Olgica Bakajin
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Olgica Bakajin | |
|---|---|
| Education | University of Chicago |
| Alma mater | Princeton University |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Porifera |
Olgica Bakajin is a scientist working at Porifera, Inc.
Bakajin completed her B.A. in Physics and Chemistry from the University of Chicago and her Ph.D. in Physics from Princeton University. She then worked at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.[1] In 2009 she founded Porifera.[2][3][4]
Research
Carbon nanotube technology for water desalination from Bakajin's company, Porifera, has been licensed to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.[5]
Honours and awards
- 2007 - NanoTech Briefs Award
- 2010 - Fellow of the American Physical Society for "contributions to the development of new instrumentation for studies of protein folding and for fundamental understanding of transport and selectivity at nano-scale, with implications to understanding of membrane channels."[6]