Sossina Haile

Sossina M. Haile is the Walter P. Murphy Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Northwestern University. She earned her Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1992. Sossina Haile’s research broadly encompasses materials, especially oxides, for sustainable electrochemical energy technologies. She has established a new class of fuel cells with record performance for clean and efficient electricity generation, demonstrated electrochemical cells for hydrogen production from electricity for long-term energy storage, and created new thermochemical approaches for harnessing sunlight to meet rising energy demands.

Amongst her many awards, in 2008 Sossina Haile received an American Competitiveness and Innovation Fellowship from the U.S. National Science Foundation for “her timely and transformative research in the energy field and her dedication to inclusive mentoring, education and outreach across many levels.” She is a fellow of the Materials Research Society, The American Ceramic Society, and the African Academy of Sciences, and a corresponding Fellow the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences.