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When Sudarsanam “Suresh” Babu was growing up in India, his family’s resources were meager. His mother―widowed when Babu was only 5—encouraged him and his siblings to be resourceful. “She told me, ‘You have to use whatever resources you have to innovate.’” He began making his own toys and learning by doing experiments explained in Physics…

When Robert Davis was a youngster, he was captivated by a Life magazine story about mercury contamination causing horrific health issues in Japan. It sparked an interest that led him to study biology and medicine. “I wanted to save the world and help people,” said Davis, who was appointed as the University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge…

Since he was young, Rigoberto “Gobet” Advincula has been intrigued with understanding how things work. “I was fortunate to go to a special science high school in the Philippines,” said Advincula, the UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair Professor of Advanced and Nanostructured Materials. He enjoyed learning the science behind the behavior of everyday objects, such as how…

From studying the cause of alligator illnesses to providing expertise in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill to monitoring campus wastewater for the Covid virus, Terry Hazen has always been fascinated by the ramification of stressed environments. Hazen was appointed as the UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair for Environmental Biotechnology when he came to UT…