Join the College of Science at the University of Notre Dame for the fifth annual Carrier Medal Ceremony & Lecture, honoring Frances Arnold, Nobel Laureate and the Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering and Biochemistry; Director, Donna and Benjamin M. Rosen Bioengineering Center at Caltech.
Arnold was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2018 for pioneering the use of directed evolution to engineer enzymes.
The Rev. Joseph Carrier C.S.C. Science Medal, presented in honor of Mary Burke Ryan, is the most prestigious award presented by the College of Science, and is given for sustained, outstanding achievements in any field of science. It is awarded annually, alternating between the mathematical, physical, chemical, and biological sciences, and is accompanied by a monetary gift. The medalists are invited to give a lecture on the campus of the University of Notre Dame.
Originally published at carriermedal.nd.edu.