CCUS NETWORK - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
- President - Elect
- Senior Vice President of Battery Materials at Redwood Materials
Alan E. Nelson is the Senior Vice President of Battery Materials at Redwood Materials, and previously was the Chief Technology Officer for Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC), Chief Technology Officer and CEO of New Business Development for Johnson Matthey, Global R&D Director for The Dow Chemical Co., and Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at the Univ. of Alberta.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Manager of Process Safety Culture and Competency at Chevron
Anne O'Neal is Manager of Process Safety Culture and Competency at Chevron, and an AIChE Fellow. Her 40-year career includes senior positions in process safety, as well as health, environment and safety.
Job Titles:
- President of the Board of Directors
Billy B. Bardin, PE, is the Global Climate Transition Director for Dow. He joined Dow in 2000 and has held global leadership roles in research, development, and manufacturing.
Job Titles:
- Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Christine Grant is a professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and the Inaugural Associate Dean of Faculty Advancement in the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University.
Job Titles:
- Executive Director of the Institute for Sustainability
Darlene S. Schuster, Ph.D. is an established chemical engineer, with over 20 years of experience leading a technology and development professional consulting company, along with vast work experience in the chemical and bio-pharmaceutical fields, who now serves as the Executive Director and CEO of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).
Dr. Darlene Schuster serves as the Executive Director of the Institute for Sustainability, an AIChE Technological Community, where she oversees the industry, membership and youth-focused entities formed to advance the science and state of sustainability and the creation of the AIChE Sustainability Index (sm), a benchmark for industry. She also staffs the new AIChE Center for Energy Initiatives, the Society for Biological Engineering, and the International Society for Water Solutions.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Chief Operations and Engineering Officer at DuPont
Daryl Roberts is Chief Operations and Engineering Officer at DuPont. He has 32 years of experience in chemical engineering in a number of leadership positions with companies including Arkema, Inc. and Eastman Kodak.
David Dixon joined AIChE as a student and recently became an AIChE Fellow. He served for four years in the military, primarily overseas, and worked for Dow Corning in process development before earning his PhD in chemical engineering from UT Austin. He then began his academic career at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Donna
- Technology Transfer Process Engineer for Pfizer
Donna (Bryant) Dybeck is a Technology Transfer Process Engineer for Pfizer, focusing on biologic products. Prior to joining Pfizer she worked at Johnson Matthey-Pharmaceuticals and Syngenta in various Engineering and Production roles.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Norma a. Alcantar
- Professor and Associate Dean
Dr. Norma A. Alcantar is Professor and Associate Dean for Research in the Dept. of Chemical, Biological, and Materials Engineering at the Univ. of South Florida. She is a global pioneer in developing innovative, natural technologies for environmental, medical, and industrial applications.
Elsa Reichmanis is Professor and Carl Robert Anderson Chair in Chemical Engineering in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering of Lehigh University.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Vice President of Advanced Manufacturing at Owens Corning
Jim Beilstein is Vice President of Advanced Manufacturing at Owens Corning. In this role, he has responsibility for the technology of manufacturing operations, process innovation, capital engineering, and equipment purchasing.
Job Titles:
- Assistant Professor
- Director
- Julianne Holloway
Julianne L. Holloway is currently an Assistant Professor in Chemical Engineering at Arizona State University, where she began in 2016. Julianne received her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at Drexel University in 2012.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Chief Science and Technology Officer for Merck, KGaA
Laura Matz is the Chief Science and Technology Officer for Merck, KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, driving innovation and digitalization across the company's life sciences, healthcare, and electronics sectors.
MaryKathryn (Kathy) Lee has been a researcher at ExxonMobil Corporate Strategic Research for 30 years. She has been an active AIChE member for more than 10 years and was recently elected Fellow.
Job Titles:
- Associate Dean
- Director
- Omolola Eniola
Omolola (Lola) Eniola-Adefeso is the Associate Dean for Graduate and Professional Education in Engineering and the University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor of Chemical Engineering at the Univ. of Michigan.
Job Titles:
- Treasurer
- Peter Lodal
- Technical Fellow
Peter N. Lodal is a Technical Fellow in Global Health, Safety, Environmental and Security Services at Eastman Chemical Co., a global leader in specialty chemicals.
The PI of the RCN-CCUS, Prof. Ah-Hyung Alissa Park, has extensive experience in energy and environmental related research with emphasis on Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) as well as sustainable energy conversion technologies particularly involving biomass and wastes.
Park is the Lenfest Junior Professor in Applied Climate Science of Earth and Environmental Engineering & Chemical Engineering at Columbia University. She is also the Associate Director of the Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy. Under her leadership, a management team at Columbia University and AIChE work collegially to coordinate all the research, educational and outreach activities.
Bill is Senior Director Technology - Titanium Technologies for The Chemours Company in Wilmington, DE. He is accountable for the R&D, product development and manufacturing technology organizations of the global titanium dioxide pigment business.