Michelle Marincel Payne has been named to the Dr. Roland E. Hutchins Endowed Chair in Civil Engineering at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Indiana. A faculty member since 2013, she specializes in environmental engineering, including biomimetic membranes for desalination, drinking water and wastewater treatment, and environmental remediation. Currently, she is leading a student research project investigating the ability of constructed treatment wetlands to remove stormwater pollutants.
Dr. Marincel Payne holds a bachelor’s degree in nuclear engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla, a master’s degree in environmental engineering from the Missouri University of Science and Technology, and a Ph.D. in environmental engineering from the University of Illinois.
Heather K. Gerken has been named the Sterling Professor of Law at Yale Law School. Slated to assume the presidency of the Ford Foundation this fall, she will remain on the Yale faculty as a professor emerita. Prior to her new appointment, she was dean of Yale Law for eight years. She was the first woman to lead the law school in its 200-year history.
Professor Gerken received her bachelor’s degree from Princeton University and her juris doctorate from the University of Michigan.
Line Roald has been named the Grainger Institute for Engineering Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She teaches in the electrical and computer engineering department and the Electric Power Systems Research Group. In her work, she focuses on facilitating the transition to a more sustainable and resilient energy system, while ensuring that electricity can be provided in an efficient and secure manner.
Dr. Roald earned her bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, and Ph.D. all from ETH Zurich, a STEM-focused public university in Switzerland.