November 2020

Jeffrey R. McCutcheon

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

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Ben Kerr

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

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Terry Mulligan

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

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Aaron Packman

Aaron Packman is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Director of the Center for Water Research at Northwestern University. He holds a joint appointment at Argonne National Laboratory as a Senior Fellow in the Northwestern-Argonne Institute of Science and Engineering, and the Water Lead for the Manufacturing Science and Engineering Initiative at Argonne. Starting in August 2020, Dr. Packman is the U.S. Director of the new U.S.-Israel Collaborative Water-Energy Research Center (CoWERC), managed by the U.S.-Israel Binational Industrial Research and Development...Read more