Meeting with the Laureates

Clemson University graduate student, Jennie Atkins (left, above, or right) has been selected by the Department of Energy (DOE) as one of 36 outstanding research participants to attend the 52nd convention of Nobel Laureates in Lindau, Germany, July 1-5. Atkins is currently working on the characterization of novel ionomer and carbon materials for use in polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells. She is a founding member of Women in Analytical Chemistry, a community service organization for graduate chemistry students at Clemson.

Continuing a tradition established in 1951 by Swedish patron, Count Linnart Bernadotte, Nobel Laureates in chemistry, physics or physiology and medicine convene annually in Lindau, to have open and informal meetings with more than 200 students and young researchers from around the world. The meetings rotate by discipline each year -- this year's focus is chemistry. For three days, the Laureates will lecture and meet with the participants in informal roundtable sessions.