Rachel N. Gaines

Rachel N. Gaines is a chemical engineer specializing in the upgrading of complex wastes through electrocatalysis. She works across all three scales of chemical reaction engineering (interface, process, and system) to design practical reactions for non-ideal feedstocks. Her work has garnered commercial interest from several multinational corporations and led to successful academic follow-on grants.

Rachel also has over a decade of leadership experience from her roles as a research mentor and coach, where she worked with mentees across wide ranges of age and skill. She has served as a project and/or people manager for teams as small as 4 and as large as 31. Her mentees have won state and national awards and secured both Ph.D. program admissions and full-time industry job offers.