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Jennifer Hamilton

Jennifer Hamilton is a postdoctoral researcher in the University of California, Berkeley, lab of recent Nobel winner, Jennifer Doudna.

Hamilton works on solving an issue researchers face when trying to make CRISPR-based therapies: delivering the genome editor to a target area. To do so, Hamilton has been studying how to use viruses as vehicles to transport the genome editing tools into the desired cells. In early 2020, Hamilton helped set up a COVID-19 testing network for the campus and the local...Read more

Zainab Abbas

Zainab Abbas recently graduated from the American University of the Middle East with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering. Her capstone project captivated her in the world of climate change, public health, and green engineering. She is currently a chemical engineer at the Kuwait’s Government Center for Quality Control, Testing, and Research  and is hoping to pursue her graduate studies in the public health sector. Her research about converting solid waste in Kuwait to syngas unlocked visions of the great potential that countries have to transform environments into the better;...Read more

Dayannara Munoz

Dayannara (Day) Munoz is an Aircraft Maintenance Officer in the United States Air Force Reserves. She has held a multitude of logistics positions on active-duty and is currently serving as the officer in charge at an A-10 unit at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. Day commissioned through Air Force ROTC, Detachment 365, at MIT with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering in 2017. Her undergraduate research focused on carbon nanotubes and nanotechnology. Recently, Day has earned an M.S in Information and Knowledge Strategy from Columbia University. Committed to her education, Day has decided to further...Read more

Chandan Kundu

Chandan Kundu is a Final year PhD student from the Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Australia. He is working on the conversion of biomass to produce high-value platform chemicals through the thermocatalytic route. Before commencing his PhD, he completed his master's in Wood Science and Engineering from Chonnam National University, South Korea. Notably, he worked on wood chemistry on the improvement of ethanol fermentability from lignocellulosic biomass through deacetylation and detoxification processes. Mr Kundu completed bachelor and masters in Forestry from...Read more

Vincent Wheeler

Vincent Wheeler is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering and Technology at the University of Wisconsin–Stout—a teaching-intensive institution with a focus on hands-on learning. After completing his doctorate in mechanical engineering from the University of Minnesota–Twin Cities in 2014, he was a post-doctoral researcher in the Computational Science Center at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, CO. He then moved down under to work as a lecturer and research fellow at the Australian National University where he got his first experience teaching a college...Read more

Dr. Richard Donovan

Dr. Richard Donovan is the Director of Research Development for Sustainable Smart Manufacturing at the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technologies at the University of California Irvine. At Calit2 he works with researchers from across the campus to create convergence research projects on themes ranging from astrophysics to  nanotechnology. Prior to joining UCI he served as Senior Engineer and Scientist for the Sustainable Futures Institute at Michigan Technological University. At SFI he led the development of a host of programs ranging from Pan American (...Read more

Dr. Richard Donovan

Dr. Richard Donovan is the Director of Research Development for Sustainable Smart Manufacturing at the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technologies at the University of California Irvine. At Calit2 he works with researchers from across the campus to create convergence research projects on themes ranging from astrophysics to  nanotechnology. Prior to joining UCI he served as Senior Engineer and Scientist for the Sustainable Futures Institute at Michigan Technological University. At SFI he led the development of a host of programs ranging from Pan American (...Read more

K Srividya

K Srividya is currently a pre-final year undergraduate student in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India. She is interested in work involving computer-aided chemical engineering tools and analytics for process design, simulation, and optimization. She is currently working on the valorization of crude glycerol formed during biodiesel manufacture, using process simulation and intensification. Apart from this, she enjoys Indian classical music, reading fiction, and writing poetry.Read more

Jake Stengel

Jake Stengel is a graduate research student at Rowan University. He holds a BS from Rowan University in chemical engineering and is in his first year of the chemical engineering master’s program at Rowan University. His research focuses on using engineering fundamentals to improve process efficiency, affordability, and sustainability. His versatile work includes computer simulation, optimization, data analytics, mathematical modeling, machine learning, and software development. He is currently working with an industrial partner to develop computational asset management models to decrease...Read more

Bhargav Baruah

Bhargav Baruah is currently pursuing his PhD at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam, India. The topic of his PhD thesis is “Detailed investigation of thermal maturation mechanism of Indian oil shales.” He earned his B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Gauhati University, Assam, India, and MTech in Energy Technology from Tezpur University, Assam, India. His area of interest is thermochemical degradation of carbonaceous materials, waste to energy and unconventional petroleum resources and has published multiple publications in International...Read more

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