2017 Highlights
Organizers
Dave Leahy
Principal Scientist
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Amit Sehgal
R&I Project Manager & Sustainable Chemistry Lead – Home & Personal Care
Solvay
Keynotes
Paul Chirik
Editor-in-Chief, Organometallics; Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Chemistry, Princeton University
Jillian Buriak
Editor-in-Chief, Chemistry of Materials; Professor of Chemistry, Canada Research Chair of Nanomaterials for Energy, University of Alberta
William Feehery
President
DuPont Industrial Biosciences
Rising Stars
Dr. Jillian Goldfarb
Asst. Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science & Engineering
Boston University
“Dr. Goldfarb’s enduring research goal is to re-engineer the integrated biorefinery to improve the economic and environmental feasibility of biomass to biofuels via thermochemical conversions.”
Dr. Corinna Schindler
Asst. Professor of Chemistry
University of Michigan
“Through [Dr. Schindler’s] development of new synthetic methods, she focuses on the synthesis and evaluation of biologically active targets inspired by natural products, as well as new biological probes to explore disease pathways.”
Dr. Adelina Voutchkova-Kostal
Asst. Professor of Chemistry
George Washington University
“Professor Voutchkova-Kostal has compiled a remarkable record of accomplishment in sustainable and green chemistry through her work on catalysis and predictive spectroscopic tools.”
