Kaitlin Albanese

Kaitlin obtained her M.S. in chemistry from San Francisco State University under the guidance of Professor Ihsan Erden developing synthetic methods for sigmatropic shifts in saturated fulvene endoperoxides. After graduating valedictorian, she began working for HRL Laboratories advancing high-performance polymers through molecular level design and synthesis. In the Fall of 2020, she started her Ph.D. in chemistry under the supervision of Craig Hawker.