ConidioTech was awarded Penn State’s 2025 Innovation of the Year Award for its fungal-based biopesticide Aprehend, which Rockwell Labs acquired in August 2025.
The award was in recognition of the technology’s lifetime commercial and environmental impact and the company’s acquisition by Rockwell Labs in 2025.
“Rockwell Labs congratulates Dr. Nina Jenkins and the ConidioTec team on winning the inaugural Innovation of the Year Award from Penn State University for their successful development and commercialization of Aprehend, the revolutionary biopesticide for bed bugs,” said Dr. Cisse Spragins, founder and CEO of Rockwell Labs, in a news release.
ConidioTec emerged from research conducted in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences, launching Aprehend, a fungal-based biopesticide that provides a non-toxic, long-lasting solution for bed bug control. The technology was the first of its kind to receive unconditional approval from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and has been deployed in tens of thousands of treatments across the United States and Canada.
For more information and to watch the Innovation of the Year Award video, check below:
About Rockwell Labs
Rockwell Labs has been a pest control industry mainstay for over 25 years and a longtime proponent of Integrated Pest Management. The Rockwell team is dedicated to producing the best products and solutions for pest control professionals, including for green service treatments.
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