Isaiah Borne

Isaiah was born and raised in Marietta, Georgia. He earned his bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was first exposed to energy and sustainability research. He earned his Ph.D. from the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he engineered porous organic cages and porous liquids for gas separations under the supervision of Dr. Christopher Jones and Dr. Ryan Lively. The NSF GRFP, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and National GEM Consortium supported his Ph.D. work. Isaiah is currently a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Liverpool, working with Dr. Andrew Cooper on developing porous materials for atmospheric water harvesting.