Kerry Chen

Ph.D. Student, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University

B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles (2023)

M.S. Chemical Engineering Practice, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2024)

Email: kerry.chen@yale.edu

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Kerry is a first-year Ph.D. student in Chemical and Environmental Engineering starting in June 2025. She obtained a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from UCLA in 2023 and an M.S. in Chemical Engineering Practice from MIT in 2024. She has conducted research on molecular dynamics simulations of metal nitridation at UCLA. Through the MIT Practice School, she worked with AspenTech in electrolyzer modeling, as well as with Solugen on heterogeneous catalysis and electrodialysis. She has interned at Southern California Gas Company, Mettler-Toledo Instruments, and Covestro Polymers. Outside of work, Kerry enjoys watching films, baking, and city-walking.