Guillermo Ameer to Receive Percy L. Julian Award

Northwestern Engineering’s Guillermo A. Ameer has won the Percy L. Julian Award given by the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE), the organization’s highest honor.  

Ameer will deliver the Percy Julian Distinguished Lecture and receive his medal during the NOBCChE awards ceremony at their national meeting the first week of October. The award is for significant contributions in pure and/or applied research in science or engineering. Julian was a Black chemist, inventor, and entrepreneur who earned more than 100 patents and published over 200 scientific articles in academic journals.

Ameer is the Daniel Hale Williams Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the McCormick School of Engineering and professor of surgery at the Feinberg School of Medicine. He is a leader in regenerative engineering, biomaterials, additive manufacturing for biomedical devices, controlled drug delivery, and bio/nanotechnology for therapeutics and diagnostics.

A pioneer of tissue regeneration applications of citrate-based biomaterials, Ameer also directs Northwestern’s Center for Advanced Regenerative Engineering (CARE), an interdisciplinary research center that integrates and supports research, education, technology development, and clinical expertise to improve the outcome of tissue and organ repair and regeneration for adult and pediatric patients. He is also the director of the Regenerative Engineering Training Program, an NIH-funded predoctoral training program that integrates team mentoring, convergence research, industrial experiential learning, and clinical experiential learning.

The mission of the NOBCChE is to build an eminent cadre of successful diverse global leaders in STEM and advance their professional endeavors by adding value to their academic, development, leadership, and philanthropic endeavors throughout the life cycle of their careers.