A graduate student at the Indiana University School of Informatics has been selected as the first recipient of a new fellowship established by LabWare
Swati Lakhanpal, a graduate student at the School's Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis campus, was awarded the LabWare fellowship in innovation in laboratory informatics.
The $30,000 fellowship, awarded annually, aids a student enrolled in the laboratory informatics graduate programme and enables the student to further their study and conduct full-time research under the guidance of programme faculty.
Lakhanpal earned a masters in chemical engineering at the Florida Institute of Technology and completed her undergraduate work at Panjab University, Chandigarh, India.
"Swati Lakhanpal is a perfect choice to be inaugural recipient of the LabWare fellowship for innovation in laboratory informatics," says Douglas Perry, associate dean for graduate studies and research and director of the laboratory informatics graduate programme.
"She will apply her knowledge and skills as a chemical engineer to extend the practice of laboratory informatics through her thesis research." The laboratory informatics graduate programme at IUPUI, the first of its kind in the USA, is designed for students with undergraduate degrees in laboratory-based sciences who seek advanced training in laboratory informatics to pursue careers in the agricultural, biomedical, chemical, food, petroleum and pharmaceutical industries.
LabWare is an international software products company focused exclusively on configurable laboratory information management systems (Lims).
Many international companies rely on LabWare Lims to support their product development and quality assurance functions.
Informatics is an evolving field that explains the impact of information technology and develops new uses for it in areas such as health, science, the arts, education, business and industry.
The IU School of Informatics was established in 2000 - the first and the largest of its kind in the USA - and has nearly 1500 undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in programmes at campuses in Bloomington, Indianapolis and South Bend.
