Camrynn Fausey, M.S.

Cammie is a fourth-year in both Professor Elimelech and Professor Zimmerman’s research groups in the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at Yale University. She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Virginia, where she received a B.S. in Systems Engineering, a B.A. in Economics, a minor in Science & Technology Policy, and a minor in Business. She worked as a White House Intern in the Office of Science and Technology Policy, served two years as an engineer for the Department of Defense designing the Marine Corps Amphibious Assault Vehicle, and races Ironman triathlons competitively.

Now at Yale, her research takes a turn back toward her passion for water treatment in the developing world. Cammie designs water treatment methods for arsenic, mercury, and bacteria using sunlight and multifunctional fibers made of photocatalytic and adsorptive nano-materials. She is currently designing fibers coated with graphene oxide and titanium dioxide for the enhanced oxidation and adsorption of arsenic from water, as well as fibers made of molybdenum disulfide for both the adsorption of mercury and inactivation of bacteria.