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Katy Olafson is a doctoral candidate at the University of Houston. She received her BS degree in chemical engineering in 2012 from the University of Louisville J.B. Speed School of Engineering. Her research focuses on the fundamental mechanisms of hematin crystallization that underlie malaria pathophysiology and the mode of inhibition by antimalarials.Read more
Prof. Benjamin J. Glasser, of Rutgers University, received his BS and MS in Chemical Engineering from University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa and his PhD, also in Chemical Engineering, from Princeton University.Read more
Maxx Capece graduated with a B.S. and Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology. His dissertation entitled, “Multi-Scale Modeling of Dry Milling Processes: Influence of Mechanical Multi-Particle Interactions” was awarded in 2014 under the advisement of Dr. Rajesh Davé and Dr. Ecevit Bilgili. His dissertation focuses on understanding and modeling the complex particle breakage behavior exhibited in size-reduction processes. Maxx also has contributions in the area of polymer coating and is co-inventor on the patent, “Solventless Mixing Process...Read more
Professor Fox received his PhD in Chemical Engineering, Kansas State University in 1987. He joined Iowa State University as the Glenn Murphy Professor of Engineering in 1999, and was the Herbert L. Stiles Professor of Chemical Engineering from 2003-2012. Since 2001, he has been Associate Scientist at the US-DOE Ames Laboratory. He was promoted to Distinguished Professor in Engineering in 2010. Prior to joining ISU, Fox was an Associate Professor of Engineering at Kansas State University, and has held visiting professorships in Denmark, France, Italy, Switzerland and the Netherlands. His...Read more
Alexandra Teleki is a Senior Scientist and Head of Formulation Laboratory at DSM Nutritional Products, Switzerland focusing on novel encapsulation processes for the formulation of nutraceuticals with final applications in human nutrition. She received her MSc in Chemical Engineering from KTH Stockholm, Sweden (2003), her PhD from ETH Zurich, Switzerland (2008) and carried out postdoctoral research at ETH Zurich (2008-10) before joining DSM. She has published 28 papers in leading scientific journals and holds 11 patent applications. Her research in particle technology, especially on the development of an one-step synthesis and nanothin coating of flame-made particles, has been recognized by both academia and industry with several awards including the DSM Science & Technology Award (2009) and the ETH medal for outstanding PhD (2008). She is currently an editorial board member of the Powder Technology journal and a Lecturer at ETH Zurich where she teaches classes in nanoscale engineering.Read more
