Niren Murthy, PhD, an Assistant Professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, recently received the 2009 Young Investigator Award from the Society for Biomaterials. This honor is given annually to an individual who has demonstrated outstanding achievements in the field of biomaterials research within ten years following his terminal degree or formal training.

The recipient of the SFB 2009 Young Investigator Award will receive complimentary travel, registration and hotel for the upcoming Annual SFB Meeting in San Antonio, Texas in April 2009. Furthermore, Dr. Murthy's paper that was submitted as part of your award nomination will be considered for publication in the Journal of Biomedical Materials Research or Applied Biomaterials.