I am a chemical engineering fourth-year at The Ohio State University and the former Professional Development Coordinator for the AIChE-OSU chapter. I am passionate about peer mentorship, which I fulfill as both a TA for chemical engineering classes and a member of the AIChE mentorship program. I am also passionate about educating myself and  others on social identities and forms of social injustice, which I have begun with the AIChE Inclusion and Diversity Workshop series this past academic year.

My academic interests lie in environmental sustainability research, specifically the development of green energy technology and the development of systems to filter harmful pollutants from waste before it enters the environment through water, emissions, etc. I have pursued this passion through my work in Dr. Ozkan’s Heterogeneous Catalysis Lab on alternative CNx catalyst materials for PEM fuel cells. For the rest of 2021, I will be working as an intern for Nexceris, a fuel cell company based out of Lewis Center, OH.

Outside of the classroom, I am most involved with the OSU Chapter of the American Society of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) as an event coordinator, as mentioned earlier. As the Professional Development Coordinator for the past academic year, I have worked with my committee to connect chemical engineering students with companies who are looking to hire for internships or co-ops. In addition, I began an Inclusion and Diversity workshop series through AIChE that aimed to educate our members on social identities and forms of identity-based oppression within the US. I will be continuing to develop this program over the summer to implement a new and improved version for the next academic year.