May 26, 2006
'The Change Is Glacial'
DEBRA R. ROLISON, head, Advanced Electrochemical Materials Section, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
Age: 52
Ph.D.: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1980
American Association for the Advancement of Science, fellow
Her research: Builds nanoscopic objects to improve fuel cells, magnetic separations, sensing, and the power density of batteries.
Background: Grew up in Iowa, cooking alongside her mother. "I don't trust an experimental chemist who's not
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