Stacy Malaker selected as 2026 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar

Stacy Malaker, Associate Professor of Chemistry, has been selected as a 2026 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar by the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation.

Malaker is one of seventeen teacher-scholars selected this year, each of whom will receive an unrestricted research grant of $100,000.  

The award honors early-career faculty in the chemical sciences who have created an outstanding independent body of scholarship and are deeply committed to education with undergraduates.

Malaker will work on a project titled “Cracking the Glycocode through Next-Generation Glycoproteomic Technologies.” The project builds on Malaker's development of technologies that helped establish the field of mucinomics, the systematic study of mucins and other densely O-glycosylated proteins, while extending these approaches to the broader O-glycoproteome.

Malaker’s lab works to develop original methods to investigate the glycoproteome, which do not fit into the workflows developed for traditional proteomics. The lab aims to develop methods that will also be applicable to numerous diseases known to involve dysregulated mucins, including cancer, cystic fibrosis, and autoimmune disorders.

“I am deeply honored to be selected as a Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar,” said Malaker. “This award recognizes both the research efforts of my group and my commitment to educating and mentoring the next generation of scientists. I am beyond grateful to the Dreyfus Foundation for this recognition.”

The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation works to advance the science of chemistry, chemical engineering, and related sciences as a means of improving human relations and circumstances throughout the world.