Hello, i3b community partners!
Our Nomination Forms for our 9th Annual Lavender Celebration(May 17) and our Black/Latine/x Graduation Celebration(May 18) are LIVE!
One of the key components of these celebrations is to award LGBTQIA+, Black, Latine/x, and ally community members at UMBC that have had a significant impact on our campus. Award categories will include students, staff, faculty, alumnx and departments across the campus.
If you are a graduating senior or graduate student who is a part of the LGBTQIA+, Black, and/or Latine/x community, you may also fill out the Lavender and Black/Latine/x Social Media Campaign form by May 6 at noon to receive a graduation package and be recognized on our social media.
The Lavender Awards this year include (Click Here Award Descriptions):
LGBTQIA+ Advocate of the Year
LGBTQIA+ Student Leader of the Year
LGBTQIA+ Scholar of the Year
LGBTQIA+ Ally of the Year
Lavender Legacy Award
The Black/Latine/x Awards this year include (Click Here for Award Descriptions):
Black/Latine/x Advocate of the Year
Black/Latine/x Student Leader of the Year
Black/Latine/x Scholar of the Year
Black/Latine/x Ally of the Year
Black/Latine/x Excellence Award
We encourage you to nominate a peer, friend, colleague, or department that has left an impact on our community.
For more award details, to be a part of the Award Committee, and to submit your Lavender Award nominations, please visit https://forms.gle/e1nEYHoAMybuENBSA
For more information on Lavender Celebration click here
For more award details, to be a part of the Award Committee, and to submit your Black/Latine/x Award nominations, please visit https://forms.gle/MyPWF5n16d3yc6e38
For more information on Black/Latine/x Graduation Ceremony click here
Nominations will close on Wednesday, May 4th at noon.
Mike graduated from Perry Hall High School (Baltimore County) in the Class of 2005, and joined UMBC that Fall on a Baltimore County Chamber of Commerce Full Scholarship. He majored in Chemical Engineering (GPA: 3.75) and graduated from the Honors College in 2009. During his time at UMBC he participated in a variety of activities, including: living on the Honors College Floor for two years, creating the "Biodiesel Project" (a club that made biodiesel at a local farm using waste vegetable oil and did some related research on campus), singing in the Gospel Choir, organizing a Bone Marrow Registration Drive (+475 sign ups, he later donated bone marrow in 2020), performing research/work on campus in the labs of several faculty (Dr. Daniele Fabris, Dr. Brian Reed, Dr. Upal Ghosh, and Dr. Mariajosé Castellanos), presenting at URCAD, volunteering at St. Agnes clinics, and having a fantastic experience overall.
After graduation from UMBC, Mike biked across the United States with two other UMBC alumni and a then current UMBC student, to raise money for safe water. During his gap year, he worked as a research associate at UMB Shared Services Facility.
In Fall 2010, he attended Lehigh University for graduate school, where he earned his master’s and doctorate in environmental engineering. He earned a Fulbright Scholarship while at Lehigh and lived/researched in India from 2012-2014. While in India, he co-founded Drinkwell in 2013 with two other co-founders. Drinkwell is a water solutions company based in India and Bangladesh to solve the arsenic and fluoride crisis that was related to his PhD research on innovative ion exchange nanomaterials. Today, they serve up to 300,000 users per month across the Indian subcontinent. Mike finished his PhD in 2017 from Lehigh University and continued working with Drinkwell - overall he lived in India, Bangladesh, and his suitcase for three years.
Since 2018, he has been primarily based in Brooklyn, NY doing consulting work. Today, he works for Revel and supports their rapid expansion after their recent $126M Series B investment round. Revel's mission is to accelerate EV adoption in cities by providing the infrastructure and services that make it easy to go electric.
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/mikegerman
Drinkwell: https://drinkwell.com/
Google Scholar: Profile Link
Image credits:
Headshot: Mike German
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