Prof. Julie Rorrer

Prof. Julie Rorrer is an assistant professor of chemical engineering at the University of Washington. She obtained her doctoral degree from the University of California at Berkeley, where she investigated etherification catalysis under the guidance of Profs. Alexis T. Bell and Dean Toste. She then performed postdoctoral research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under the guidance of Prof. Yuriy Roman-Leshkov with funding from a Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellowship. She was also recently recognized for her early career achievements and contributions to the field of chemical engineering by being listed as one of AIChE's 35 under 35. She is also an avid artist and creator of Color Me PhD, which is a coloring book series designed to introduce young children to scientific concepts of contemporary interest.