August 3, 2006

Dr. Eugene Billiot, professor of chemistry, receives Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers

Dr. Eugene Billiot, an associate professor in the College of Science and Technology at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, was honored as one of 20 recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) during a White House meeting with President George W. Bush. The award, sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), is the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on scientists and engineers early in their careers. Twenty professors were honored from the approximately 400 who received NSF grants.

Read the article at NSF.gov