Agenda

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• Prof. Wen-Tso Liu, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

  Dr. Liu is an Arthur C. Nauman Endowed Professor Civil and Environmental Engineering Excellence Faculty Scholar at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA.

• Prof. Orianna Bretschger, J. Graig Ventor Institute

  Dr. Bretschger joined the J. Craig Venter Institute in 2008 as an Associate Professor.

• Prof. Daniel Bond, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

  Dr. Daniel Bond, a McKnight Land Grant Professor and Assistant Professor of Microbiology, joined the BioTechnology Institute from the University of Massachusetts in 2004.

• Prof. Jeffrey A. Gralnick, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

  ​Dr. Gralnick is an Associate Professor at the Department of Microbiology and Immunology and BioTechnology Institute, University of Minnesota.

• Dr. Mads Albertsen, Aalborg University

  Dr. Mads Albertsen​ is currently a postdoctoral fellow working at the Faculty of Engineering and Science, Aalborg University, Denmark.

• Prof. Stefan Wuertz, Nanyang Technological University

  ​Prof. Stefan Wuertz is a Research Director and Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, NTU, Singapore.

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• Prof. Amy Pruden, Virginia Tech

  ​Dr. Pruden is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech.

• Prof. Celia Manaia, Universidade Católica Portuguesa

  ​Celia M. Manaia is an Assistant Professor with Habilitation at the School of Biotechnology of the Portuguese Catholic University.

• Prof. Peiying Hong, KAUST

  ​Dr. Hong is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering at KAUST.

• Prof. David Graham, Newcastle University

  Dr. David Graham is a Professor of Ecosystems Engineering at the School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences in the University of Newcastle, UK.

• Prof. Kara Nelson, University of California Berkeley

  Dr. Nelson is the Director of Graduate Education at the Engineering Research Center for Reinventing our Nation's Urban Water Infrastructure at Berkeley Water Center.

• Prof. Sunny Jiang, University of California Irvine

  ​Dr. Jiang is a Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering in University of California Irvine.

• Prof. Timothy Julian, EAWAG

  Dr. Julian is the Leader of Pathogens and Human Health research group in Department of Environmental Microbiology in Eawag, Switzerland.

• Prof. Jean-Philippe Croué, Curtin University

  ​Jean-Philippe Croué, is Professor in Environmental Science and Engineering at Curtin University Perth, Australia and director of the Curtin Water Quality Research Centre.

• Dr. Marie-Laure Pype, University of Queensland

  Dr. Pype is currently a postdoctoral research fellow​ at the University of Queensland, Australia, she is involved in projects related to water recycling/reuse in red meat abattoirs.

Al-Marsa Restaurant
Transportation will be provided
* For speakers, poster presenters and invited guests
Sponsored by the KAUST Industry Collaboration Program (KICP).

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• Prof. ​Bruce E. Rittmann, Arizona State University

  Professor Rittmann is a pioneer in using pre-genomic, genomic and post-genomic tools for studying the microbial ecology of engineered biological treatment processes.

• Dr. René Rozendal, Paques BV

  ​Dr. Rozendal is the Chief Technology Officer at Paques BV. He studied biochemical engineering at the Delft University of Technology.

• Prof. Pascal Saikaly, KAUST

  Dr. Pascal Saikaly is an Associate Professor in the Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division. He joined KAUST in September 2010.

Professor Peiying Hong will announce the poster awards.
* Sponsored by the KAUST Industry Collaboration Program (KICP).