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Jenny Mortimer

Jenny Mortimer is Associate Professor of Plant Synthetic Biology at the University of Adelaide, in the School of Agriculture, Food and Wine. She recently relocated from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California USA. 

After completing her PhD at Cambridge University, UK on signal transduction in roots, she began studying the plant cell wall as a postdoc with Prof. Paul Dupree and the BBSRC Bioenergy Centre (BSBEC), also at Cambridge. This was followed by a fellowship at RIKEN Yokohama, Japan, hosted by Prof. Taku Demura. 

Her team’s research focuses...Read more

Doug Allen

Doug Allen’s research interests include the analysis of metabolic networks in plants by combined experimental and computational methods. These investigations give insight to plant metabolism, important for designing crops to meet future nutritional and chemical feedstock needs. Doug holds B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in engineering from Iowa State and Purdue University and completed postdoctoral research at Michigan State. He has worked as a process/plant engineer for the Archer Daniels Midland Company and as a scientist at the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center prior to becoming a...Read more

Taly Nechushtan

With more than 20 years of experience in building new companies through mergers and acquisitions, Taly brings strong leadership and strategic skills to her role as CEO of Innovopro. She has applied her experience in various management roles, using innovating strategics while working in global corporates in the fields of food, communications, and renewable energies. Taly holds a BA in Economics and an MBA, both from Tel Aviv University.Read more

7th AGM meeting of AIChE Singapore Local Section

July 26, 2021
Friday, August 13, 2021,
6:30pm to 8:00pm
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7 th AGM will be held online (via ZOOM) on 13 th August 2021. The 7 th AGM of the AIChE Singapore Local Section will be held online via ZOOM on August th 13, 2021 (6:30 – 8:00pm ). All AIChE SLS members are welcome to attend. If you plan to attend, please email Dr. Praveen Linga ( praveen.linga@nus...Read more

Deadline Approaching - Nominate a Recipient for a CRE Travel Award - By Monday, August 2, 2021

The Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Division will again make up to 20 travel grants to assist graduate students with their travel expenses for the AIChE Annual Meeting to present the results of their research. The award will consist of $400, plus a ticket to the CRE Division Dinner, where the...

National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) Update to Guiding Principles and Creed

July 24, 2021
Saturday, July 24, 2021, 3:30pm EDT
Dear NSPE member, For more than four years, many NSPE members have been diligently working to turn talk of diversity, equity, and inclusion into real action. Over these years, NSPE has adopted a professional policy on diversity, established diversity as a key focus area in our strategic plan, and...Read more

AIChE Cleveland Section July 2021 Webinar: Hydrogen Safety Codes & Standards (for Reference Only)

July 24, 2021
As the emerging hydrogen transportation and stationary power markets grow, so have codes and standards which promote safety. Recently, there have been efforts to harmonize these documents to accommodate a global market.

Management Insight (July 2021)

July 24, 2021

Katharina Gerber

  • Senior R&D Engineer at LiCap Technologies responsible for the development of advanced electrode manufacturing process with low energy and environmental footprints.
  • Chairwoman of the German ISO/TC 333 Committee developing international standards and regulations for lithium mining/refining/processing to battery-grade lithium chemicals.
  • Industry Advisor to the US DoE “Geothermal Lithium Extraction Prize”.
  • Former manager of
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Abderrahman Zehraoui

Dr. Zehraoui, is the Executive Director of the Niagara Falls Water Board. He has more than 25 years of extensive experience in water, wastewater, stormwater, and solid waste management, as well as in R&D which have allowed him to make significant contributions to a variety of key projects in civil & environmental engineering. Dr. Zehraoui’s experience spans design management, project management, construction and O&M of water and wastewater-related projects. Dr. Zehraoui has extensive experience working in municipal settings, as well as interacting and building mutual confidence...Read more

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