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This award is part of a $20.8 million state initiative to support projects driving advancements in life sciences innovation. Funds were distributed to projects that fill a gap or accelerate growth in the Massachusetts life sciences ecosystem.

The Rising Researcher program recognizes undergraduates at UMass Amherst who excel in research, challenge their intellect, and exercise exceptional creativity. Nicholle’s research in the Grossmann Lab focuses on designing meat alternatives that are more appealing and nutritious for consumers.

The Rising Researcher program recognizes undergraduates at UMass Amherst who excel in research, challenge their intellect, and exercise exceptional creativity. Eddie’s research in the Hazen Lab focuses on strengthening the cells walls of the grass Brachypodium distachyon as a model for improving yields in cereal crops.

Just days after being named one of Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers for 2025, Alice Cheung’s lab published new research in Science identifying the specific mechanism plants use to recognize which pollen grains will induce fertility.

June will use his Fulbright Study/Research Award to travel to South Korea to investigate how the protein CHI3L1 contributes to lung damage in nontuberculous mycobacterial infections by altering how lung cells interact with their surrounding tissue.

The paper, published in Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, details how carbohydrate-related chaperones direct the protein folding process and guide proteins to their ultimate locations. Prof. Dan Hebert passed away in December.

Associate Prof. Margaret Stratton received the Outstanding Research: Early Career award, Hannah Hollister received the Outstanding Staff Award, and Prof. Peter Chien received that Exceptional Internal Service Award.