The CELL Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS), Washington, D.C., USA, has announced that Dr. Emily Cranston, associate professor at McMaster University and vice-chair of TAPPI’s International Nanotechnology Division, has been selected as winner of the inaugural KINGFA Young Investigator Award. This award recognizes Dr. Cranston’s ground breaking research and advancements in the study of cellulose nanocrystals, as well as her welcoming personality known by her many collaborators and students. 

Prior to taking her current position at McMaster University in 2011, Dr. Cranston spent two years as a postdoctoral researcher at KTH Royal Institute of Technology. She received her Ph.D from McGill University in 2008 under Dr. Derek Gray. As the recipient of this award, Dr. Cranston will receive $1,500 and a plaque to be given at the 2017 CELL Division Awards Banquet in San Francisco.