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Chemical & Biological Engineering Blog

November 22, 2024

Meet grad student Carlos Huang-Zhu: Using molecular simulations to study nanoparticles

Carlos Huang-Zhu is a University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering Graduate Engineering Research Scholar in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering. Huang-Zhu, who works in Hunt-Hougen Associate Professor Reid Van…

UW Crest with engineering background
November 18, 2024

John Church: 2024 Distinguished Achievement Award recipient

BSChE ’88Chief Transformation and Enterprise Services Officer, General Mills (retired) A chemical engineer, food industry executive, servant leader and mentor who advanced his company’s global reach and impact while at…

UW Crest with engineering background
November 18, 2024

Christine Erspamer: 2024 Early Career Award recipient

BSChE ’07Chief of Growth, Product and Strategy, Optum Serve, UnitedHealth Group A chemical engineer whose leadership has enabled her company to make healthcare delivery work better for everyone. Since graduating…

Matt Gebbie and Ryan Cashen in the lab
October 10, 2024

DURIP grant will allow Gebbie lab to acquire cutting-edge microscope

Matthew Gebbie, Conway Assistant Professor of chemical and biological engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has received a grant from the Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) to acquire a…

Bascom Hall with tulips in foreground
September 26, 2024

PhD Funding and Financial Information

Did you know that a vast majority of students receive a 5-year financial guarantee? Learn more about funding here.

September 26, 2024

PhD Program Information and Milestones

Program requirements are detailed in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering’s Academic Policies Procedures, also referred to as the Graduate Handbook. The Graduate Handbook is a resource for the requirements of our graduate program. Current and past Graduate Handbooks and related forms will be available on the intranet. Key program information and requirements are summarized below.

graduate student activities
September 26, 2024

Why Wisconsin?

Synergistic research, diverse collaboration, supportive peers—that’s Why Wisconsin! Read more about what makes UW-Madison the place to be.

UW Crest with engineering background
September 24, 2024

UW-Madison ranks 7th among publics in U.S. News undergraduate engineering program rankings

The University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering was ranked seventh overall among public universities in the 2025 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s Best Engineering Schools undergraduate rankings. Individual…

Bianca Navari off stage at ballet concert
September 24, 2024

From Pirouettes to Pipettes with Bianca Navari

Senior Bianca Navari grew up in Hyattsville, Maryland and started ballet at 11 years old. With natural talent, Navari moved to Moscow when she was 16 to study at the…

Research scientist Dillon Hofsommer adjusts a membrane flow bioreactor in his lab at the Wisconsin Energy Institute. Scientists with the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center use the reactor to extract valuable aromatic chemicals from lignin, a part of plant cells often treated as waste.
September 23, 2024

Root is part of a project turning plants into plastics

A team of researchers with the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center led by Thatcher Root, a professor of chemical and biological engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and chemistry professor…