Dr. Michelle O'Malley

Appointed Interim Chair of Bioengineering
Society for Industrial Microbiology SBFC Keynote Award

Appointed to U.S. Defense Science Study Group (DSSG)
American Institute of Chemical Engineers Division 15c Plenary Award

Biotechnology Progress Award for Excellence in Biological Engineering Publication
Appointed Cliff R. School Endowed Chair, UC-Santa Barbara
"Tartans on the Rise" Carnegie Mellon University Alumni Award

AlChE Allan P. Colburn Award for Excellence in Publications by a Young Member of the Institute

Food, Pharmaceutical, and Bioengineering Division Early Career Award
American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) Fellow
American Society of Microbiology Award for Early Career Applied and Biotech Research
Interviewed for "Faculty open up about mental health under the COVID-19 pandemic"

Science News 10: Scientists to Watch
Lars G. Ljungdahl Lectureship, University of Georgia

ACS Biochemical Technology (BIOT) Young Investigator Award
Genewiz Award Recognizing Excellence in Genomics Research
National Academy of Engineering, UC Frontiers of Engineering Symposium Invited Attendee

ACS Women's Chemist Committee (WCC) Rising Star Award
Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award
ACS Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE) Young Investigator Award
Interviewed for "Yes, you can have a life outside the lab"

Named the Colburn Lecturer, Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Delaware
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)
Interviewed for "Getting the most out of your postdoc"
Visiting Professor, Harper Adams University, UK
A Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Inventor Fellow (Finalist)

MIT Technology Review, 35 Innovators Under 35
National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award
Received the Cottage Health – UCSB Special Research Award

Hellman Faculty Fellowship
TechConnect Innovation Award

Department of Energy Early Career Award

U.S. Department of Agriculture-NIFA Postdoctoral Fellowship
Marion and Jasper Whiting Foundation Fellowship

Company of Biologists International Travel Fellowship

University of Delaware Department of Chemical Engineering Teaching Fellowship
Merck Award for Best Overall Poster, Biochemical Engineering XV
American Chemical Society Leadership Development Award

NASA-Harriett G. Jenkins Predoctoral Fellowship

ANSF-IGERT Predoctoral Fellowship in Biotechnology

Presidential Scholarship, Carnegie Mellon University