Dr. Alison Bain (PhD’21) named to C&EN’s 2025 Talented 12

Congratulations to Dr. Alison Bain, who completed her PhD in the Preston Group at McGill in 2021, on being selected for Chemical & Engineering News’s Talented 12 list for 2025. Now an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Oregon State University, Dr. Bain continues to develop state-of-the-art optical trapping techniques to study aerosols at the single-particle level. Her research centres on how fundamental physical and chemical properties of aerosols shape climate, air quality, and other pressing environmental issues. This honour recognises Dr. Bain’s innovative instrumentation and her impactful contributions to understanding the role of aerosols in Earth’s climate system, and our department celebrates her continued success beyond her doctoral work here at McGill.

Please visit the following link for more information: https://cen.acs.org/people/profiles/CENs-2025-Talented-12/103/web/2025/05