UCLA Samueli Student is Second in History to Win Coveted Innovation Award

Bioengineering doctoral student Joseph de Rutte overcame the odds to win this year’s $10,000 Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening Innovation Award, becoming only the second student to ever win the prize in its 16-year history.

The only student finalist, de Rutte won the award in January for his innovative approach to sorting cells that uses equipment readily available at most labs.