Distinguished Young Scholars Seminar: Mona Kanso
Analytical Insights into the Rheology and Transport of mRNA-Loaded Lipid Nanoparticle Vaccines
DYSS speaker Mona Kanso is a postdoctoral associate in the Chemical Engineering Department at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in the Braatz Lab.
The DYSS summer series is in its 15th year and is nationally recognized as a one-of-a-kind platform for young researchers to shine. The Chemical Engineering department at UW created DYSS to provide professional development to chemical engineers across the country and foster future leaders in chemical engineering and academia.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/97737579239?pwd=bJHgETRurU3zfoXR0jvW0T3XdyOTkT.1. Accessibility Contact: dso.@u.washington.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Graduate Students, Undergraduate students, Postdocs, Faculty.
Tuesday, July 15, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
For more info visit depts.washington.edu. Distinguished Young Scholars Seminar: Duhan Zhang
Decarbonizing Materials Industries: From Renewable Energy to Sustainable Mining
DYSS speaker Duhan Zhang is a postdoctoral associate in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, distinguished by MIT Energy Initiative Fellowship. Her current work focuses on electrochemical mining, resource recovery, and waste valorization.
The DYSS summer series is in its 15th year and is nationally recognized as a one-of-a-kind platform for young researchers to shine. The Chemical Engineering department at UW created DYSS to provide professional development to chemical engineers across the country and foster future leaders in chemical engineering and academia.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/97737579239?pwd=bJHgETRurU3zfoXR0jvW0T3XdyOTkT.1. Accessibility Contact: dso.@u.washington.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Graduate Students, Undergraduate students, Postdocs, Faculty.
Tuesday, July 22, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
For more info visit depts.washington.edu. Distinguished Young Scholars Seminar: Tristalee Mangin
From Dust Storms to Driver Behavior: IoT-Based Solutions to Understand and Address Air Quality Challenges
DYSS speaker Tristalee Mangin is a Ph.D. candidate in chemical engineering at the University of Utah, and a member of Dr. Kerry Kelly’s air quality research lab. Her research focuses on low-cost sensor applications, with an emphasis on data quality and data science, and the development and evaluation of IoT-based air-quality solutions.
The DYSS summer series is in its 15th year and is nationally recognized as a one-of-a-kind platform for young researchers to shine. The Chemical Engineering department at UW created DYSS to provide professional development to chemical engineers across the country and foster future leaders in chemical engineering and academia.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/97737579239?pwd=bJHgETRurU3zfoXR0jvW0T3XdyOTkT.1. Accessibility Contact: dso.@u.washington.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Graduate Students, Undergraduate students, Postdocs, Faculty.
Tuesday, July 29, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
For more info visit depts.washington.edu. Distinguished Young Scholars Seminar: Alexander Prossnitz
Modular molecular building blocks to tackle global health challenges
Alexander Prossnitz is a polymer scientist and bioengineer applying fundamental soft matter principles to tackle global health challenges. He is currently a Stanford Maternal and Child Health Research Institute Postdoctoral Fellow and a Postdoctoral Affiliate of Stanford University’s Center for Innovation in Global Health under the advisement of Dr. Eric Appel in the Materials Science and Engineering Department.
The DYSS summer series is in its 15th year and is nationally recognized as a one-of-a-kind platform for young researchers to shine. The Chemical Engineering department at UW created DYSS to provide professional development to chemical engineers across the country and foster future leaders in chemical engineering and academia.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/97737579239?pwd=bJHgETRurU3zfoXR0jvW0T3XdyOTkT.1. Accessibility Contact: dso.@u.washington.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Graduate Students, Undergraduate students, Postdocs, Faculty.
Tuesday, August 5, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
For more info visit depts.washington.edu. Distinguished Young Scholars Seminar: Dean Miller
From Waste to Taste to Space: Refining Wastewater Nitrogen with Molecular Electrocatalytic Reactive Separations
Dean Miller is a Ph.D. candidate at Stanford University and a member of the Tarpeh Research Group. His research focuses on electrochemical conversion of nitrogenous species from wastewater.
The DYSS summer series is in its 15th year and is nationally recognized as a one-of-a-kind platform for young researchers to shine. The Chemical Engineering department at UW created DYSS to provide professional development to chemical engineers across the country and foster future leaders in chemical engineering and academia.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/97737579239?pwd=bJHgETRurU3zfoXR0jvW0T3XdyOTkT.1. Accessibility Contact: dso.@u.washington.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Graduate Students, Undergraduate students, Postdocs, Faculty.
Tuesday, August 12, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
For more info visit depts.washington.edu. Distinguished Young Scholars Seminar: Lauren Walters
Driving Energy Materials Synthesis in the Age of Automation
Lauren Walters is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Berkeley and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. In her research she works to discover new battery materials, develop thermodynamic models for synthesis science, and automate experimental methods for self-driving laboratories.
The DYSS summer series is in its 15th year and is nationally recognized as a one-of-a-kind platform for young researchers to shine. The Chemical Engineering department at UW created DYSS to provide professional development to chemical engineers across the country and foster future leaders in chemical engineering and academia.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/97737579239?pwd=bJHgETRurU3zfoXR0jvW0T3XdyOTkT.1. Accessibility Contact: dso.@u.washington.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Graduate Students, Undergraduate students, Postdocs, Faculty.
Tuesday, August 19, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
For more info visit depts.washington.edu. Distinguished Young Scholars Seminar: Efraín Rodríguez-Ocasio
Microbial Bioconversion for Sustainability: Plastic Upcycling and Beyond
Efraín Rodríguez-Ocasio is a postdoctoral fellow a postdoctoral fellow of the Great Lakes Bioenergy
Research Center, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The DYSS summer series is in its 15th year and is nationally recognized as a one-of-a-kind platform for young researchers to shine. The Chemical Engineering department at UW created DYSS to provide professional development to chemical engineers across the country and foster future leaders in chemical engineering and academia.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/97737579239?pwd=bJHgETRurU3zfoXR0jvW0T3XdyOTkT.1. Accessibility Contact: dso.@u.washington.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Graduate Students, Undergraduate students, Postdocs, Faculty.
Tuesday, August 26, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
For more info visit depts.washington.edu. Labor Day
Holidays
No classes. Most University offices and buildings are closed. Check with specific offices to confirm.
Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2025. Quarter: Autumn. Event Types: Academics.
Monday, September 1, 2025.
For more info visit www.washington.edu.