Rita Blaik

Adjunct Assistant Professor
Humanities and Sciences
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Biography

Rita Blaik is a multidisciplinary scientist and artist based in Los Angeles, California. Her life's goal is to find new and innovative ways of communicating science to people through interactive discussions, art and other media. Her research specialization is in nanotechnology and biotechnology for clean energy and implantable device applications, and she received her PhD in 2015 in Materials Science and Engineering from UCLA. Currently, she is the director of education at the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA. She is also an exhibited artist whose current work deals primarily with issues regarding science and identity.

Classes

HSCI-233-01: Nanotechnology + Design
HSCI-224-01: (Un) Common Sense

Publications

Blaik, Rita A., et al. &, quot, Gold-Coated M13 Bacteriophage as a Template for Glucose Oxidase Biofuel Cells with Direct Electron Transfer.&, quot, ACS nano (2015).
2020 STRATEGIC ANALYSIS OF ENERGY STORAGE IN CALIFORNIA Prepared for: California Energy Commission. 2011
Association of North American Graduate Programs in Conservation. Conference. ANAGPIC 2010 Student Papers: Presented at the 2010 Annual Student Conference Hosted by Queen&, #039, s University at Kingston Art Conservation Department. Queen&, #039, s University at Kingston Art Conservation Department, 2010.

Memberships

American Chemical Society
National Association of Science Writers

Awards

National Science Foundation Clean Energy for Green Industry

Exhibitions

Monte Vista Projects, 2014,
San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 2013,
Art|Sci Center, 2012,
Ionion Center for the Arts and Culture, 2012,

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