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Sossina Haile
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Sossina Haile
Professor of Materials Science and of Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology
Sossina M. Haile is Professor of Materials Science and of
Chemical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology.
She earned her Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering
from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1992. As
part of her studies, Haile spent two years at the Max Plank
Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, Germany, first
as a Fulbright Fellow then as a Humboldt Fellow. Before assuming
her present position at Caltech in 1996, Haile was a member
of the faculty at the University of Washington. Her research
broadly encompasses solid state ionic materials and devices,
with particular focus on energy technologies and especially
fuel cells. Her more recent interests include solar-driven
water dissociation (or water splitting) by thermochemical
processes. She has published more than 120 articles on these
and other topics. In 2007 Haile was named by Newsweek Magazine
as one of twelve people ‘to watch’. In 2008 Haile was awarded
an American Competitiveness and Innovation (ACI) Fellowship
from the National Science Foundation in recognition of her
“her timely and transformative research in the energy field
and her dedication to inclusive mentoring, education and outreach
across many levels.” She is also the recipient of the 2010
Chemical Pioneers Award of the Chemical Heritage Foundation.
Her national service includes membership on the National Materials
Advisory Board, a committee serving the National Academies
of Sciences and of Engineering, from 2005 to 2011.
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