In 2017, the Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS) initiated the J-WAFS Fellowship Program for outstanding MIT PhD students working to solve humankind’s water-related challenges. Since then, J-WAFS has awarded 18 fellowships to stude
MIT’s Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS) awards graduate fellowships to MIT PhD students Gokul Sampath and Jie Yun, who are working to improve water access in developing countries and create agricultural sustainability and resilience.
Credits: Photo: John Freidah Caption: Once at MIT, Coombs explored research opportunities that improved the lives of others. Her work on medical devices in the MIT Media Lab and with a startup helping rural dairy farmers in India both had a tangible impact, but didn’t quite satisfy her goal of reducing inequality and making a difference on a global scale. Credits: Photo: John Freidah Caption: Coombs developed a computational model to better understand a method of desalination known as osmotically assisted reverse osmosis. The model could lead to improved desalination systems in the future, which in turn could reduce water scarcity in developing nations.