Biography

Ryan DuChanois is a Ph.D. Candidate and National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow in the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at Yale University under the supervision of Professor Menachem (Meny) Elimelech. Ryan received a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Arkansas summa cum laude and was the top graduate in the College of Engineering. Ryan also was a Gates Cambridge Scholar at the University of Cambridge, where he completed an MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development and received the Water Conservators Best Dissertation Prize. Now at Yale, Ryan takes inspiration from biological channels and seeks to develop a synthetic membrane able to selectively remove a single species from water, such as a contaminant or valuable resource.

Previous Education

University of Arkansas