7:30-9 a.m.
Registration open
8:45-9 a.m.
Welcome and opening remarks
Dr. Dorota Grejner-Brzezinska, Vice President for Knowledge Enterprise
Deborah Hernandez, Associate Vice President for Strategic Research Development
The Ohio State University
9-9:30 a.m.
Dr. Peter Emanuel
Senior Research Scientist for Bioengineering
US Army Combat Capabilities DEVCOM Chemical Biological Center
Department of the Army
9:30-10 a.m.
Dr. Melanie Tomczak
Chief Technology Officer
BioMADE
10-10:30 a.m.
Networking break and poster displays | Alumni Lounge and Hancock Room
10:30-11 a.m.
Dr. Blake A. Simmons
Division Director, Biological Systems and Engineering
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Department of Energy
11-11:30 a.m.
Dr. Marilene Pavan
Manager, HTP Synthetic Biology
LanzaTech
11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Lunch | buffet in Fairfield Room, seating in Hancock Room
Poster displays | Alumni Lounge and Hancock Room
1:30-2 p.m.
Dr. Shang-Tian Yang
Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
David H. George Endowed Chair in Chemical Engineering
The Ohio State University
2-2:30 p.m.
Dr. Wendy Goodson
Senior Director, Business Development
Gingko Bioworks, Inc.
2:30-3 p.m.
Dr. David Kisailus
Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Kavi Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences
Member of UNESCO Chair in Materials and Technologies for Energy Conversion, Saving, and Storage
University of California Irvine
3-3:30 p.m.
Networking break and poster displays | Alumni Lounge and Hancock Room
3:30-4 p.m.
Dr. Lynn Rothschild
Senior Research Scientist, Bio and Bio-Inspired Technologies
Research and Technology Lead for NASA Headquarter Space Technology
Mission Directorate
NASA Ames Research Center
4-4:30 p.m.
Dr. Nancy Kelley-Loughnane
Biological Materials and Processes Research Team Lead
Air Force Research Laboratory
4:30-5 p.m.
Dr. Justin Sanchez
Battelle Technical Fellow
Former Director, DARPA Biological Technologies Office
5-6:30 p.m.
Networking reception | Club Room