People
Advisory Council Members
| Name/Title | Years of Service | External Affiliation | |
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Rakesh Agrawal Winthrop E. Stone Distinguished Professor |
2012 - Present | School of Chemical Engineering Purdue University |
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Linda Broadbelth Professor and Chair |
2010 - Present | Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering Northwestern University |
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Arup K. Chakraborty Robert T. Haslam Professor of Chemical Engineering |
2007 - Present | Department of Chemical Engineering MIT |
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Morton Collins General Partner |
1984 - Present | Battelle Ventures |
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Dr. Thomas Connelly Executive Vice President & Chief Innovation Officer |
2004 - Present | DuPont Company |
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Dr. Thomas F. Degnan Manager, Breakthrough and Leads Generation |
2009 - Present | ExxonMobile Research & Engineering Co. |
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Allan, R. Ferguson Retired Managing Director, 3i Ventures |
1998 - Present | Hawkride Associates |
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Robert W. Gore Chairman |
1990 - Present | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. |
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Thomas L. Gutshall Co-Founder and Chairman |
1996 - Present | Cepheid |
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John Markels Sr. Vice President, Emerging Markets |
2004 - Present | Merck & Co. |
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Linda J. Myrick Group Manager, Medical Gases |
1993 - Present | Air Liquide |
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Jeffrey Siirola Retired, Technology Fellow |
2007 - Present | Eastman Chemical Company |













