Jennifer Doudna headshot

Former SMµ÷½ÌËù Postdoc Wins 2020 Nobel Prize

March 18, 2021

Jennifer Doudna smashes the glass ceiling with her historic recognition in chemistry. Doudna, a former SMµ÷½ÌËù Boulder postdoc, won the prize for co-development of the genome editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 with French microbiologist Emmanuelle Charpentier — the first time a science Nobel had been won by two women together.

Marvin Caruthers as a postdoc student

Patent for Human Health

Nov. 10, 2020

SMµ÷½ÌËù distinguished professor Marvin Caruthers helped change the course of global human health.

Young Benson

Olester Benson Jr., Aka Mr. Patent

After SMµ÷½ÌËù, Olester Benson Jr. went on to earn more than 70 patents, including several that made cellphones, laptops and TVs brighter, more colorful and energy efficient.