Assistant chemistry professor David Nicewicz has received a 2012 Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering.
The five-year fellowship is worth $875,000.
Nicewicz and his laboratory team have been developing novel organic dyes.
These dyes acts as catalysts that aid in converting sunlight to chemical energy.
Researchers hope the dyes will produce materials and medicines in a more cost-effective way.
Past Packard fellows have gone on to receive additional honors, such as the Nobel Prize in Physics and elections to the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy in Engineering.
