Elizabeth Wayne is a TED Fellow and Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon University in Chemical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering.
Dr.Wayne received her bachelor’s degree in Physics from the University of Pennsylvania where she was a Ronald E. McNair Scholar and Moelis Access Science Scholar. Dr. Wayne continued her education at Cornell University, where her research on the role of immune cells in cancer progression and their potential as drug delivery carriers was supported by funding from the National Cancer Institute Physical Sciences in Oncology Network and the...Read more
Alec Nielsen is co-founder and CEO of Asimov, a Boston-based startup building a mammalian cell programming platform to advance next-gen therapeutics. Alec holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Bioengineering from the University of Washington and a Ph.D. from MIT Biological Engineering. His work focuses on scalable biochemistries for synthetic biology, computer-aided design of cellular functions, and machine learning applications in genetic design and biosecurity.Read more
2019 South Texas Section – AIChE Distinguished Service Award John Middleton displays his 2019 Distinguished Service Award Plaque. John received a BS in Chemical Engineering and a Master of Chemical Engineering Degree from Oklahoma State University. He has worked most of his career in the EPC...
Dr. Daniel Gerrity earned his Ph.D. in Civil & Environmental Engineering at Arizona State University. After graduation, he worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Southern Nevada Water Authority and as a Senior Engineer for Trussell Technologies. Dr. Gerrity then spent 7 years as an Assistant and Associate Professor in Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. Dr. Gerrity is now a Principal Research Scientist in Water Quality R&D at SNWA, leading the Research Microbiology division. His team is applying principles of wastewater-based...Read more
Christobel has a Biomedical Science degree and a Master of Science from the University of Technology Sydney and a PhD from the University of New South Wales. Christobel worked as a Microbiologist in the water, environment, biotechnology and pharmaceuticals sectors for Sydney Water, Burns Philp, Reckitt and Colman, Tecra Diagnostics and Sydney Catchment Authority.
She has experience as a Project Director and Project Manager leading a water science consulting team for Ecowise Environmental, ALS Water Resources and GHD. She spent several years managing a portfolio of Research...Read more
Syed A. Ahmed is an Senior Process Engineer at Saudi Aramco Engineering Services. His field of expertise include crude oil and produced water processing with focus on circularity, product quality compliance and digitization. He is leading multiple collaborative research and development efforts to deploy hybrid AI models for product quality compliance and the produced water reuse program in Saudi Aramco’s oil operations. He holds a Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from KAUST, Saudi Arabia.Read more
Jeffrey McCutcheon is a Professor in the Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Department at the University of Connecticut. He received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Dayton and his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Yale University. Since his appointment in Fall of 2008, he has established a laboratory focused on membrane separations. He has raised over $7M to support research in the areas of forward osmosis, membrane distillation, nanofiltration, reverse osmosis, pervaporation, vapor permeation, organic solvent nanofiltration and additive manufacturing for...Read more
Ben Kerr is the Founder and CEO at Foundry Spatial, a rapidly growing water technology company that provides software to corporations and governments who need to understand local water supply, demand, and quality at any location. By integrating operational business information with the natural dynamics of watersheds and aquifers, users can plan and manage operations for how they interface with the natural world.Read more
Terry Mulligan is a Product Manager for XPRIZE on the Impact and Design team, bringing more than ten years of experience in international development, organizational management, and management consulting.
Passionate about ending global poverty, Mr. Mulligan has led efforts in education, global health, and social enterprise development in Africa and South America. Prior to joining XPRIZE, he spent six years managing international development organizations in-country. Among his professional achievements, he scaled and managed the top-rated hotel in Tanzania's Kilimanjaro...Read more
