Ryan DuChanois is a Postdoctoral Fellow working with Professor Haotian Wang in the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department at Rice University. Ryan obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of Arkansas prior to becoming a Gates Cambridge Scholar at the University of Cambridge, where he completed an MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development. He completed his education with a PhD in Chemical and Environmental Engineering at Yale University, where he was an NSF Graduate Research Fellow and American Water Works Association Abel Wolman Fellow. At Rice University, Ryan’s research focuses on developing synthetic membrane materials and integrating them into innovative electrochemical devices. Applications of these technologies include desalination, energy conversion and storage, chemical and fuel production, and critical metal mining.