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12th Annual Chemistry Graduate Student Research Symposium |
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June 4, 2013 |
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University of Minnesota |
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Kristi A. Fjare is director of biofuels hydrolysis in the Phillips 66 Research and Development Department. She joined the company, then ConocoPhillips, in 2002 to lead catalyst scale up projects for the Gas to Liquids program. Prior to joining ConocoPhillips, Kristi worked at BP and Amoco Chemicals in business development, research management, and individual contributor roles. Kristi has 10 U.S. patents and an additional 11 published applications. She has co-authored nine scientific publications. Kristi has a doctorate in inorganic chemistry from the University of Minnesota and a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from St. Olaf College. Kristi is active in the American Chemical Society at the local and national levels, including past service as local section chair, secretary, and councilor for the North Central and Northern Oklahoma local sections, program chair for the Petroleum Chemistry Division, and treasurer for the Division of Energy and Fuels.
Andrew Magee graduated with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME, in 1977. He pursued graduate studies in chemistry at the University of Minnesota. He received a doctorate in organic chemistry in 1982, under the direction of Professor Thomas Hoye. He spent a year of post-doctoral study in the lab of T. Ross Kelly at Boston College. Later he earned an Master of Business Administration at Babson College, Wellesley, MA. He has worked in research and development and management positions at several biotech companies, including Damon Biotech, Arthur D. Little, Inc., Alpha-Beta Technology, Inc., and The Althexis Company. He currently holds the title of vice- president, chemistry, at Biothera in Eagan, MN. Biothera is developing a polysaccharide-based cancer therapeutic that acts through the immune system.
Joseph Schroeder is lead chemist for NatureWorks LLC. He obtained his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh in 1983, and his doctorate in chemistry from the University of Minnesota in 1988, under the tutelage of Professor Thomas Hoye. He then conducted postdoctoral research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Joseph is a synthetic organic chemist with more than 23 years of industrial experience, including working at Sterling Winthrop Pharmaceutical Research Division, and NitroMed. He has been working with NatureWorks LLC since 2002. His research includes small molecule synthesis for targeted biological assays using structure-activity relationships to design active compounds to monomer and polymer synthesis on an industrially relevant scale.
Karen Schultz is a materials engineer for Boeing Research & Technology in Seattle, Washington. Karen obtained her bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Valparaiso University in 2000, and her doctorate in materials chemistry from the University of Minnesota in 2006. Since graduation, Karen has worked for TransForm Pharmaceuticals, a Johnson & Johnson company, in the areas of pharmaceutical and medical device formulation development, and Semprus BioSciences, where she led the polymer characterization and analytical sciences group. In 2012, Karen joined Boeing’s Advanced Research Team where she has focused on the synthesis, formulation and characterization of new polymeric materials for the next generation of aerospace sealants and coatings.
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Kristi A. Fjare, Ph.D.
Andrew Magee, Ph.D.
Karen Schultz, Ph.D.