🌍 Welcome
📅 Agenda
Carbon Hub 2025 Annual Meeting Agenda
Fifth Annual Meeting | May 12–13, 2025
Glasscock School of Continuing Studies | Rice University
Chair
Speaker: Robert J. Headrick
Title: Methane Pyrolysis Program Manager, Lead Researcher
Institution: Shell
Session Chair: Sylvia Dee
Title: Assistant Professor, Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
Institution: Rice
M 1:00
Speaker: Eric McFarland
Title: Professor of Chemical Engineering
Institution: UCSB
Talk: Synthesis/reactor design
Session Chair: Carrie Masiello
Title: Director, Sustainability Institute
Institution: Rice
Talk Theme: Applications: soil amendment, environmental impact
M 1:20
Speaker: Michael Bronikowski
Title: Associate Professor of Chemistry
Institution: U Tampa (Rice Sabbatical)
Talk: Synthesis/reactor design
Session Chair: Pedro J. J. Alvarez
Title: Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Institution: Rice
Talk Theme: Applications: soil amendment, environmental impact
M 1:40
Speaker: Arthur W. N. Sloan
Title: NRC Postdoctoral Fellow
Institution: AFRL
Talk: Synthesis/reactor design
Session Chair: Daniel Cohan
Title: Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Institution: Rice
Talk Theme: Applications: soil amendment, environmental impact
M 2:00
Speaker: Matteo Pasquali
Title: Director, Professor of Chemical Engineering
Institution: Carbon Hub, Rice
Talk: Synthesis/reactor design
Session Chair: Mijin Kim
Title: Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Institution: GA TECH
Talk Theme: Applications: health and environmental impact
M 2:20
Speaker: Matteo Cargnello
Title: Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Institution: Stanford
Talk: Synthesis/reactor design
Session Chair: Pulickel M. Ajayan
Title: Professor of Materials Science and NanoEngineering
Institution: Rice
Talk Theme: Properties & applications
M 2:40
Chair
Speaker: Jason Adams
Title: Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
Institution: Rice
Session Chair: Micah Green
M 3:10
Speaker: Thomas P. Senftle
Title: Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Institution: Rice
Talk: Synthesis/Theory
Session Chair: Gianni Royer Carfagni
Title: Professor of Solids and Structural Mechanics
Institution: University of Parma
Talk Theme: Applications: structural, composites, buildings
M 3:30
Speaker: Evgeni Penev & Boris Yakobson
Title: Associate Research Professor
Institution: Rice
Talk: Synthesis/Theory
Session Chair: Vanessa Sanchez
Title: Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Institution: Rice
Talk Theme: Applications: structural, composites, buildings
M 3:50
Speaker: Mauro Bracconi
Title: Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Institution: Polimi
Talk: Synthesis/Theory
Session Chair: Juan José Castellón
Title: Assistant Professor of Architecture
Institution: Rice
Talk Theme: Applications: structural, composites, buildings
M 4:10
Speaker: Matteo Maestri
Title: Professor of Chemical Engineering
Institution: Polimi
Talk: Synthesis/Theory
Session Chair: Mark Goulthorpe
Title: Founder/Associate Professor of Architecture
Institution: DECOi inc/MIT
Talk Theme: Applications: structural, composites, buildings
M 4:30
Poster session runs until 6ish / then shuttles to Cohen House
Poster session runs until 6ish / then shuttles to Cohen House
Speaker: Hanyu Zhu
Session Chair: Alina Kampouri
Tu 9:00
Speaker: Adam Boies
Title: Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Institution: Stanford
Talk: Synthesis/reactor design/Instrumentation
Session Chair: Karen Lozano
Title: Professor of Materials Science and NanoEngineering
Institution: Rice
Talk Theme: Applications: structural, composites
Tu 9:20
Speaker: Marien Simeni
Title: Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Institution: University of Minnesota
Talk: Synthesis/Instrumentation
Session Chair: Maria Sakovsky
Title: Assistant Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Institution: Stanford
Talk Theme: Applications: structural, composites
Tu 9:40
Speaker: Audrey Dannar & Christian Reece
Title: Postdoctoral Fellow
Institution: Harvard University
Talk: Synthesis/Instrumentation
Session Chair: Juan José Vilatela
Title: Head of Multifunctional Nanocomposites Group
Institution: IMDEA
Talk Theme: Properties & applications: electrical, thermal, composites
Tu 10:00
Speaker: Sili Deng
Title: Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Institution: MIT
Talk: Synthesis/Instrumentation
Session Chair: Sibani Lisa Biswal
Title: Professor of Chemical Engineering
Institution: Rice
Talk Theme: Properties & applications: electrical, thermal
Tu 10:20
Chair
Speaker: Eric Stach
Title: Professor of Material Science and Engineering
Institution: UPenn
Session Chair: Xuedan Ma
Tu 10:40
Speaker: Mauricio Terrones
Title: Professor of Chemistry and of Materials Science and Engineering
Institution: Penn State University
Talk: Synthesis/Characterization
Session Chair: Michelle Michot Foss
Title: Fellow in Energy, Minerals & Materials
Institution: Baker Institute, Rice
Talk Theme: Critical materials, metal replacement
Tu 11:00
Speaker: Pawan Vedanti & Eric Stach
Title: Postdoctoral Fellow
Institution: UPenn
Talk: Synthesis/Characterization
Session Chair: Geoffrey Wehmeyer
Title: Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Institution: Rice
Talk Theme: Properties & applications: electrical, thermal
Tu 11:20
Speaker: Jeffrey Blackburn
Title: Group Manager and Senior Scientist
Institution: NREL
Talk: Synthesis, properties/applications
Session Chair: Douglas Natelson
Title: Professor, Physics and Astronomy
Institution: Rice
Talk Theme: Properties & applications: electrical, thermal
Tu 11:40
Speaker: Jeffrey Fagan
Title: Project Leader, Particles, Tubes, and Colloids project
Institution: NIST
Talk: Synthesis/Characterization
Session Chair: Daniel J. Preston
Title: Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Institution: Rice
Talk Theme: Properties & applications: electrical, thermal
Featured Speakers
- David Hatrick, Vice President, Strategic Marketing and Innovation, Huntsman Advanced Materials
- Luca de Rai, Vice President, Research & Development Energy, Prysmian Group
- Dhaval Shah, General Manager, Corporate Technology & Innovation, SABIC
- Jeff Miller, Science Program Officer, Kavli Foundation
- Lasse Rosendahl, Executive Director, Novo Nordisk Foundation CO₂ Research Center
- Mike Reynolds, Principal Science Fellow, Catalysis, Shell Catalysts and Technologies
- Claudio Santoni, Engineering Director, Aston Martin
📩 Questions?
Please contact us at carbonhub@rice.edu with any questions.