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Faculty/Staff News
Burg named Top Young Innovator
 Technology
Review, MIT’s Magazine of Innovation, announced recently that
Clemson University bioengineer Karen Burg is included in its 2003
list of the world’s 100 Top Young Innovators.
The TR100, chosen by the editors of Technology Review and an elite
panel of judges, consists of 100 individuals 35 or under whose innovative
work in technology has a profound impact on today’s world.
Nominees are recognized for their contributions in transforming
the nature of technology in industries such as biotechnology, computing,
energy, medicine, manufacturing, nanotechnology, telecommunications
and transportation.
Burg’s
work with injectable transplants could one day provide breast-cancer
patients a viable reconstructive surgical solution for damage left
by lumpectomies and other invasive procedures. The putty-like implant,
made of donor cells grown onto tiny beads, could reduce scarring,
help restore the breast’s natural shape and promote quicker
surgical recoveries.
“I’m
excited by this unexpected recognition,” said Burg, a 35-year-old
associate professor. “It’s thrilling to be a part of
a project that could have such a profound impact on women’s
lives. It’s also exciting to have MIT and leading engineering
groups recognize Clemson’s role in the research.”
Other
national honors for Burg include the National Science Foundation’s
Faculty Early Career Award, the Presidential Early Career Award
for Award for Scientists and Engineers and, most recently, an invitation
to speak at the National Engineering Academy’s elite Frontiers
of Engineering Symposium.
Burg
received her B.S. in chemical engineering from N.C. State University.
She earned her M.S. and Ph.D. in bioengineering at Clemson. She
completed postdoctoral work in tissue engineering at Carolinas Medical
Center in Charlotte, N.C.
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