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Chris Hewitt Rising Star Award won by Dr Petra Hanga
20 December 2021
Dr Petra Hanga (Lecturer in Biochemical Engineering 鈥� Cellular Agriculture) has been awarded the inaugural ESACT-UK Chris Hewitt Rising Star Award 2021 and she will be presenting her work at the 32nd Annual ESACT-UK meeting on 6th of January 2022.
ESACT-UK () is a UK-based Society that promotes the communication of knowledge and experience between scientists and engineers whose work has a direct or indirect bearing on cell culture biotechnology and the products derived from it. A particular emphasis is to ensure both the inclusion聽and the active participation, of less experienced scientists in industry or academic institutions. With over 30 years of history, ESACT-UK has been at the forefront of championing animal cell culture for R&D, manufacturing and commercial applications.
Chris Hewitt Rising Star Award is in memory of Professor Christopher J. Hewitt FREng who was a Professor of Biological Engineering, a pioneer and advocate of cell culture and Pro-Vice Chancellor and Executive Dean of the School of Life and Health Sciences at Aston University. Chris sadly passed away on 25th of July 2019 at the age of 50. He was an eminent scientist and truly devoted family man and, moreover, he was invested in empowering promising early-career scientists and engineers whose work shows exceptional promise in the field of animal cell technologies.