Sarah Studer, Ph.D

Sarah Studer is an ORISE Fellow supporting the Fuel Cell Technologies Office, part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Office. As a microbiologist, she focuses on the use of biomass and biological processes to produce hydrogen for use in fuel cells. As a member of the Hydrogen Production team, she supports the connection of basic and applied Research and Development in the area of hydrogen production with FCTO goals, provides technical expertise for biological hydrogen production projects, and contributes to efforts to gather and share information such as workshops and reports. In addition, she supports the H2Refuel H-Prize competition, a $1 Million competition that opened in October 2014. She received a PhD in Microbiology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison for her work on bacteria communication in a symbiosis between a luminescent bacterium and a squid, and a BA in Biochemistry from Occidental College.