George Aninwene II wins Society for Biomaterials’ STAR Award

George Aninwene II (a graduate student in Prof. Thomas J. Webster’s laboratory) was just selected as the winner of the Society for Biomaterials’ Student Travel Achievement Recognition (STAR) Award, Honorable Mention. George will be presenting his award winning research on creating bacteria-static surfaces entitled “Investigating Lubricin as a Means to Prevent Surface Biofouling and Post-operative Infection Following Surgery” next month at the Society for Biomaterials’ Conference in New Orleans. He will also receive the award during the conference.