Dr. Rasha Anayah has a PhD in Chemistry from Johns Hopkins University. Throughout her research career, she has worked on utilizing her tools in chemistry to solve practical problems. Currently, she is working at the interface of materials chemistry, electrochemistry, and renewable energy to design metal-organic frameworks and other materials for use in next-generation batteries. Her research for the past 8 years has largely focused on developing solutions to climate change.
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Rasha Anayah, UC Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Forget about using food stocks like corn or sugarcane to make biofuels. Anayah and research colleagues at the Joint BioEnergy Institute are focused on how to unlock the energy stored inside nonfood plant fibers. This kind of biomass is the most abundant organic material on earth, and Anayah is performing fundamental research to better understand how to program bacteria to synthesize energy-rich fuels from plant-based sugars. The ultimate goal: a carbon-neutral replacement for gasoline, diesel and jet fuel.
Receiving her PhD in Chemistry from Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Rasha Anayah is very proud of this achievement. Johns Hopkins University’s ranking in the 2025 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities is #6. It is also America’s first research university, a place that has revolutionized higher education in the U.S. and continues to bring knowledge and discoveries to the world.
Rasha Anayah represented Johns Hopkins University in March 2023 in Washington, D.C. for the Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering (CASE) Workshop. Amongst this group were eight students and a senior staff researcher representing seven graduate programs and the Applied Physics Lab at Johns Hopkins University. Despite such a wide-ranging group, all participants had one thing in common: a passion for science policy and advocacy.
Rasha Anayah has multiple publications in ResearchGate, which is the professional network for scientists and researchers. Over 25 million members from all over the world use it to share, discover, and discuss research.