2009-05-21
Rachel Dorin (Wiesner Group) has been selected to receive a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
The National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship Program helps ensure the vitality of the human resource base of science and engineering in the United States and reinforces its diversity. The program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees in the U.S. and abroad.
NSF Fellows are expected to become knowledge experts who can contribute significantly to research, teaching, and innovations in science and engineering. These individuals will be crucial to maintaining and advancing the nation's technological infrastructure and national security as well as contributing to the economic well-being of society at large.
Rachel Dorin received a BS in Chemistry and Biology at the University of New Mexico. As an undergraduate, she worked at Sandia National Labs on nanostructured platinum for fuel cell catalysis. She received a McMullen fellowship to enter Cornell and joined the Wiesner research group in the Fall of 2008. Her current research focuses on block copolymer membranes for water purification and desalination.