Shaily Mahendra, a UCLA assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, has received a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation.
The NSF CAREER award is the organization’s most prestigious award in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations.
This award will fund her research that investigates how environmental microbes use specific enzymes to detoxify hazardous chemicals, such as 1,4-dioxane, which are currently unregulated but are emerging as contaminants in drinking water supplies.
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She was a 2011 PopTech Science Fellow and a 2011-12 UCLA Hellman Fellow.
