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Blake A. Simmons

Bioenergy

A significant focus in my research program at the Joint BioEnergy Institute is the development of new scientific insights and novel technologies for biomass deconstruction, the process of breaking down and fractionating lignocellulos into targeted intermediates through the use of ionic liquids. This includes the development of microbes and enzymes that can tolerate and operate efficiently in the presence of these ionic liquids, and the advent of consolidated conversion operations in order to produce a scalable, sustainable, and affordable technology...Read more

Katharina Gerber

Accomplished management executive with 10+ years experience in lithium-ion battery and lithium extraction technologies.Read more

Anne O’Neal

Anne O’Neal is Manager of Process Safety Culture and Competency at Chevron and an AIChE Board Member and Fellow. Her 42-year career includes several other senior positions in process safety and health, environment and safety. She also founded Chevron’s early technical career development program after assignments in process engineering, operations, maintenance, strategic planning, and creating Chevron’s first management system approach to process safety.

She earned her BS in chemical engineering from the Univ. of California, Davis, and was a founding member of their Center for Women...Read more

Ian M. Glasgow

Ian Glasgow is the Director of Project Development at International Alliance Group (IAG), with nearly 20 years of process engineering and process integration experience for the refining, syngas, and chemical industries. He is responsible for project feasibility analysis, process scope development, and owner’s engineering support executed at IAG. Ian has a broad understanding of various process technologies, which allows him to support clients’ business, economic, and operational objectives. Prior to IAG, Ian was a senior process engineer at Wood Group Mustang, and a research associate and...Read more

David J. Dixon

David J. Dixon holds the Robert L. Sandvig Professorship in the Karen M. Swindler Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSMT).

He is a chemical engineer with BS/MS degrees from SDSMT and a PhD from the University of Texas at Austin. At SDSMT, he has served as: Principal Investigator for an NSF-I/UCRC BioEnergy Center; department chair, starting up a chemical and biomolecular engineering PhD program; a Fulbright Scholar, developing university-level partnerships in Germany, Mongolia, and Peru; and an instructor offering...Read more

Paulette Clancy

Paulette Clancy is a professor and the inaugural Head of the Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Johns Hopkins Univ. She also serves as the Samuel and Diane Bodman Professor Emerita of Chemical Engineering at Cornell Univ. and as Chair of the faculty oversight team for Advanced Research Computing at Johns Hopkins’ High-Performance Computing facility. 

Her research group is recognized as one of the leading computational groups in atomic-scale modeling of materials and algorithm development. Her current work aims to develop machine learning algorithms to accelerate...Read more

James R. (Jim) Beilstein

Jim Beilstein is Vice President of Advanced Manufacturing at Owens Corning. In this role, he has responsibility for the technology of manufacturing operations, process innovation, capital engineering, and equipment purchasing. In addition to these responsibilities, Jim is the chair of the Science and Technology Leadership Council of Owens Corning and is a member of several enterprise-level senior leadership teams focused on the strategy and execution of operations, organic growth, and capital deployment. 

Overall, Jim has more than 26 years of experience in manufacturing,...Read more

Amos A. Avidan

Amos Avidan is a consultant and a retired energy and construction executive. He served as Senior Vice President and corporate manager of engineering and technology at Bechtel Corp., where for 16 years he led people, technology, engineering, and capital projects teams. Prior to Bechtel, he spent 20 years at Mobil Corp. 

Amos has an interest in established and emerging energy systems and technologies, sustainable economic growth and its impact on society and the planet, and addressing global challenges. He has authored and co-authored numerous technical publications and patents....Read more

Nicholas Hart, Ph.d.

ITM Power is an electrolyser (hydrogen generator using water electrolysis) manufacturer based in Sheffield, UK. Nick leads the compliance activities for ITM’s electrolyser and refuelling station products and operations. As part of this activity, Nick has become UK lead expert to International Standards Organisation (ISO) Technical Committee (TC) ISO TC 197 developing standards and technical guidance for hydrogen technologies, also UK lead expert to the Comité Européen de Normalisation (CEN) TC 268 WG5, preparing standards harmonised to the European Directive...Read more

Anthony Butterfield

June 10, 2021

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