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• Dec

  2

  Supercharging Nature To Make Products: Towards a Global, Secure, and Equitable Bio-Based Economy

  Corporate Engagement - Industry Events

  11:00 AM

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  Are you interested in leveraging the power of biological systems to enable technological breakthroughs in medicine, materials, and chemicals? Join us for the webinar.

  Wednesday, December 2 | 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. CST

  Join Northwestern University's Corporate Engagement team for a webinar on Synthetic Biology, led by Dr. Michael Jewett, PhD, the Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence, the Walter P. Murphy Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, and Director of the Center for Synthetic Biology at Northwestern University.

  Registration is required to attend this free webinar. Upon registration, you will receive a link that is unique to your email address, so please do not share it. The webinar will be recorded and shared with all those who have registered.

  Speaker Bio:

  Michael Jewett is the Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence, the Walter P. Murphy Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, and Director of the Center for Synthetic Biology at Northwestern University. Dr. Jewett received his PhD in 2005 at Stanford University, completed postdoctoral studies at the Center for Microbial Biotechnology in Denmark and the Harvard Medical School, and was a guest professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich).

  He is the recipient of the NIH Pathway to Independence Award in 2009, David and Lucile Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering in 2011, the DARPA Young Faculty Award in 2011, Camille-Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award in 2015, the ACS Biochemical Technologies Division Young Investigator Award in 2017, and a Finalist for the Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists, Life Sciences Category in 2019. Additionally, Jewett has co-founded 5 start-up companies (e.g., SwiftScale Biologics, Stemloop, Inc., Design Pharmaceuticals).

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  TIME Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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  CONTACT Corporate Engagement    corporate@northwestern.edu EMAIL

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• Jan

  16

  Appl Math: Diego Klabjan on "Title TBA"

  McCormick-Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics (ESAM)

  2:00 PM M416, Technological Institute

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  Title: TBA

  Speaker: Diego Klabjan, Northwestern University

  Abstract: TBA

  Zoom: TBA

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  TIME Friday, January 16, 2026 at 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

  LOCATION M416, Technological Institute    map it

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  CONTACT Ted Shaeffer    ted.shaeffer@northwestern.edu EMAIL

  CALENDAR McCormick-Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics (ESAM)

• Feb

  12

  Appl Math: Roberto Zenit on "Title TBA"

  McCormick-Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics (ESAM)

  11:15 AM M416, Technological Institute

  EVENT DETAILS

  Title: TBA

  Speaker: Roberto Zenit, Brown University

  Abstract: TBA

  Zoom: TBA

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  TIME Thursday, February 12, 2026 at 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM

  LOCATION M416, Technological Institute    map it

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  CONTACT Ted Shaeffer    ted.shaeffer@northwestern.edu EMAIL

  CALENDAR McCormick-Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics (ESAM)

• Feb

  19

  Appl Math: Chaoming Song on "Title TBA"

  McCormick-Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics (ESAM)

  11:15 AM M416, Technological Institute

  EVENT DETAILS

  Title: TBA

  Speaker: Chaoming Song, University of Miami (sabbatical at Northwestern University)

  Abstract: TBA

  Zoom: TBA

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  TIME Thursday, February 19, 2026 at 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM

  LOCATION M416, Technological Institute    map it

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  CONTACT Ted Shaeffer    ted.shaeffer@northwestern.edu EMAIL

  CALENDAR McCormick-Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics (ESAM)

• Mar

  5

  Appl Math: Aditya Khair on "Title TBA"

  McCormick-Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics (ESAM)

  11:15 AM M416, Technological Institute

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  Title: TBA

  Speaker: Aditya Khair, Carnegie Mellon University

  Abstract: TBA

  Zoom: TBA

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  TIME Thursday, March 5, 2026 at 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM

  LOCATION M416, Technological Institute    map it

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  CONTACT Ted Shaeffer    ted.shaeffer@northwestern.edu EMAIL

  CALENDAR McCormick-Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics (ESAM)

• May

  13

  Appl Math: Melanie Mitchell on "Title TBA" - Reiss Lecture

  McCormick-Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics (ESAM)

  11:15 AM

  EVENT DETAILS

  Title: Title TBA - Reiss Lecture

  Speaker: Melanie Mitchell, Santa Fe Institute

  Abstract: TBA

  Zoom: TBA

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  TIME Wednesday, May 13, 2026 at 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM

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  CONTACT Ted Shaeffer    ted.shaeffer@northwestern.edu EMAIL

  CALENDAR McCormick-Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics (ESAM)

• May

  14

  Appl Math: Melanie Mitchell on "Title TBA" - Reiss Lecture

  McCormick-Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics (ESAM)

  11:15 AM

  EVENT DETAILS

  Title: Title TBA - Reiss Lecture

  Speaker: Melanie Mitchell, Santa Fe Institute

  Abstract: TBA

  Zoom: TBA

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  TIME Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM

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  CONTACT Ted Shaeffer    ted.shaeffer@northwestern.edu EMAIL

  CALENDAR McCormick-Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics (ESAM)