Chen wins Lemelson-MIT Prize
Graduate student Alice A. Chen received the prestigious $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize on Wednesday (March 9) for her innovative applications of microtechnology to study human health and disease. Chen, a biomedical engineer, is enrolled at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) in the Medical Engineering and Medical Physics (MEMP) program, which is part of the collaborative Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences & Technology (HST). She is the second SEAS student to win the Lemelson-MIT prize. Last year, SEAS/HST graduate Erez Lieberman-Aiden, Ph.D. ’10, now a junior fellow in Harvard’s Society of Fellows, won the award for his inventive work on the 3-D structure of the genome. A fearless problem solver with a passion for mentorship, Chen is honored alongside three other winners from across the nation. “Alice Chen’s inventive accomplishments will impact the effectiveness of new therapies,” said Joshua Schuler, executive director of the Lemelson-MIT Program. “Her passion to tackle problems...