Dr. Kristin Hecht is a research group leader with research interests in mass transfer, chemical reactions, and multiphase flow. She received her B.S. in chemical engineering from Brigham Young University (USA), her M.S. from the University of Utah (USA), and defended her Ph.D. at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany). During a Postdoc at BASF SE in Ludwigshafen, Germany, she was surprised at how much time she spent on safety issues as an engineering. Following her Postdoc, she joined Prof. Krause’s Institute of Apparatus and Environmental Technology at the Otto-von-Guericke...Read more
Prof. Ulrich Krause has dedicated his career to improving safety in chemical plants around Germany. After completing his studies and Ph.D. at the University of Dresden, he spent 20 years in research and leadership positions at the German Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) before joining the Otto-von-Guericke University in Magdeburg as the director of the Institute of Apparatus and Environmental Technology and chair of Plant Design and Safety. His research has made valuable contributions to understanding the formation and propagation of flames and explosions and to...Read more
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George John is recognized for his active research in the field of functional molecular materials from renewable resources and their potential utility in food materials/energy technologies and materials science. After receiving his Ph.D. from NIIST-CSIR (India) in Chemistry, he held research positions in the Netherlands, Japan, and the United States before joining the City College of New York (CCNY). Currently he is a Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at CCNY. The research in John’s laboratory is highly interdisciplinary, and is focused on molecular design of synthetic lipids (...Read more
Joe Getz founded Kurant Cider in 2012. Prior to that he worked in the fermentation industry for 5 years at Keystone Homebrew while helping out at a few local breweries. Before becoming a fermentation specialist he worked as a graphic designer. Joe still does all the design and marketing work for Kurant Cider as well as being the head cidermaker and CEO. ...Read more
