Megan Herrington
Graduate Student

Megan is from Overland Park, KS and graduated from The University of Tulsa with a B.S. of Chemical Engineering in 2023. As an undergraduate, she worked with Dr. Ty Johannes to enhance the production of value-added compounds by microalgae to optimize commercial biofuel production. She also worked under Dr. Matt Gebbie at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, investigating the role of dicationic liquids as electrolytes, using CO₂ reduction as a model reaction for understanding electric double layers. In the Smith group, Megan studies mixed matrix membranes with MOFs of controlled dimensionality for applications in energy efficient gas separations. Megan is supported by the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship and also works as a Comm Lab Fellow. Outside of the lab, Megan enjoys knitting, reading, running, and swimming.