Padma Rajagopalan, Virginia Tech (IMAGE) Virginia Tech Caption The US Environmental Protection Agency has awarded one its three-year $750,000 Science to Achieve Results award that it calls STAR to Padma Rajagopalan, a member of the chemical engineering faculty and part of the core faculty in the School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences at Virginia Tech, and two of her colleagues. They will use the award to work with a liver mimic as an effective model for studying the effects of different types of toxicants on this vital organ of the human body. Credit Virginia Tech Photo Usage Restrictions The photo of Dr. Rajagopalan may be used with any report or discussion of her research. License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.