It was a success at the Cambridge Science Festival, showing the public what biomaterials can do to secure food supply, replace micro plastics and be made into beautiful bio inspired optics. It was fun and rewarding! MIT Museum Marelli Lab

We invite applications for a tenure-track faculty position to advance our initiatives in Environmental and Atmospheric Chemistry, as well as the Climate-Infrastructure nexus. Priority will be given to applications completed by 12/1/23. cee.mit.edu/people/faculty…

Silk protein as edible food coating! Read the story of Mori Silk, from lab discovery and first proof of concept to manufacturing, scale-up, field validation and regulatory approval Benedetto Marelli - free to access! go.nature.com/475kZrC

Applications to CEE Graduate Degree programs, including our new Data Science for Engineering Systems MEng close two weeks from today on December 1. cee.mit.edu/apply/

This morning at #F23MRS Dr. Yue Hu Yue Hu shared her work and experience of collaborating with researchers from different backgrounds.

Great start for the symposium on #Engineering #Food #Materials at #F23MRS meeting in Boston with a mind blowing talk by Benedetto Marelli on the ongoing research at Marelli Lab

Some of the recent group gatherings to celebrate people’s achievements and welcoming group members. (People seem to really like their food today )

Welcome on board! We are excited to have you here, and support you and be part of what you will achieve!

Benedetto Marelli develops silk-based technologies for helping crops grow, preserving perishable foods, and more. “Knowing that the technology can move the needle in crises such as food waste is the highest reward of all,” he says. mitsha.re/QJLm50Qf3oP

Big news! We are receiving fundings to purchase a new instrument to study assembly process of biopolymers in situ and to design environmentally responsive materials. We are thankful to the sponser ONR for their support! Many thanks to everyone contributed. defense.gov/News/Releases/…

Postdoc Meng Li seeks to develop a micro-needle-based technology for efficient underwater fish vaccine delivery with support from U.S Department of Agriculture fellowship. cee.mit.edu/mit-postdoctor…