Xi Chen, a University of Iowa engineering researcher, has won the Richard M. Goody Award for early career scientists investigating how tiny particles interact with light and other electromagnetic particles in the atmosphere so scientists can improve weather forecasting and monitor air quality.

Zachary Althof, fourth-year BME PhD candidate, has been at the forefront of biomedical imaging research at the University of Iowa since beginning of his undergraduate studies in biomedical engineering in 2016. As a Graduate Research Assistant in the Reinhardt Biomedical Imaging Lab, his research explores how fissure integrity relates to lung biomechanics and disease, particularly in COPD.