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About the PI
Office: 315 Jenness Hall
Phone: 207-581-2447
Prof. LeClerc earned her B.S. in Environmental Chemistry from Saint Vincent College and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute under the guidance of Professor Andrew Teixeira and Professor Michael Timko. After her PhD she worked as a Donnelley Postdoctoral Fellow at Yale University under Professor Drew Gentner. She joined the Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Maine in 2026 as the Elliott R. Barker III Assistant Professor.
Her research group aims to uncover the molecular-level interactions occurring in complex organic waste mixtures to enable near-complete waste valorization to fuels, chemicals, and materials. Her research harnesses high-resolution mass spectrometry as a key tool in developing efficient valorization reactor systems.
She is an active member of the AIChE Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Division, serving as a member of the D&I Taskforce and session chair. She is also a member of the American Chemical Society, where she has been awarded an ACS Early Career Postdoctoral Faculty Bridge Grant.
I completed my PhD in Chemical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in March, 2023 working jointly under Dr. Andrew Teixeira and Dr. Mike Timko as part of the WPI Clean Energy Group. At WPI, my research focused on understanding the fundamental chemistry governing waste conversion to bio-oil through hydrothermal liquefaction, for which I received a Fulbright award to complete my research at Aalborg University under the guidance of Dr. Thomas Helmer Pedersen and Dr. Daniele Castello.
I grew up in nearby Connecticut and moved to western Pennsylvania to obtain my BS in Environmental Chemistry with minors in Biotechnology and Mathematics from St. Vincent College. After completing an award-winning senior thesis on the production of dye-sensitized solar cells, I realized that engineering was the path for me!
Beyond research, I am actively involved in the promotion of women in STEM and mental health awareness. At WPI, I co-founded GROW- the Graduate Research Organization for Womxn in STEM, which received a 2020 WPI Women's Impact Network grant to fund workshops and speaker series.
Travel Interests
Alaska, USA
Flam, Norway
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Copenhagen, Denmark
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