Rebecca Beswick

Research Bio

Rebecca joined the group in Fall 2023, after receiving a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Delaware. She is interested in researching, designing, and scaling up electrochemical reactors. Currently, her work is in studying bipolar membrane electrodialysis systems. When she isn’t in the lab, she is busy hiking, singing soprano in choir, and shopping at Michaels for her latest art project.

Education

• M.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2024
• B.A. in Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware, 2023

Scholarships & Awards

• National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP) (2023)
• ARCS Scholar
• Goldwater Scholarship (2022)

Selected Publications

• Rebecca R. Beswick, Alexandra M. Oliveira, and Yushan Yan. "Does the green hydrogen economy have a water problem?" ACS Energy Letters, 6, no. 9, 3167-3169 (2021). DOI: doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.1c01375.
• Alexandra M. Oliveira, Rebecca R. Beswick, and Yushan Yan. "A green hydrogen economy for a renewable energy society." Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering, 33, 100701 (2021). DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.coche.2021.100701.