Join us on Friday, May 10th at 1:00PM CDT for our live webinar presentation, "The Role of Mentorship in Shaping your Professional and Personal Development as you Navigate your Career in CRE." Register here or click the button below to "Attend This Virtual Event".
Discover the key to accelerating your career in chemical engineering! Join us for an exclusive webinar hosted by the AIChE Catalysis & Reaction Engineering Division, where we'll unveil the secrets to leveraging mentorship for professional success.
In this dynamic session, industry experts will share insights on the importance of mentorship and how to kickstart conversations that lead to impactful mentor-mentee relationships. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just starting out, this webinar is your gateway to unlocking new opportunities and advancing your career trajectory.
What's more, following the presentation, you'll have the chance to engage directly with our panelists during an interactive Q&A session. Get your burning questions answered and gain practical advice from leaders in the field.
To ensure seamless audience interaction, we've partnered with Slido, enabling you to participate actively and make the most of this enriching experience. After registering, pose questions in advance to our panelists via the Slido link here. Select questions will be answered during our live webinar presentation.
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Featured Speaker:
Beata Kilos, Dow
Featured Panelists:
Simon Bare, Stanford University
Eranda Nikolla, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Dr. Sara Yacob, ExxonMobil
Speak & Panelist Bio:
Simon Bare
Scientist, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University
Simon R Bare is a distinguished scientist at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. He earned his B.Sc. in Chemistry and Ph.D. in Surface Chemistry from the University of Liverpool, UK. He was a postdoctoral fellow at both Cornell University and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He then transitioned in industry and held various positions in catalyst research at The Dow Chemical Company over 10 years, and then at UOP, a Honeywell Company for 19 years. He then had a career change and joined Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL) at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in 2016.
His research is focused on in-situ/operando catalyst characterization using techniques available at synchrotrons, with a focus on X-ray absorption spectroscopy to develop structure-property relationships. He enjoys developing and applying new catalyst characterization techniques. His group, the Consortium for Operando and Advanced Catalyst Characterization via Electronic Spectroscopy and Structure (Co-ACCESS), develops methodology to allow any catalysis researcher to perform their experiments effectively, efficiently, and safely at Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL). His group currently collaborates with over 30 catalysis-focused research groups in the US and globally. He has authored over 200 publications and holds 10 US patents.
He is a fellow of the AAAS and had held many leadership positions including being a member of BESAC from 2008-2017. Mentorship, encouragement, and inclusivity are high on his value system. He fully embraces the concept that collaboration is the key to drive science forward of we are to meet the climate goals of 2030 and 2050.
Beata Kilos, Ph.D.
Core Research & Development, Chemical Science, DOW
Dr. Beata Kilos is a technical leader and a Senior Research Scientist in Chemical Science, Core R&D, at Dow. Beata began her career at Dow Core R&D in 2008 in Midland, MI. Throughout her career, Beata has defined, led, and contributed to diverse R&D projects spanning multiple Dow businesses with a focus on heterogeneous catalysis and materials science (e.g., paraffin dehydrogenation, olefin epoxidation, methanol-to-olefins, ethanol, and ethylene carbonylation, cellulose functionalization). Beata’s technical contributions and leadership have enabled numerous R&D projects and technology advancements throughout her career at Dow.
In recognition of her scientific achievements, Beata was recognized with the 2024 Herman Pines Catalysis Award, the 2023 AIChE CRE Practice Award for contributions to the discovery of novel catalysts and pathways for sustainable synthesis of classic and specialty chemicals, the 2023 Guiseppe Parravano Award for Excellence in Catalysis Research and Development, 2018 ACS Early Career Fellow of the Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Division, and 2017 ACS Rising Star award recipient. She is also a recipient of a 2017 Dow Chemical Engaged for Impact Award, the 2017 WIN Champion Award, and the 2019 ACS WCC Encouraging Women in the Chemical Sciences Award.
Before joining Dow, Beata graduated from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland, with a M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Chemistry. As one of a handful of scholars selected from across Europe for the prestigious Marie Curie Fellowship, Beata completed work toward her Ph.D. at the Institut de Recherches sur la Catalyse et l’Environnement de Lyon in Villeurbanne, France. Beata followed this with a joint appointment at the University of California Berkeley’s Chemical Engineering Department and at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Beata has 27 patents/patent applications and over 80 external publications and presentations. She is actively involved in mentoring, diversity, and inclusion in the chemical and engineering community, founding initiatives within Dow and externally, and frequently serving as a featured speaker and organizer of diversity and inclusion events. Beata serves as treasurer of the North American Catalysis Society, director and diversity and inclusion task force vice-chair of the AIChE CRE division, sits on the advisory boards of the Reaction Chemistry & Engineering Journal and the Journal of Catalysis, and is the first industrial associate editor for the ACS Catalysis Journal.
Eranda Nikolla, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Eranda Nikolla is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, MI. Prior, she was a Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI. Her research interests focus on the development of heterogeneous catalysts and electrocatalysts for sustainable chemical conversion and energy generation/storage processes. Her impact to catalytic science has been recognized through the National Science Foundation CAREER Award, the Department of Energy Early Career Research Award, Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, the Young Scientist Award from the International Congress on Catalysis, the 2019 ACS Women Chemists Committee (WCC) Rising Star Award, the 2021 Michigan Catalysis Society Parravano Award for Excellence in Catalysis Research and Development, the 2022 ACS Catalysis Lectureship for the Advancement of Catalytic Science and the 2023 Inaugural Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos Award for Creativity in Catalysis. She has served as the President of the Michigan Catalysis Society (MCS) and the Chair of the Catalysis and Reaction Engineering (CRE) Division of the American Institute of Chemical Engineering (AIChE). She is currently the Chair of the Catalysis Science and Technology (CATL) Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS), Director-at-large of The North American Catalysis Society (NACS) and the Division Representative for the Michigan Catalysis Society (MCS). She also serves as an Editor for the Journal of Catalysis.
Dr. Sara Yacob
Research Process Developer, ExxonMobil Technology & Engineering Company
Dr. Sara Yacob is a Research Process Developer at ExxonMobil Technology & Engineering Company in Clinton, NJ. During her eight years at ExxonMobil she has worked on advancing catalytic structure-performance correlations over a range of materials and chemistries. She primarily uses mechanistic studies to assess the catalytic properties of highly dispersed metals supported on oxides. Her current research interests focus on advanced recycling, converting plastic waste into valuable chemicals and fuels.
Sara received her undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan. Post-graduation she worked for 2 years at the Dow Corning Corporation as a process design and manufacturing engineer in operations. She attended Northwestern University for her doctorate degree in Chemical and Biological Engineering working with Dr. Justin Notestein. Her graduate research investigated catalytic routes to methyl methacrylate via ethanol carbonylation to yield propionates. After graduation she joined the ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company where she has held roles in Catalysis and Process Development.
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