University of Delaware, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Advisory Council Charter.

Advisory Council Members

Name/TitleYears of ServiceExternal Affiliation
Rakesh Agrawal
Winthrop E. Stone
Distinguished Professor
2012 - Present School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University
Brian Baynes
Founder & CEO
2014 - Present Verdox
Surita Bhatia
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and
Community, College of Arts and Sciences
Professor of Chemistry
2021 - PresentStony Brook University
Nazeer Bhore
Founder & CEO
2020 – PresentBhore Solutions, LLC
Linda Broadbelt
Sarah Rebecca Roland Professor
Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Senior Associate Dean
2010 - PresentDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University
Jon Coffman
Executive Director of Bioprocess Technology
and Engineering
2025 - PresentAstraZeneca
Thomas F. Degnan, Jr.
Advisory Council Immediate Past Chair
Professor (RETIRED)
2009 - Present University of Notre Dame
J. Erik Fyrwald
CEO
2025 - PresentInternational Flavors & Fragrances (IFF)
Shekhar Garde
Thomas R. Farino, Jr. ’67 and Patricia E. Farino
Dean of Engineering
Elaine S. and Jack S. Parker Chaired Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
2020 - PresentRensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Thomas L. Gutshall
Founder, Chairman of the Board, Director (RETIRED)
1996 - Present Cepheid
John Markels
President (RETIRED)
Global Vaccines
2022 - Present Merck & Co.
Lauren Myrick
Project Manager, Surgical Solutions
2025 - PresentW.L. Gore & Associates
Kara Odom Walker
Executive VP and Chief Population Health
Officer
2018 - PresentNemours Children's Health System
Lynn Walker
Advisory Council Chair
Professor Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
2024 - Present University of Minnesota

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