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Laura Moreno

Laura Moreno has over a decade of experience working on issues related to waste, with a focus on food. For almost 5 years, Laura worked as an environmental scientist at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Pacific Southwest Region as the regional lead working on organic waste management. She then completed an interdisciplinary doctorate at UC Berkeley in Energy and Resources to better understand how much and why food is discarded in U.S. households. During her doctoral work, she collaborated with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), worked with and for local governments, and...Read more

Katy Franklin

Katy Franklin serves as ReFED’s Operations Director, supporting organizational development and strategy and designing systems for effective program implementation and management. Previously, Katy managed operations at Sustainable America, where she gained a deep understanding of successful food waste reduction programs with consumers, food service providers, private firms, and at major events. Katy has authored industry and academic research on food waste and opportunities to solve this global challenge. Katy also helped develop Further with Food, a public-private partnership convened to...Read more

Engineering (in) Human Cells Using Genome Editing

Archived Webinar
Wednesday, February 24, 2021,
10:45am to 12:00pm
EST
The field of genome editing is experiencing a renaissance driven primarily by the repurposing of an immune response system utilized by bacteria and archaea. This system is characterized by the...

Technical Program

All times listed are in ET. Monday, April 5 1:00-1:30 Welcome & Introductions 1:30-2:15 Keynote Speaker: Paul Dauenhauer , University of Minnesota 2:30-3:00 Problem Definition Exercise 3:00-4:45 Workshop 4:45-5:00 Virtual Networking Tuesday, April 6 1:00-1:15 Virtual Networking 1:15-1:30...

17th GCPS Technical Program Grid

Please read or download the 17th GCPS technical program grid using the pdf viewer below.

Size Reduction - Hosokawa -- 9Feb2021 Program

February 9, 2021
Jeff Gunderson and Doug Ort of Hosokawa discuss size reduction equipment for polymer systems in a program presented to the AIChE Local Section on Feb...

Syamal & Susmita Poddar Continue to Provide Support for Young Professional Engineers

February 9, 2021

The AIChE Foundation had the opportunity to connect the 2020 Poddar Rising Chemical Engineer Awardee, Laura Andrea Acosta Figueredo, to the couple who generously launched and endowed the award, Syamal and Susmita Poddar.

2nd PD2M Future Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Conference Technical Program

Program is subject to change. Last updated on 5/18/2021. All times in BST/IST (GMT+1:00) . Schedule Time BST/IST (GMT+1:00) Future of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Conference Schedule Time BST/IST (GMT+1:00) Monday, May 17th, 2021: Pre-recorded Videos Released Day 1 – Tuesday, May 18th, 2021 1:00 PM...

AIChE Observes Black History Month

In February, ChEnected observes Black History Month with posts about AIChE’s pioneers for equity and inclusion, as well as perspectives on the road ahead. Look for new posts every Tuesday this February.

Brian Kelley

Brian Kelley is the Senior Vice President of Process Development and Manufacturing at VIR Biotechnology. VIR is addressing some of the world’s most challenging infectious diseases using a portfolio of biologic modalities in both the developed and developing worlds.

Formerly, Brian was Vice President of Bioprocess Development at Genentech for 10 years. Brian joined Genentech after 15 years at Genetics Institute/Wyeth. 

He obtained his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and his Ph.D. from MIT. Brian is a member of the National Academy of...Read more

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