Assistant Professor Carolyn Shurer was awarded a highly competitive five-year NIAID grant to study her potentially revolutionary theory for how flu viruses infiltrate human cells. 

Assistant Professor Ria Corder has been selected for the 2026 American Institute of Chemical Engineers 35 Under 35 Awards in the chemical & materials category.

The Eastman Unit Operations Lab purchased a ThermoFisher Varioskan LUX Multimode Microplate Reader, used in manufacturing biologically produced pharmaceuticals.

Advised by Assistant Professor Ria Corder, PhD student Aditi Khatiwada published a comprehensive study on the rheology of biobased plastics, facilitating sustainable manufacturing.

Professor Cong Trinh and Assistant Professor Seunghyun Ryu will refine their fungal gene-editing platform to help treat deadly yeast infections and expand biomanufacturing.

Professor and Governor’s Chair for Biorefining Art Ragauskas co-directed the annual Global Center for Sustainable Bioproducts (GCSB) Workshop in Canada.

The University of Tennessee has become the first university in the United States to boast a microcoating line—a state-of-the-art industrial […]

Professor Michael Danquah leads an international team that is mentoring UT students while developing advanced technologies to improve food innovation, safety, and sustainability.

Rigoberto Advincula, the UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair of Advanced Nanostructured Materials, has been selected by the American Chemical Society as a […]

UT Knoxville has signed a new six-year master research agreement with Eastman, deepening a decade-long collaboration for developing innovative technologies.