UMaine Alum to Speak on Nanotechnology Applications

Contact: David Munson (207) 581-3777

The Dept. of Biological Sciences Spring 2006 Seminar Series will be hosting Jim Rittenburg as guest speaker on April 28 from 3-4 PM in room 102 Murray Hall. The title of his seminar is: “Nanotechnology-based solutions to product authentication: Using the small to protect the big“. Rittenburg is one of the top executives of Authentix Corp., a biotech firm based in Dallas, Texas that specializes in product authentication.

Rittenburg is an alumnus of the University of Maine, having earned a Ph.D. in Microbiology and an M.S. in Marine Sciences.