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Beckman's is the eighth Pitt "faculty" member to be named an NAI fellow, and the second with a primary appointment in the Swanson Â鶹´«Ã½.
, distinguished service professor of in the Â鶹´«Ã½ Swanson Â鶹´«Ã½ of Engineering, was named a fellow of the 2020 cohort.
Beckman is the eighth Pitt faculty member to be named an NAI fellow, and the second with a primary appointment in the Swanson Â鶹´«Ã½. He has nearly 200 peer-reviewed journal articles, 26 book chapters and receipt of 40 U.S. patents with more pending.
Beckman’s research group examines the use of molecular design to solve problems in green product formulation and in the design of materials for use in tissue engineering. He is currently leading a grant from the MacArthur Foundation and NineSigma, in collaboration with Think Beyond Plastic, to develop innovations to that end up being burned or buried in landfills, or make their way into the world’s waterways and oceans.