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JING GUO

JING GUO, PhD, is a research scientist in Professor Richard Braatz’s lab at MIT. Before that, Guo worked for four years in Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls (CMC) process development at Bristol Myers Squibb and Teva Pharmaceuticals. Prior to that, Guo spent two years as a postdoctoral researcher in the labs of Professor Kelvin Lee and Professor Abraham Lenhoff at the Univ. of Delaware. Guo earned a PhD in chemical engineering under the supervision of Professor Giorgio Carta at the Univ. of Virginia.Read more

Charles Collins-Chase

Charles Collins-Chase is a partner at Finnegan, where he uses his chemical engineering background to help clients protect innovations in pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, energy and renewables, and chemical products. He focuses on district court patent litigation and appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, where he served as a clerk. Collins-Chase has handled litigations at every stage, from pre-suit investigation through trial and appeal. He has assisted numerous pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients in Hatch-Waxman (ANDA) litigations and Biologics Price...Read more

Paul Townsend

Paul Townsend is currently associate regulatory counsel at POET, the world’s largest producer of biofuel and a global leader in sustainable bioproducts. Prior to joining POET, he was an associate at Finnegan Henderson where he focused on patent and trade secret litigation in the areas of specialty chemicals, energy, and biotechnology. Townsend has a BS in chemical engineering from Queen’s Univ., and he has used his chemical engineering skills both in his previous role at Finnegan and in his current role at POET.Read more

Mark Breese

Mark Breese is a Principal Consultant for Yokogawa RAP. He has a degree in chemistry from the Univ. of Reading (UK) and is a Chartered Chemist and member of the Royal Society of Chemistry. He has more than 30 years of plant and process experience in the oil and gas, petrochemical, chemical, minerals, pharmaceutical, power, and water industries. Starting as a chemical process engineer, he’s also worked in technical services, product management, engineering, and research and development (R&D) and has been granted several design patents. Breese works with plants to help them transition to...Read more

Whitney C. Blocher McTigue

Whitney C. Blocher McTigue, PhD, earned her BS in chemical engineering at Clarkson Univ. in 2015 and her PhD in chemical engineering from the Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst in 2020. As a graduate student under Professor Sarah Perry, she focused on using sequence-controlled polypeptide-based complex coacervates to stabilize encapsulated proteins for the thermo-stabilization of vaccines. She completed a postdoc under Professor Charles Sing in the Dept. of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at the Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign investigating the simulation and modeling of polymers...Read more

MARIA DEL CARME PONS ROYO

MARIA DEL CARME PONS ROYO, PhD, completed her bachelor’s degree in biotechnology from Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, followed by a master’s degree in life science and technology from Delft Univ. of Technology. She defended her PhD thesis’ primary focus on protein precipitation and filtration at BOKU Univ. under the supervision of Professor Alois Jungbauer. Currently, she is a postdoctoral researcher in Professor Richard Braatz’s lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where she continues her research on the development and optimization of innovative bioprocesses...Read more

Today’s Chen Scholarship Winners are Tomorrow’s Versatile Leaders

April 22, 2024

Committed to supporting and mentoring the next generation, Dr. John C. Chen's impact on young chemical engineers continues thanks to his wife, Kathy who launched the Chen Endowment for Young Professional Leadership. In only a few years, twelve early career professionals are complementing their technical skills with leadership training, expanding their networks and creating a community where they will achieve their career goals.

6th Battery and Energy Storage Conference

December 9, 2024 to December 11, 2024
NYU's Kimmel Center for University Life, New York, NY, USA
The Battery and Energy Storage Conference seeks to engage scientists, engineers, and policy makers working in the fields of energy storage and conversion technologies to identify, communicate, and explore current advancements in storage materials, devices, and systems. Presentations and...

YP April Happy Hour

April 22, 2024
Thursday, April 25, 2024,
5:30pm to 7:00pm
CDT
This Thursday, April 25th, the Young Professionals will be hosting a Happy Hour at Little Woodrow's on Shepherd Dr! Join us in-person for some after-hours conversation, networking, and drinks provided by the Young Professionals. Feel free to bring your colleagues! No registration required. Date:...Read more

2024 Lebanon Student Regional Conference

May 30, 2024 to May 31, 2024
Notre Dame University-Louaize, Zouk Mosbeh, Keserwan, Lebanon
Lebanon's first-ever AIChE Student Regional Conference will be held in-person May 30-31, 2024 at Notre Dame University-Louaize (NDU) in Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon. Please visit the conference website for more information.

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