| Joseph Goffreda |
| Konstantin Severinov |
| Kristin Dana |
| Kun Zhu |
| Lawrence Williams |
| Longqin Hu |
| Maria Gennaro |
| Mark DeGuzman |
| Mark Siracusa |
| Martin Yarmush |
| Maxine Strickland |
| Mehdi Javanmard |
| Michael Dunn |
| Olga Garbuzenko |
| Patrick Shafto |
| Randy Gaugler |
| Raphael Mannino |
| Richard Ebright |
| Richard Howard |
| Richard Martin |
| Salvatore Marras |
| Sanjay Tyagi |
| Scott Kachlany |
| Shengkan (Victor) Jin |
| Stephen Anderson |
| Stephen Tse |
| Sudarsun Kannan |
| Suzie Chen |
| Tamara Minko |
| Tewodros (Teddy) Asefa |
| Thomas Nosker |
| Tomasz Imielinski |
| Umer Hassan |
| Wade Trappe |
| Wei Lu |
| Yingying (Jennifer) Chen |
| Yon Ebright |
| Zoltan Szekely |
| Ilya Raskin |
| Peter Nitzsche |
| Thomas Orton |
| Stacy Bonos |
| William Meyer |
Congratulations to the 2024 recipients of the Rutgers Innovation Awards!
Contact Eusebio Pires for more information.
