carbon hub annual meeting 2025


🌍 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.