2023 Awardee: Kayla G. Sprenger
Kayla G. Sprenger—Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Biomedical Engineering Program, College of Engineering and Applied Science—is the 2023 recipient of the RIO Outstanding Partner Award.
Professor Sprenger was nominated by:
- Alicia Adelman, Research Development Officer & Prestigious Nominations Manager
- Jim Mazzouccolo, Proposal Writer
What the nominatorsÌýsaid about Professor Sprenger
Dr. Sprenger started at CU Boulder in 2020,Ìýand in 2021, she joined the RIO PI Academy as an Assistant Professor. Since then, Dr. Sprenger has assisted us in numerous ways, including creating and presenting a Time Management session for the PI Academy for the last two years, providing invaluable feedback on ways we can improve the program moving forward, and she is regularly a champion for the PI Academy and RIO within her department and her networks.
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Dr. Sprenger regularly fosters RIO relationships and partnerships to maximize job performance. She created a Time Management webinar for the PI Academy and has hosted it for us for the last two years, showing her team-player attitude and willingness to contribute wherever necessary. While we see that this form of recognition seems to be primarily for staff, we wanted to take a moment to recognize the beneficial impact Kayla has had on the PI Academy and RIO. Having faculty champions like Dr. Sprenger within departments has been very helpful in garnering interest in research development offerings, programs, functions and events.