Dr. Brendan Abolins is currently an External Innovation Manager at Eastman. His role enables him to identify and promote collaborations with groups outside of Eastman to accelerate internal initiatives.

Dr. Frances Houle is a Senior Scientist in the Chemical Sciences and the Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Divisions at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Additionally, she is the Deputy Director of the Liquid Sunlight Alliance (LiSA) and has served as the Deputy Director for Science and Research Integration of the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP).

Dr. Michael “Mick” Pechan is the program manager for the Experimental Condensed Matter Physics program in the Materials Sciences and Engineering Division of the Office of Basic Energy Sciences at the U.S. Department of Energy. Before coming to DOE, Dr. Pechan was a professor for 33 years at Miami University, where he received long standing support from BES.

Professor Jenny Yang is currently an Associate Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Irvine where her research focuses on inorganic electrocatalysts for the generation and utilization of chemical fuels. She has received funding from the non-profit Alfred P. Sloan Foundation as part of a team targeting the capture and removal of atmospheric carbon dioxide.