Board of Advisors

Juergen Hahn
Professor and Head, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Carol Hall
Camille Dreyfus Distinguished University Professor
NC State University

Miriam E. John, Chair of Board
Vice President Emeritus
Sandia National Laboratories

Alon McCormick
Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
University of Minnesota

Terrance C. Osby
Olefins Planning- Basic Chemicals Technology
Exxon Mobil

Shepard F. Perrin, III
Procurement Manager
INEOS Olefins & Polymers USA

Hadley Sikes
Esther and Harold E. Edgerton Associate Professor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Blake Simmons
Division Director, Biological Systems and Engineering
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Michael Spaid
President and CEO
ConductiveBio

Franz Vogt, PE
Rain CII

Akira Yato
Facilities Manager and Senior Development Engineer
Kyocera Industrial Ceramics Corporation

Early-career Board of Advisors

Alec Walker (chair)
Class of 2018
Bayer

Sam Copper
Class of 2019
Phillips 66

Chris Aubin
Class of 2018
LyondellBasell

Melissa Lieberson
Class of 2019
Bayer

Sean Madsen
PhD 2020
Bristol-Myers Squibb

Patrick Kimes
Class of 2020
J.M. Smucker Co.

Ila Keshishian
Class of 2022
Merck

Andrew Kese
Class of 2023
Rystad Energy

Henry Lively
Class of 2015
INEOS

Hailey Hayes
Class of 2024
Venture Global

Chloe Camel
Class of 2024
Shell Geismer

Emeritus Members

Helen Armer
Applied Materials

Joseph F. Boston
President (Retired)
Aspen Technology, Inc.

Robert F. Buesinger
General Manager, Alpha Olefins
Global Business Unit, Chevron Phillips Chemical

Eduardo Glandt
Dean, School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
University of Pennsylvania

Lisa P. Jackson
Former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Vice President, Environmental Initiatives, Apple

Judy Kron
Corporate Human Resources
DuPont Co.

Douglas A. Lauffenburger
Professor and Chair, Biological Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Clarence I. Lewis, Jr. (Clay)
Executive Vice President (retired)
ExxonMobil Corporation

Pramthesh (Prem) Patel
Director, Microbial & Cell Culture Development
Glaxo, Smith, & Kline

Ponisseril Somasundaran (Som)
La von Duddleson Krumb Professor of Mineral Engineering
Henry Krumb School of Mines, Columbia University

George A. Swan, III
Distinguished Engineering Associate
ExxonMobil Process Research Laboratories