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Melissa Krebs, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Colorado School of Mines, accepts the 2017 Colorado School of Mines Inventor of the Year Award.
Melissa Krebs, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering Department, Colorado School of Mines, received the 2017 Colorado School of Mines Inventor of the Year Award in recognition of the high number of patents she has put through CSM’s tech transfer office, and the commercial interest that they have attracted. At the time of the award, Dr. Krebs had filed several patents in each of three new major areas for the school: glaucoma monitoring, regenerative bone and dental materials, and sustained drug delivery biomaterial systems. Accepting the award with her two young daughters, Krebs said “I’m incredibly honored, and it’s been fun to bring more biomedical research to Colorado School of Mines.” She credits her success to the undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral fellows in her lab, as well as her collaborations with the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Krebs works closely with several CU Anschutz faculty including Assistant Professor Karin Payne, Ph.D., Department of Orthopedics, on developing hydrogels to block bone formation in growth plate injuries; Associate Professor Mina Pantcheva, M.D., Department of Ophthalmology, on biopolymer-cell constructs for better understanding the trabecular meshwork and for improved drug screening for glaucoma; and Professor Ken Liechty, M.D., Department of Surgery at Children’s Hospital, on developing sustained drug-releasing hydrogels to enhance wound healing.
Carol Sartorius, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, was a recipient of a Department of Pathology Educator Awards 2017 (Co-director CANB7680 & Director CANB7613).
*This list highlights only a few of numerous Gates Center members’ publications and honors. Unless otherwise indicated, authors and honorees are from the University of Colorado’s Anschutz Medical Center.
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