Michelle O'Malley

Education

2009 – 2012. USDA-NIFA Postdoctoral Fellow, MIT/Broad Institute

2009. Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware

2004. B.S., Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University

2004. B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University

2025

Michelle O'Malley Appointed Interim Chair of Bioengineering

Society for Industrial Microbiology SBFC Keynote Award

2024

Appointed to U.S. Defense Science Study Group (DSSG)
AlChE Division 15c Plenary Award

2023

Biotechnology Progress Award for Excellence in Biological Engineering Publication

Cliff R. Scholle Endowed Chair, UC-Santa Barbara

“Tartans on the Rise” Carnegie Mellon University Alumni Award

2021

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

2020

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

Faculty open up about mental health under the COVID-19 pandemic

2019
Science News 10: Scientists to Watch

Lars G. Ljungdahl Lectureship, University of Georgia

2018

ACS Biochemical Technology (BIOT) Young Investigator Award

Genewiz Award Recognizing Excellence in Genomics Research
National Academy of Engineering, US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium Invited
Attendee

Participate-in-NAEs-2018-US-Frontiers-of-Engineering-Symposium

2017

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

Yes, you can have a life outside the lab

2016

Colburn Lecturer, Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of
Delaware
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)

NSF CAREER Award

Getting the most out of your postdoc

Visiting Professor, Harper Adams University, UK
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Inventor Fellow (Finalist)

2015
MIT Technology Review, 35 Innovators Under 35

National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award

Cottage Health – UCSB Special Research Award

2014

Hellman Faculty Fellowship
TechConnect Innovation Award

2013
Department of Energy Early Career Award 

2011

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

2010
Company of Biologists International Travel Fellowship

2007

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

2006
NASA-Harriett G. Jenkins Predoctoral Fellowship

2004
NSF-IGERT Predoctoral Fellowship in Biotechnology

2000
Presidential Scholarship, Carnegie Mellon University