Speaker:  Asheesh Ravikumar Lanba, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Composites Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) About the speaker:  Dr. Lanba teaches materials science and mechanics-based courses at the University of the Southern Maine, and conducts research in advanced materials, laser ablation tomography (LATscan) and image analysis. He is also leading the USM […]

Speaker:  Suzanne Angeli, PhD, Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Maine About the speaker:  I was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana to Honduran-immigrant parents. I received my B.S. in Cell and Molecular biology. I attended graduate school at University of California, San Francisco, where I studied the group of genetically […]

Speaker: Catherine Miller, Ph.D, Assistant Professor Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern Maine About the speaker: Dr. Catherine Miller joined the USM Biology faculty in 2019. Previously, she was an Assistant Professor of Biology at Western Illinois University, and she held postdoctoral research positions in the Department of Microbiology and the Department of Pediatrics […]

Speaker: Scott S Walker, PhD, Sr. Principal Scientist Merck & Co., Inc. Rahway, NJ, USA About the speaker: Scott earned a B.S. in Microbiology from The University of Maine and a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from the University of Connecticut Health Center. His graduate work focused on understanding the basic architecture of a eukaryotic nuclear […]

Speaker: Amir Kordijazi, Ph.D, Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering, College of Science, Technology, and Health, University of Southern Maine About the speaker: Dr. Kordijazi is an interdisciplinary scholar with a strong passion for teaching and research, specializing in the field of Industry 4.0. His expertise centers around the application of artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics […]