department of chemical and biomolecular engineering

Jun 11, 2025

Creating a New Way to Remove Phosphorus from Contaminated Water

Professor Jan Genzer and his colleagues have created an inexpensive hydrogel that can filter phosphorus from contaminated surface waters, drinking water supplies or wastewater streams to reduce phosphorus pollution and… 

Jun 11, 2025

Rising CBE Senior is a 2025-26 Astronaut Scholar

Tochukwu “TK” Aniekwensi has been selected by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF) to join the elite group of Astronaut Scholars for the 2025-26 academic year. TK will be a senior… 

Apr 25, 2025

Prof. Menegatti’s Spinoff Company is Acquired to Form ChromaGenix

NC State University will partner with ChromaGenix, a life science company that wants to transform the field of affinity purification technologies, on research to expand the company’s ligand discovery platform. The five-year… 

Apr 9, 2025

Three CBE Faculty Members Named AAAS Fellows

Two current NC State University Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE) faculty members and one incoming faculty member in CBE have been named 2024 Fellows of the American Association for the… 

Mar 19, 2025

Researchers Demonstrate New Technique for Boosting Plant Growth with Bacteria

Researchers have demonstrated a technique for successfully encapsulating bacteria that can then be stored and applied to plants to improve plant growth and protect against pests and pathogens. The technique… 

Feb 24, 2025

Light Powered Breakthrough Enables Precision Tuning of Quantum Dots

Professor Milad Abolhasani and his colleagues have demonstrated a new technique that uses light to tune the optical properties of quantum dots – making the process faster, more energy-efficient and…