Isabella Archibald (left) and Grace Callander | Inflection Award.
March 18, 2025 - The Inflection Award
Stanford Bio-X Bowes Fellow Isabella Archibald and Clark Center graduate student Grace Callander both received the Inflection Award, recognizing the 30 best young scientists in the world working on breakthrough solutions to climate change!
Selected through a rigorous evaluation process from hundreds of applicants, they stood out for their scientific excellence, ambition, and potential to drive real-world impact.
This cohort of groundbreaking scientists represents the power of research, the drive of young minds, and the urgency of action. They are not just imagining the future, they are building it.
Bella Archibald is a PhD student in the Bioengineering department at Stanford University. She works in Dr. Jenn Brophy’s lab, and her research focuses on developing new tools to precisely engineer plants and plant root structures. Bella hopes to create plants that are more drought tolerant and climate resilient, as well as plants with more root branching to store more carbon below ground. Before moving to California, Bella earned her BS in biomedical engineering with a minor in chemistry at the University of Utah. Outside of the lab, she loves skiing, hiking, and dancing, and her favorite flower is Arrowleaf Balsamroot.
Read More about Bella's work in Stanford Bioengineering News!
Grace Callander explores the intersection of biology and chemistry in CO₂ capture and conversion technologies as a PhD student at Stanford University. Her research in Alfred Spormann’s microbial physiology lab focuses on developing a novel process to produce crystalline carbon materials from low concentration CO₂. As a native San Franciscan and chemical engineer, she is passionate about the potential of a circular carbon economy to incentivize scalable climate action and build sustainable infrastructure for future generations.
