Sharath Kumar Ankathi works as a Research Scientist at Aramco. He received a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Michigan Technological University in 2019. He worked as a research and Teaching assistant for Sustainability courses at Michigan Technological University from 2016 to 2019.
He has 2 years of work experience at Mitsubishi Paper Mills GmbH and Zentrum Fur Biomass competence GmbH and is highly skilled in the Research and development sector in Wastewater treatment and waste management. He came to Argonne National Laboratory as a postdoctoral researcher in Energy Systems Division from 2021 until 2023. He has deep expertise in applying life cycle assessments in various sectors and lab expertise in handling equipment such as Parr reactors and HPLC for the pretreatment and enzyme hydrolysis of biomass.
Robert M. Handler is a Senior Research Engineer in Chemical
Engineering, an Adjunct Assistant Professor in Civil, Environmental, and
Geospatial Engineering, and a Faculty Advisor in Green Campus Enterprise at
Michigan Technological University. He completed his Ph.D. in Civil and
Environmental Engineering at the University of Iowa. He came to Michigan Tech
as a postdoctoral researcher in 2009, studying the environmental impacts of
wood-to-ethanol and algae-based biofuel production pathways. His research
interests include sustainable water and energy systems, life-cycle assessment,
bioproducts and bioenergy, sustainable materials and manufacturing, aquaponics
and hydroponics, and ecosystem services.
David R. Shonnard is a professor in the Department of
Chemical Engineering and the Richard and Bonnie Robbins Chair in Sustainable
Use of Materials at Michigan Technological University. He received an MS and
PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Davis in 1991
and 1985, respectively. He served as the Director of the Sustainable Futures
Institute at Michigan Tech, the Lead for Michigan Tech’s Presidential
Initiative on Sustainability and Resilience, and Chair of AIChE’s Institute for
Sustainability. His honors include the American Society for Engineering
Education’s Raymond Fahien Award, the Research Award from AIChE’s Sustainable
Engineering Forum, and the Michigan Tech Research Award. His teaching and
research interests are at the intersection of chemical engineering and
environmental sustainability. His research focuses on reaction engineering for
advanced biofuels, thermal conversion of waste plastics, environmental life
cycle assessments of sustainable energy technologies, techno-economic analyses,
and systems analyses for plastics in a circular economy.
