was recognized by the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on young researchers in the early stages of their careers. He received the 2010 Harold E. Edgerton Faculty Achievement Award for exceptional distinction in teaching and in research scholarship, the 2010 ASME Sia Nemat-Nasser Award, the 2011 Thomas J.R. Hughes Young Investigator Award and the 2011 Rossiter W. Raymond Memorial Award. In 2011 he received the inaugural Leonardo da Vinci Award from EMI. His work was recognized with several other awards including the Alfred Noble Prize. In 2021, he received the ASME Drucker Medal. References General references List of publications at LAMM NPR story on 3D printing and spider webs Forbes Magazine article on protein design Science Careers: Winning Strategies: Advice from PECASE Winners There’s a symphony in the antibody protein the body makes to neutralize the coronavirus AMERIKAS HOCHSCHULE M.I.T.: Die Mühen der Spitze Unraveling silks’ secrets Learning from failure MIT probes secret to bone's strength NBC article on mussel-inspired building designs Wall Street Journal article on coronavirus work National Academy of Engineering - Frontiers of Engineering Symposium Math model may help to study collagen ailments Classic FM radio station article & broadcast Think small! Think quickly! Atomistic model helps students visualize nanoscale problems Buehler appointed to the Institute-wider endowed chair professorship at MIT Speed plays crucial role in breaking protein's H-bonds MIT researcher sees big impact of little cracks S. Cranford, M. Buehler, Materiomics: biological protein materials, from nano to macro, Nanotechnology, Science and Applications, Vol. 3, pp. 127–148, 2010. Going nature one better M.J. Buehler, Tu(r)ning weakness to strength, Nano Today, Vol. 5(5), pp. 379–383, 2010. Buehler to receive inaugural Leonardo da Vinci Award MIT-Germany Program and MIT-Germany Seed Fund Researchers link patterns seen in spider silk, melodies The Beethoven connection Markus Buehler named head of Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Spider web music: An inspiring harmony of art and science Spider web music: Translating proteins into music, and back Materiomusic: Setting coronavirus and AI inspired proteins to music External links Laboratory for Atomistic and Molecular Mechanics at MIT website at MIT Group members of the Laboratory for Atomistic and Molecular Mechanics at MIT Publications at LAMM LAMM Twitter site for news and announcements Markus Buehler Twitter site Markus Buehler Instagram site Portfolio of materiomusical work at MIT Google Scholar Living people MIT School