ACerS is pleased to announce Wil V. Srubar III has been selected for Volunteer Spotlight, a program that recognizes a member who demonstrates outstanding service to The American Ceramic Society through volunteerism.
Srubar is the Deming Associate Dean for Innovation & Entrepreneurship and professor of civil, environmental, and architectural engineering and materials science and engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder. He received a Ph.D. in civil engineering from Stanford University and then joined the faculty at the University of Colorado Boulder as an assistant professor.
Srubar leads the Living Materials Laboratory at the University of Colorado Boulder. His research integrates biology with polymer science and cement chemistry to create low-carbon, biomimetic, and living material technologies for the built environment. Areas of current interest include photosynthesis-driven microbial biomineralization for low-carbon and carbon-storing cementitious composites; biopolymer-stabilized earth concrete; and engineered living materials that display both biological and structural function. He is also a co-founder of three startups: Prometheus Materials, Minus Materials, and Aureus Earth.
Srubar has served as secretary, chair elect, and chair of the Cements Division. He received the ACerS Cements Division Early Career Award in 2023; the Best Paper Award for Journal of the American Ceramic Society in 2020; and the Best Poster Award during the 2024, 2022, 2021, 2019, and 2018 ACerS Advances in Cement-based Materials Meetings. Srubar currently serves as chair of the 15th Advances in Cement-based Materials Meeting.
We extend our deep appreciation to Srubar for his service to our Society!
