Nicholas A. Kotov received his degrees from the Moscow State University with his diploma and PhD studies centered on bioinspired harvesting of solar energy. His postdoctoral studies in Syracuse University encompassed the synthesis and self-assembly of biomimetic nanocomposites. After taking a position of an Assistant Professor at Oklahoma State University he expanded the field of biomimetic processes and materials by establishing a research program on self-assembly of nanostructures. Nicholas is currently holding the rank of Irving Langmuir Distinguished...Read more
Dr. Haotian Wang is currently a William Marsh Rice Trustee Chair Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Rice University. He obtained his PhD degree in the Department of Applied Physics at Stanford University in 2016 and his Bachelor of Science in Physics at the University of Science and Technology of China in 2011. In 2016 after his PhD graduation, he received Rowland Fellowship and began his independent research career at Harvard as a principal investigator. He was selected as highly cited researchers every year since 2018. He was awarded the...Read more
Robert M. Schisla, Jr. is a Senior Associate Chemical Engineer in the Worldwide Engineering and Construction Division of Eastman Chemical Company, where he consults and works in process development, scale-up, mixing and design. He has worked at Eastman for 42 years and has been Eastman’s mixing specialist for 37 years. He has been the technical leader responsible for process and scope development for many projects including being the lead technical engineer for a multi-billion dollar project. He is Secretary of the North American Mixing Forum (NAMF) and serving in his second term as a...Read more
