DeSimone named recipient of 22nd Heinz Award
September 17, 2017
Joseph DeSimone, the Chancellor’s Eminent Professor of Chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences at UNC-Chapel Hill and the William R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering at North Carolina State University, and former board member of the Institute for the Environment’s predecessor, the Carolina Environmental Program, has been named the recipient of the 22nd Heinz Award in the Technology, the Economy and Employment category.
Awarded by the Heinz Family Foundation, the honor recognizes the extraordinary achievements of individuals in the arts and humanities; environment; human condition; public policy; and technology, the economy and employment.