News
September 08, 2026
UCR professor and industry collaborator honored for cleaner-vehicle catalyst research
A UC Riverside chemical engineering professor and his longtime industry collaborator have received an American Chemical Society award for research aimed at making catalysts more effective at removing harmful pollutants from vehicle exhaust.
August 04, 2026
UCR Ph.D. Candidate Jacob Waitkus Wins $120,000 USDA NIFA Predoctoral Fellowship
Jacob Waitkus, a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in UC Riverside’s Chemical and Environmental Engineering Ph.D. program, has received a $120,000 USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture Predoctoral Fellowship to support his research on rapid detection methods for antimicrobial resistance. The two-year award supports Waitkus’ project, “Development of Novel Nanopillar Metasurfaces for the Detection of Antimicrobial Resistance Signatures in Food Samples,” from May 1, 2026, through April 30, 2028.
April 24, 2026
Preparing Tomorrow’s Faculty Through FAME 2026
Over three days, participants stepped into the role of future faculty, presenting research, engaging with academic leaders, and navigating the complexities of the faculty hiring process.
February 11, 2026
Wu Elected AIChE Fellow
The Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at UC Riverside is proud to announce that Professor Jianzhong Wu has been elected as a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)