Bhattacharyya Wins 2018 Sturgill Award

During the 2018 Provost Awards ceremony held April 19, University Alumni Professor of Chemical Engineering Dibakar Bhattacharyya (“DB”) received the Sturgill Award, which is given each year to a graduate faculty member who has provided outstanding contributions to graduate education at UK.

DB is celebrating his 50th anniversary at UK. He is an internationally known leader in the field of membrane science, having published 185 archival papers, 35 book chapters and nine patents.

"As Dr. Bhattacharyya enters his sixth decade of service at UK, he continues to maintain a remarkably productive research agenda," Doug Kalika, professor and chair of Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, noted in his nomination letter. "Dr. Bhattacharyya has had an enormous impact on the lives of the many undergraduate and graduate students who he has taught, mentored and inspired."

For more about DB’s career and research, read his faculty spotlight.

Portions of this article appeared in the April 20 edition of UKNow. To read the original article, go here.