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2021 Guest Speakers

 

Wednesday, July 21, 2021

 

Keynote Speaker – 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM PDT

 

    • Director Kim Budil

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

 

National Lab Panel – 3:00 PM – 4:15 PM PDT

 

    • Santanu Chaudhuri, Ph.D

Director, Manufacturing Science & Engineering, Argonne National Laboratory

 

    • Susan Carroll, Ph.D

Staff Scientist, Atmospheric, Earth, & Energy Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

 

    • Frances Houle, Ph.D

Senior Scientist, Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Deputy Director for Science & Research Integration, Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis

 

    • Jana Strasburg, Ph.D

Group Leader, Detection Physics, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

 

    • Merlin Theodore, Ph.D

Group Leader RPD Advanced Fibers Manufacturing, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

 

Thursday, July 22, 2021

 

Academia Panel – 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM PDT

 

    • Rebecca Abergel, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, University of California, Berkeley

Faculty Scientist & Heavy Element Chemistry Program Lead, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

 

    • Estelle Couradeau, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Ecosystem Science & Management, Penn State University

 

    • Michal Kopera, Ph.D

Assistant Professor, Mathematics, Boise State University

 

    • Melissa S. Lucash, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of Oregon

 

    • Badri Narayanan, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, J.B. Speed School of Engineering, University of Louisville

 

 

Thursday, July 22, 2021

 

Industry Panel – 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT

 

    • Senthil Annamalai

Research Operations & Automation Manager, Pivot Bio

 

    • Patrick Homyak, Ph.D.

      Scientist III, Zymergen

       

    • Hemanth Jagannathan, Ph.D.

Principal Research Staff Member & Hardware Technologist, IBM Research

 

    • Wayde Konze, Ph.D.

Sr. R&D Director, Core R&D – Analytical Science, DOW

 

    • Valentina Salapura, Ph.D.

Senior Fellow, AMD Research