The Water Environment & Reuse Foundation awarded Dr. Jeremy S. Guest, assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with the 2016 Paul L. Busch Award. With the $100,000 prize, Dr. Guest seeks to link fundamental research on microalgal metabolism and biochemistry to industry applications at water resource recovery facilities. His proposed research will develop technologies that leverage native phototrophic eukaryotes (microalgae) for biological nutrient recovery from wastewater.