PreMiEr Webinar on the Societal Dimensions of Microbiome Engineering in Built Environments
On Tuesday, May 13th, PreMiEr is pleased to announce a webinar on the Societal Dimensions of Built Environment Microbiome Engineering! Please feel free to share with colleagues from any field or sector who are working on—or interested in—microbiomes and their broader...
PreMiEr Recruits Study Participants at Hurricane Event
PreMiEr researcher Denene Blackwood of the University of North Carolina recently represented the center at a recent Hurricane Preparedness Expo held in Morehead City, NC, on May 5th. Ms. Blackwood is part of a PreMiEr research team investigating new ways to detect...
2025 Award for Excellence in Teaching
Dr. Liesl Jeffers-Francis, a noted microbiologist at N.C. A&T State University and PreMiEr researcher, received a 2025 Award for Excellence in Teaching awarded by the UNC Board of Governors. Dr. Jeffers-Francis is one of 17 faculty chosen from among all of North...
New PreMiEr Publication
CONGRATULATIONS to PreMiEr researchers Christopher Cummings, Kristen Landreville, and Jennifer Kuzma for their paper just published in Frontiers of Genetics- Natural vs. genetically engineered microbiomes: understanding public attitude for indoor applications and...
PreMiEr Industry Summit Highlights
PreMiEr's Innovation Ecosystem foundation under the direction of Dr. Anurodh Tripathi, in collaboration with PreMiEr partners from industry, government, and non-profits and researchers from within the ERC, were proud to gather at the inaugural Microbiome of the Built...
New PreMiEr publication on perceptions of microbiome engineering
CONGRATULATIONS to PreMiEr researchers Christopher Cummings, Kristen Landreville, and Jennifer Kuzma for their paper just published in Frontiers in Public Health. The team surveyed 1000 U.S. adults for their opinions on microbiome engineering of the built...
PreMiEr Industry Summit
On November 6th and 7th, 2024, PreMiEr was pleased to host its inaugural Industry Summit at the North Carolina Biotechnology Center in Research Triangle Park. We welcomed nearly 60 PreMiEr faculty and scholars, Industry Members, representatives from non-profits and...
PreMiEr Scholar Will Stiffler Takes 2nd Place at Perfect Pitch Competition
A highlight of the NSF Engineering Research Center (ERC) Biennial Meeting, the most recent of which was held September 8-10 in Alexandria, Virginia, is the ERC-wide "Perfect Pitch" competition. Each currently funded ERC sends their champion, determined through an...
Dr. Mark Wiesner Receives Award
March 21, PreMiEr faculty member Dr. Mark Wiesner was presented with the 2024 Simon W. Freese Award and delivered the Freese lecture at this year’s meeting of the American Society of Civil Engineer’s Environmental & Water Resources Institute, held in Milwaukee...
Duke Faculty Honored by Pratt School of Engineering
The Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University recently recognized two PreMiEr faculty for achievements in education. Dr. Holly Leddy, PreMiEr's Co-Director for Engineering Workforce Development and Outreach, was honored with the Dean's Award for Community-Based...