Kenneth Mills, professor of chemistry at College of the Holy Cross, was recently awarded a three-year $361,417 grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue his research on the protein splicing of organisms — called extremophiles — that live in harsh conditions on Earth.
Mills is no stranger to receiving significant grant money. From 2013-2017, he was awarded a series of uninterrupted grants from the National Science Foundation totaling more than $1.5 million to support his research.
We spoke with Mills about the applications of his research and how the infusion of grant money will benefit student-researchers.