Jeff Williams, left, senior vice president of HaloSource Inc., and AU Professor Dave Worley review ongoing research in Worley's lab.

AU Professor Dave Worley, center, discusses N-halamine technology with Jeff Williams of HaloSource Inc. and AU graduate students.

A family in India displays a new water filter that uses technology developed by AU Professor Dave Worley and HaloSource Inc. Photo courtesy of HaloSource Inc.

Dave Worley, AU professor of chemistry and biochemistry, won the university’s Creative Research and Scholarship Award last fall for his development of the water filter technology.