Alumni and Friends

Peter Winegar, PhD, has dedicated his life to an academic career in chemistry. After graduating from Michigan Tech in 2017 with his BS in Chemistry, Winegar went on to graduate school at Northwestern University where he received his PhD in Chemistry in 2022. He is currently an NIH NRSA F32 postdoctoral fellow at the University of California at Berkeley. Winegar chose Michigan Tech for his undergraduate studies because . . .

Dr. Cairns graduated from Michigan Tech in 1955 with a double major in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. After receiving a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley he pursued an illustrious career at the research laboratories of General Electric, Argonne National Lab, General Motors, and, since 1978, at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory where he is currently the Director of . . .

Erin received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Michigan Tech in 1998. She then went on to earn a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Connecticut in 2004, where she graduated at the top of her class. After graduating from Michigan Tech, Erin begin working at Dow Corning Corporation as a development chemist in the healthcare industry. After spending two years in that role, she moved into . . .