UTD Researcher Tastes Success in Winning Young Chemist Award

(from left to right) Vikram Narayanan Dhamu, Shalini Prasad, PhD,

Manish Samson and Durgasha Poudyal, PhD

Manish Samson, Dr. Prasad and a team of researchers are working to develop portable sensor technology that can detect pesticides and genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in low-fat and high-fat foods with the same accuracy as lab methods.

Manish Samson, a biology senior at UT Dallas has earned his biggest recognition so far: the 2023 Metrohm Young Chemist Award, an honor typically given to PhD students and postdoctoral researchers.

The $10,000 annual prize is given to one student or postdoctoral researcher in North America who demonstrates novel research or an innovative approach to the applications of titration, ion chromatography, spectroscopy and/or electrochemistry.