Jonathan Lovell, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, has been awarded the Rita Schaefer Young Investigator Award from the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES).

Lovell received the award and delivered the plenary lecture at BMES’ annual meeting, held recently in Tampa.

One of the highest honors a biomedical engineering young investigator can receive, the Schaefer award recognizes a high level of originality and ingenuity in a scientific work in biomedical engineering. It is offered each year to stimulate research careers in biomedical engineering and was created in 2000 in honor of former BMES Executive Director Rita Schaffer.