Major: Chemical Engineering
Hometown: Traverse City, MI
Scholarships: National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellow; Joseph J. Martin Award: scholarship, athletic ability, and service to the department; Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant; Rackham Graduate Student Travel Grant
Awards: UofM Chemical Engineering Dept Invited Student Seminar Speaker; NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institute PI (Beijing, China); US Delegate for the Nobel Laureates Meeting at Lindau, Germany; Blue/Green Seminar Poster Prize; AIChE Material Science and Engineering Division Poster Award
Hobbies: Outside of school related activities I play indoor soccer and try to run one marathon a year with some of my lab mates.

Christine began her PhD work in the department of chemical engineering at UofM in 2007, after working at Intel as a planar chemical delivery engineer. As an NSF Graduate Fellow, she works with Prof. Nicholas Kotov, recently named one of the top 100 chemists by Science Watch, on a project to develop techniques to control the chemistry and structure of materials across multiple length scales, in order to create new materials with unique combinations of properties and advanced functionalities. For example, she is working on creating materials that are very high strength, yet have a low density, and optically transparent materials that also conduct electricity.  She has had the opportunity to engage internationally as a US student delegate to the meeting of the Nobel Laureates of Chemistry in Lindau, Germany, was a recipient of an NSF East Asia and Pacific Island Summer Institute grant that allowed her to spend two months performing research at the Chinese National Center for Nanoscience and Technology in Beijing, and through presenting her work at an International conference in Strasbourg, France as well as many other conferences across the United States. She has also participated in a two week policy immersion program in Washington DC, through the Consortium for Science Policy and Outcomes. She has served the department as a student representative on the Graduate Committee, a leader of the Chemical Engineering Graduate Society, a Graduate Student Instructor, a mentor for senior design and undergraduate research, as well as involvement in recruitment and outreach events. She serves the University through her leadership of the Nanotechnology and Integrated Microsystems Student Association, Vice Chair of Rackham Student Government's Legislative Committee, involvement with Student Advocates for Graduate Education, and recent acceptance of an Engineering Teaching Consultant position.