Popular Science's annual "Brilliant 10" list, recognizing the top young scientists to watch, includes Prof. Francesco Stellacci who is noted for developing "a material that can suck 20 times its weight in oil out of a sample of water. The material can be used to clean up massive crude-oil spills, and some have called the work a blueprint for scientists designing nanomaterials to help protect the environment."
In 2002, Prof. Angela Belcher was named to the Brilliant 10.
