The work of University of Houston chemical engineering associate professor Peter Vekilov and assistant research professor Oleg Galkin is on the cover of this week's issue of "Science" magazine.

The striking image on the cover is a crystal of human hemoglobin C (~600 µm across its horizontal diagonal), one of the hemoglobin mutants whose crystallization underlies hemolytic anemia. The image provides illustration for the upcoming Gordon Research Conferences on Thin Film & Crystal Growth Mechanisms.

This prestigious distinction follows quickly on the heels of Vekilov's recently published paper in the journal "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America."