July 2021

Karina Kawka is a final-year PhD Candidate in the Department of Chemical Engineering at McMaster University in Canada, co-advised by Professors David Latulippe and Raja Ghosh. She received a bachelor’s degree in Bioprocess Engineering and Biotechnology from the Federal University of Paraná in Brazil. Her current research focuses on the development of scalable and cost-effective downstream processes for the purification of therapeutic viruses. The work is centered on applying membrane chromatography for the removal of host-cell impurities, but it also integrates the study of other unit...Read more

Dr. Shane Lawson graduated with his PhD in Chemical Engineering from the Chemical & Biochemical Engineering Department at Missouri University of Science and Technology under the supervision of Dr. Fateme Rezaei in May, 2021. Presently, he is employed as a Senior Engineer in the media technology group at Donaldson Company. During his PhD studies, his research goals were to develop functional materials for adsorptive and catalytic applications, with particular emphasis on implementing structured adsorbents and catalysts in applications such as CO2 removal from flue gas, dilute CO2...Read more

Anish Dighe is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) under the guidance of Dr. Meenesh Singh. He obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology at the University of Pune, India. His research is focused on understanding fundamental processes involved in the process of crystallization. The aim of his research is to create a computational framework that can yield significant insights into the crystallization process to improve crystallization screening methods. The scope of his research spans organic molecules, as well as the metal and covalent organic frameworks....Read more