Chemical Engineering Distinguished Lecture Series to Feature Scott Husson

The Ralph E. Martin department of chemical engineering Distinguished Lecture Series will host Scott Husson of Clemson University who will present “The Design of Advanced Functional Membranes for Bioseparations” on Thursday, Feb. 23, at 11 a.m. in BELL 2268.

Husson’s lecture will focus on the increasing demand of biotherapeutics, such as recombinant proteins, monoclonal antibodies, viral vaccines and plasmid DNA, and the role membrane chromatography plays in improving process economics and meeting market demand. His lecture will highlight efforts to develop adsorptive membranes for use as chromatography media, resulting in higher capacity and resolution processes than resin chromatography.

Husson is professor and graduate coordinator of the chemical and biomolecular engineering department at Clemson University. He received a doctoral degree in chemical engineering from the University of California at Berkeley prior to joining the Clemson faculty in 1998. Husson received both a National Science Foundation Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers and a New Century Scholar award and was the recipient of the 2010 FRI/John F. Kunesh award by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers for his research in membrane separations. Husson’s current research interests include advanced functional materials, interfacial engineering and membrane chromatography, primarily to create advanced materials for the recovery and purification of biological products, the treatment of impaired waters, and the capture of carbon dioxide from mixed gases.

For more information, see the Distinguished Lecture Series, or contact seminar chair Jamie Hestekin, jhesteki@uark.edu.

This event is free and open to the public.