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Joseph Cotruvo is a Professor of Chemistry at Penn State University, where he leads a research lab focused on biochemistry and chemical biology. His research interests center on understanding metal selectivity in biological systems, exploring how bacteria selectively acquire and utilize lanthanides for the development of biotechnologies related to rare earth detection and recovery. He has made significant contributions to the understanding of transition metals' roles, particularly iron and manganese, in infectious and neurodegenerative diseases. Cotruvo has published numerous articles in prominent scientific journals and has received several prestigious awards for his work, including the Mildred Cohn Young Investigator Award and the Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry Early Career Award. He completed his Ph.D. in Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2012 and has since received various grants and fellowships for his innovative research.
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