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Ben Freireich

Ben Freireich, PhD, PE is a Technical Fellow at Origin Materials with more than a decade of experience chemical and process industries. At Origin, Dr. Freireich serves as a subject matter expert for solids processing challenges in all (e.g., raw material, intermediates, products) aspects of Origin’s carbon negative materials production. Dr. Freireich is an industry leading expert in both product and process research and development for solid materials.

Prior to Origin Materials, Dr. Freireich served as the Technical Director of Particulate Solid Research, Inc. (PSRI) where he led...Read more

J Wayne Chastain

Professional Biography

Mr. Chastain is an Engineering Associate at the Kingsport, TN site of Eastman Chemical Company. Wayne has worked in various areas of process safety since starting work with Eastman Chemical in 1992. Mr. Chastain’s areas of expertise are in Process Hazards Analysis, risk management, layer of protection analysis, reactive chemical safety, dust hazards, safety instrumented systems and emergency relief.

Mr. Chastain is...Read more

Justin Phillips

Justin Phillips has over ten years of onshore and offshore oil & gas process engineering and project execution experience. His technical experience includes process design with specialty in flare and relief systems.

Justin is a Senior Director at ioMosaic Corporation. He holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas and is a Licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Texas.Read more

Andrew Collier

As part of the commercial team at GE Water & Process Technologies, Andrew Collier investigates new business models associated with unconventional gas.  Prior to GE, Andrew spent 4 years as a strategy consultant with GreenOrder, a firm focused on corporate environmental sustainability. Andrew holds a B.A. in The Science of Earth Systems from Cornell University and an MBA from The Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley....Read more

Katariina Majamaa

Katariina Majamaa is a Global Application Development Leader for Dow Water and Process Solutions in Industrial Water and Power Generation (R&D). In this role, she is responsible for leading the technology research strategy for the market segment in partnership with the Global Strategic Marketing Manager.  This includes development of the technology strategy via multigenerational plans for R&D development of new products and solutions for growth, identification and assessment of emerging and complementary technologies for growth, as well as understanding of competitive...Read more

Jason Manning

Jason Manning has 15 years of experience in natural gas treating, natural gas liquefaction and vaporization, separation analyses, and engineering application development.  A significant portion of this experience has been in the LNG industry, having taken projects from technical feasibility, FEED and detailed engineering package development and review, through startup on several continents.  He has been involved with small (8.5 MMscfd) to Mid-Scale (1,300 MMscfd) LNG processing plants, both on- and off-shore, utilizing a variety of technologies, including:  Single Mixed...Read more

Makarand Joshi

Makarand (Raj) Joshi is Senior Consultant in Process Excellence and Innovation Group at Verizon in New Jersey.  He has extensive experience in R&D and manufacture of specialty chemicals, pharmaceuticals and medical devices and has led a broad range of activities from concept identification through product development to launch and supply.  Most recently as the Lean Six Sigma leader he developed and successfully deployed Sigma Strategy for a division that designed and developed new products and processes at a major pharmaceutical company.

Raj has a PhD in Chemical...Read more

Philip Winkler

Phil Winkler retired from Air Products in 2010 after a successful career in creating partnerships among government, industry, and academia to develop and commercialize new technologies. In 2011, Phil began a consulting practice focused on clean energy. He formed Government Contracting Specialists, LLC ( www.gcspecialists.com ), to assist businesses and organizations with research, development, and demonstration funding opportunities with the federal and state governments. He is also a Partner in LFG Resources, LLC...Read more

Candido Pereira

Candido Pereira is a Principal Chemical Engineer in the Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division of Argonne National Laboratory. He currently leads the Process Simulation and Equipment Design Group, which supports modeling and simulation efforts in separations for the nuclear fuel cycle and in medical isotope production. He has worked on small-scale liquid-liquid extraction studies, and on the design of associated separations process flowsheets and equipment. He previously led the development of processes for treating spent electrorefiner salts by ion exchange and of ceramic waste forms...Read more

Christopher Phillips

Chris Phillips is currently Vice President for Applied Technology with EnergySolutions, managing a range of technology inputs to EnergySolutions’ projects. He has an Honors Degree in Applied Chemistry from Brunel University, London, England. Until 2000 he worked for British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL) at its Sellafield site in northwest England. During that time he developed, designed, commissioned and saw into hot operation the Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant (THORP) for UK and foreign used nuclear fuel. In 2000 he moved to the US, working initially with BNFL Inc. and, since 2006, with...Read more

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