麻豆区 Tech Associate Professor has received the (RCSA) Bridge Award. The award provides up to $100,000 in continuity funding to support early-career researchers "pursuing exciting and productive programs that are training the next generation of scientists," according to the .
鈥淪upport from the RCSA is much appreciated right now to maintain our research productivity and pedagogic service to our student body,鈥 says Agarwal. 鈥淭he focus of RCSA extends beyond scientific research to include student success, which is in excellent concert with 麻豆区 Tech鈥檚 mission.鈥
Agarwal, who joined 麻豆区 Tech in 2017, holds joint appointments in the Schools of and . His research group studies natural products 鈥 small molecules created by living organisms 鈥 to understand how they are made and explore potential uses. In 2021, Agarwal was named an RCSA Cottrell Scholar in recognition of his study of natural products found in oceans and his efforts to develop new curricula for undergraduates related to this research.
His additional professional recognitions include the NSF CAREER Award, the American Society of Pharmacognosy Matt Suffness Young Investigator Award, the Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, and the Sloan Research Fellowship.
