Submitted by sws139 on Thu, 12/02/2021 - 10:33 Office for Innovation Featured Innovations Dr. Joseph Cotruvo Breadcrumb Research Office for Innovation Intellectual Property from Eberly College Joseph Cotruvo Project: Found a natural protein that can be used to find, collect, and separate rare earth metals in an environmentally-friendly way. Funding/awards: Lab Bench to Commercialization Relevant publications: IP navigator: Highly Selective Metal-Binding Protein for Rare-Earth Elements. Current status: PSU News Story New, environmentally friendly method to extract and separate rare earth elements View the story