Zahin Ritee is a research intern for the Fire Safety Research Institute (FSRI), part of UL Research Institutes. She is also a ULRI GEM Fellow, a part of the National GEM Consortium. In Zahin’s role, she will support FSRI’s laser capabilities by measuring water vapor loss using the Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy method. She recently graduated with a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from Columbia University and holds a Bachelor of Science in physics from Adelphi University. Zahin has over three years of research experience in various fields of physics, including nonlinear optics, condensed matter physics, and mechanical engineering. When Zahin isn’t busy researching, she enjoys singing, traveling, watching TV, and playing the ukulele.