LLNL Team Wins Technology Transfer Awards

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The Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) has recognized the commercialization efforts of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)’s researchers and Innovation and Partnerships Office (IPO) for the mission innovation impact of two Lab-developed technologies through a 2026 award and an honorable mention.

IPO’s Business Development Executive (BDE) Yash Vaishnav and colleague Samantha Madru, along with LLNL Group Leader for Synthetic Biology Dan Park and Deputy Division Leader Yongqin Jiao, won FLC’s 2026 Excellence in Tech Transfer Award for commercializing the Laboratory’s Lanmodulin-Based Rare Earth Purification (LanPure) with Alta Resource Technologies.

This is LLNL’s 45th FLC technology transfer award since 1985. Recipients will be honored at the 2026 FLC awards ceremony on May 13, 2026, during the FLC national meeting in Seattle.

IPO’s work commercializing LLNL’s monolithic telescopes also received an honorable mention under the Excellence in Tech Transfer Award category, recognizing the efforts of current and former team members involved.

The FLC is a congressionally chartered, nationwide network that helps accelerate technology transfer from federal labs into the marketplace. It is composed of more than 300 federal labs, agencies and research centers and its awards are the premier honors for federal technology transfer. Charlotte Eng, a BDE within IPO, is LLNL’s FLC representative.

Lanmodulin-Based Rare Earth Purification (LanPure) – Winner

Rare-earth elements (REEs) are essential for many electronic, energy and advanced defense technologies. New biomining techniques could lead to a robust domestic supply chain that reduces reliance on mining and processing in China.

The FLC award recognizes excellence in IPO’s technology transfer of the Laboratory’s LanPure technology, which can selectively extract and separate REEs from diverse sources, including rare earth ores, mining waste, coal byproducts and recycled electronics. LanPure began as a partnership…

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