Grant Manager
Kelly Olenyik is UW MEM-C's Grant Manager who is also pursuing a PhD through the University of Washington's Interdisciplinary Individual PhD Program. Kelly's research focuses on the relationship between sustainability and research infrastructures, particularly in the area of new materials for quantum technologies. Kelly earned a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Chicago in 2008 and a M.S. in Chemistry at the University of Wyoming in 2019. At Chicago she was an undergraduate researcher with Prof. R. Stephen Berry and at Wyoming she was a graduate student researcher with Prof. David Anderson. Prior to coming to UW, Kelly worked in the field of coal sampling and analysis for nearly a decade after serving in the U.S. Peace Corps in Malawi as an education volunteer.
