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Plenary Speakers

Key Speakers

Babak Anasori

Babak Anasori

Associate Professor, Purdue University

Nina Balke

Nina Balke

Associate Professor, North Carolina State University

Amay Bandodkar

Amay Bandodkar

Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University

Crysten Blaby-Haas

Crysten Blaby-Haas

Staff Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Katie Bornfleth

Katie Bornfleth

Marketing Communications Project Manager, TechConnect Division, ATI

Pat Brant

Pat Brant

Chief Polymer Science Advisor (retired), ExxonMobil

Dave Calabro

Dave Calabro

Scientist, ExxonMobil (retired)

Kim Chaffin

Kim Chaffin

Vice President, Medtronic

Chih-Hao Chang

Chih-Hao Chang

Professor, The University of Texas at Austin

Sehoon Chang

Sehoon Chang

Advanced Materials Team Leader, Aramco Americas

Marti Checa Nualart

Marti Checa Nualart

R&D Staff Scientist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Ravi Chilukuri

Ravi Chilukuri

Innovation Ecosystem Director, North Carolina State University

Alison Fritz

Alison Fritz

Research Engineer, National Energy Technology Laboratory

Christine Galib

Christine Galib

Director, Advancing Photonics Technologies, Princeton University

Jan-Willem Handgraaf

Jan-Willem Handgraaf

Senior Technical Product Manager, Siemens Digital Industries Software

Ting He

Ting He

Senior Principal Textile Engineer, Edwards Lifesciences

Matthew Hull

Matthew Hull

Director, Nanoscale Characterization and Fabrication Laboratory, Virginia Tech

Jonathan Jakischa

Jonathan Jakischa

Principal, Open Innovation, TechConnect Division, ATI

Santa Jansone-Popova

Santa Jansone-Popova

R&D Scientist, Critical Materials Innovation Hub, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Jim Johnston

Jim Johnston

Professor, School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

Jacob Jones

Jacob Jones

Professor, North Carolina State University

Nick Kacsandi

Nick Kacsandi

Senior Business Development & Sales Manager, TechConnect Division, ATI

Pum Kim

Pum Kim

Senior R&D Scientist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Arun Kota

Arun Kota

Associate Professor, North Carolina State University

Matthew Laudon

Matthew Laudon

Vice President, TechConnect Division, Advanced Technology International (ATI)

Xiaolin Li

Xiaolin Li

Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Susan MacKay

Susan MacKay

Senior Program Manager, University of Maine

Will McNamara

Will McNamara

Analyst, Sandia National Laboratories

Emma Mooney

Emma Mooney

Outreach and Project Manager, TechConnect Division, ATI

Jeffrey Moseley

Jeffrey Moseley

Researcher, University of California, Berkeley

Laura Murphree

Laura Murphree

Senior Marketing and Program Manager, TechConnect Division, ATI

Prakash Nallathamby

Prakash Nallathamby

Associate Director, Notre Dame University

Alex Norman

Alex Norman

Executive Director, Princeton Materials Institute, Princeton University

Sehmus Ozden

Sehmus Ozden

Scientist, Aramco Americas

Andriy Palasyuk

Andriy Palasyuk

Research Scientist, Critical Materials Innovation Hub, Ames National Laboratory

Zehra Parlak

Zehra Parlak

CEO, Qatch Technologies

Carlos Quiroz-Arita

Carlos Quiroz-Arita

Senior Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories

Jennifer Rocha

Jennifer Rocha

Strategic Partnerships, TechConnect Division, ATI

Bart Romanowicz

Bart Romanowicz

Sr. Advisor, TechConnect Division, ATI

Richard Sheridan

Richard Sheridan

Research Scientist, Duke University

Maksim Shivokhin

Maksim Shivokhin

Polymer Innovation & Lightweighting strategist, ExxonMobil

Christopher Sims

Christopher Sims

Research Chemist, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Steve Sopher

Steve Sopher

Executive Vice President, JSP

Erik Spoerke

Erik Spoerke

Senior Analytics Advisor for Energy Storage, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Electricity

Anirudha V. Sumant

Anirudha V. Sumant

Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory

Halil Tekinalp

Halil Tekinalp

R&D Scientist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Abraham Vázquez-Guardado

Abraham Vázquez-Guardado

Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University

Meng Wang

Meng Wang

Associate Professor, University of Houston

Michael Webb

Michael Webb

Assistant Professor, Princeton University

Sarah Wenning

Sarah Wenning

Executive Director, Event Operations, TechConnect Division, ATI

Thaiesha Wright

Thaiesha Wright

Assistant Professor, University of California, Los Angeles

Dalia Yablon

Dalia Yablon

Technical Program Chair, TechConnect World Innovation Conference

Helen Zha

Helen Zha

Assistant Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute



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