Invited Lectures

Shiflett, M.B., Environmentally Applied Refrigerant Technology Hub (EARTH), Winter Fluorine Conference, Clearwater, Florida, 2025, January 9.

Morais, A.R.C. Assessing the Potential of Zeolites for Jet Fuel Production from Lignocellulosic Biomass. Kansas State University. 2025.

Michael Zhuo Wang, “Ultrasensitive PFAS Analysis and Therapeutic Mitigation Strategy”. Invited talk. Waters MS Applications Day, Waters Corporation, Milford, MA, February 11^th, 2025

Michael Zhuo Wang, “A Pharmaceutical Chemist’s Approach to Drug Discovery for Protozoan Infections”. Invited talk. Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, February 3^rd, 2025

Shiflett, M.B., Environmentally Applied Refrigerant Technology Hub (EARTH), Engineering Research Center ATP-Bio Lecture, University of Minnesota, 2024, December 17.

Shiflett, M.B., Environmentally Applied Refrigerant Technology Hub (EARTH), Bent Lecture, University of Missouri, 2024, November 19.

Morais, A.R.C. Engineering Supercritical CO₂ as a Tunable Medium for the Catalytic Conversion of Waste Plastics. Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Porto Alegre, Brazil. 2024.

Morais, A.R.C. Development of Catalytic Tecnhologies for the Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass into Sustainable Aviation Fuels. Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Portalegre, Brazil. 2024.

Morais, A.R.C. High-pressure CO₂-H₂O Process for the Depolymerization of Polyesters. Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Portalegre, Brazil. 2024.

Morais, A.R.C. Production of Single-Cell Protein from Lignocellulosic Residues. Invited by Professor Fernanda de Castilhos, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Portalegre, Brazil. 2024.

Morais, A.R.C. Unlocking the Potential of Zeolite-Based Catalysis for Converting Lignocellulosic Biomass into Sustainable Aviation Fuels. ACS ENFL Early Career Researcher Symposium. Denver, CO. 2024.

Morais, A.R.C. Conversion of Biomass-Derived Compounds into Jet-Fuel-Range Hydrocarbons using Hierarchical Zeolite Catalysts. Fuels and Petrochemical Division (FPD), AIChE Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 2024.

Morais, A.R.C. Sub- and supercritical CO₂-mediated hydrolysis of poly(ethylene) terephthalate for more environmentally sustainable recycling. Sustainable Catalysis by Early-Career Scientists and Engineers in 28^th Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference, Atlanta, GA.2024.

Morais, A.R.C. Supercritical CO₂ as a Tunable Reaction Media for the Depolymerization of Polyethylene Terephthalate. ACS Spring, New Orleans. 2024.

Aaron M. Scurto, Plenary: “Hydrofluorocarbon Gases and Ionic Liquids: Thermophysical Properties, Spectroscopy, and X-Ray Scattering”, XIII Iberoamerican Conference on Phase Equilibria and Fluid Properties for Process Design (EQUIFASE), Évora, Portugal, 9/10/24.

Allgeier, A.M. Catalysis – An Essential Tool in Developing Environmentally Beneficial Chemistry. University of Lancaster (UK), 2024.

Hutchison, J.M. Denitrifying biofilter configurations and applications for drinking water treatment. Pratt City Commission. Pratt, KS, August 19th, 2024.

Hutchison, J.M. Nitrate removal technologies. Kansas Department of Health and Environment. Lawrence, KS, August 1st, 2024. 

Hutchison, J.M. SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater measurements normalized using biomarkers. BioNexus, Kansas City, Kansas, April 26th, 2024.

Hutchison, J.M. Using sustainability tools to prioritize research development pathways for emerging technologies: Biocatalysis and bioadsorbent case studies. American Chemical Society Spring Conference. New Orleans, LA, March 20th, 2024.

Hutchison, J.M. Lithium: Prevalence and implications for Kansas’ drinking water supplies. KU Environmental Engineering Conference. Lawrence, KS, April 17th, 2024.

Hutchison, J.M. Protein-based applications in Environmental Engineering: Probes to treatment. University of Nebraska-Lincoln Environmental Engineering Seminar, Lincoln, NE. February 2nd, 2024. 

Michael Zhuo Wang, “A Multipronged Approach to Drug Discovery for Protozoan Infections: From Novel Drug Target to PK/PD and Delivery”. Invited talk. COBRE-CBID, University of Kansas, February 13^th, 2024 

Michael Zhuo Wang, “CYP5122A1 encodes an essential sterol C4-methyl oxidase in Leishmania and determines the antileishmanial activity of antifungal azoles”. Invited talk. Chemical Biology Symposium, University of Kansas, October 26^th, 2024 

Shiflett, M.B., Separating Refrigerants to Reduce Environmental Impact, Iowa State University, virtual, 2023, November 27.

Shiflett, M.B., Environmentally Applied Refrigerant Technology Hub (EARTH), Haines Lecture, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota, 2023, October 30.

Shiflett, M.B., Environmentally Applied Refrigerant Technology Hub (EARTH), American Institute for Chemical Engineering (AIChE) Local Chapter, Kansas City, Kansas, 2023, June 28.

Morais, A.R.C. Research Program Overview: Food, Energy & Water Laboratory for Sustainability. Universidade Estatual de Santa Marta, Brazil. 2023(virtual)

Allgeier, A.M. Quantitative solid-state NMR for characterization of kerogen. ACS MWGL Regional Meeting 2023.

Allgeier, A.M. Sustainable monomers for a circular economy: ring-opening hydrogenolysis of furanic compounds. University of Glasgow Symposium Honoring S. David Jackson, 2023. 

Allgeier, A.M. Mechanism, Kinetics and Novel Reactors for Group (VIII) Homogeneous Hydrogenation Catalysts. University of South Dakota, 2023. 

Allgeier, A.M. Catalysis: An Essential Tool in Developing Environmentally Beneficial Chemistry. Benedictine University Center for Integral Ecology. KS, 2023. 

Allgeier, A.M. Time-domain NMR as a Driving Force for Innovative Science on Particle Fillers and Porous Media. DuPont, Wilmington, DE, 2023.

Allgeier, A.M. Time-domain NMR as a Driving Force for Innovative Science on Particle Fillers and Porous Media. University of Delaware – Center for Catalyst Science and Technology. Newark, DE, 2023. 

Hutchison, J.M. Environmental Biocatalytics: Sustainable protein applications in environmental engineering system. University of Kansas 30th Anniversary Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis, Lawrence, KS. September 12th, 2023.

Hutchison, J.M. Biofilter configurations and applications for drinking water treatment. University of Kansas 73rd Annual Environmental Engineering Conference, Lawrence, KS. April 19th, 2023.

Hutchison, J.M. Protein-based applications in Environmental Engineering: Probes to treatment. Notre Dame University Environmental Engineering Seminar, Notre Dame, IN. April 3rd, 2023. 

Hutchison, J.M. Protein-based applications in Environmental Engineering: Probes to treatment. Clarkson University Environmental Engineering Seminar, Potsdam, NY. March 24th, 2023. 

Shiflett, M.B., Environmentally Applied Refrigerant Technology Hub (EARTH), Chemours Technical Conference, Newark, Delaware, 2022, September 13.

Shiflett, M.B., Environmentally Applied Research Towards Hydrofluorocarbons, Gordon Research Conference on Ionic Liquids, Newry, Maine, 2022, August 7.

Morais, A.R.C.  Valorization of Polymer Waste and Catalytic Upgrading of Biogenic Feedstocks. 3M Company. 2022.

Morais, A.R.C. Direct Hydrodeoxygenation of Woody Biomass into Alkanes and Aromatics. Exxon Mobil. 2022.

Morais, A.R.C. Enabling Complex Depolymerization and Hydrodeoxygenation of Biomass into Liquid Hydrocarbons. Great Plains Catalysis Society (GPCS) Spring Webinar Series. 2022. (virtual)

Allgeier, A.M. Mechanism and Kinetics for an Earth‐Abundant Metal Catalyst for Nitrile Hydrogenation Relevant to Pharmaceuticals. Keynote Iowa State University. Great Plains Catalysis Society, 2022. 

Allgeier, A.M. Catalysis Club of Philadelphia Award Lecture: CatBioCat: Harnessing the Strengths of Heterogeneous Catalysis and Enzyme Catalysis in Biomass Valorization. Catalysis Club of Philadelphia, 2022. 

Hutchison, J.M. Protein-based applications for water treatment and in-situ bioreporting in soils. University of Kansas Bioengineering Seminar, Lawrence, KS. October 31st, 2022. 

Hutchison, J.M. Induced thermal stability of phage protein GP6 via interactions with Mycobacterium smegmatis. University of Kansas Chemical Biology Symposium, Lawrence, KS. October 22nd, 2022.

Hutchison, J.M. Protein-based applications for water treatment and in-situ bioreporting in soils. Arizona State University Seminar, Tempe, AZ. September 20th, 2022.

Hutchison, J.M. Deploying SARS-CoV-2 wastewater monitoring in Kansas: A case study and adoption of high-throughput, automated sample processing. LabRoots Webinar. Approximately 300 attendees. June 7th, 2022.

Hutchison, J.M. Protein-based applications in Environmental Engineering: Probes to treatment. Oklahoma State University Environmental Engineering Seminar, Stillwater, OK. March 3rd, 2022.

Shiflett, M.B., History of Refrigerants – What’s Next?, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan, virtual, 2021, October 12.

Shiflett, M.B., History of Refrigerants – What’s Next?, Jayhawk Rotary Club, Lawrence, Kansas, 2021, August 12.

Shiflett, M.B., Project EARTH – Environmentally Applied Research Towards Hydrofluorocarbons, 19^th International Symposium on Solubility Phenomena and Related Equilibrium Processes (ISSP-19), International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Albuquerque, New Mexico, virtual, 2021, July 12.

Shiflett, M.B. History of Refrigerants – What’s Next?, University of Cantabria, Cantabria, Spain, virtual, 2021, May 7.

Shiflett, M.B., Project EARTH – Environmentally Applied Research Towards Hydrofluorocarbons, ACS Spring Meeting, ACS Symposium for Honoring Professor Jason Bara, 2021, April 5.

Morais, A.R.C.  Direct Hydrodeoxygenation of Lignocellulosic Biomass Hydrocarbons. Webinar: Can a Nuclear Biofuels System Enable Liquid Biofuels as the Economic Low-carbon Replacement for All Liquid Fossil Fuels and Hydrocarbon Feedstocks and Enable Negative Carbon Emissions? 2021(virtual)

Shiflett, M.B., Ionic Liquids – Phase Behavior to Applications, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, 2020, February 11.

Shiflett, M.B., Separation of Fluorocarbons using Ionic Liquids, Gordon Research Conference – Chemical Separations, Galveston, Texas, 2020, January 29.

Allgeier, A.M., Hydrodeoxygenation with PtWOx Catalysts: Mechanistic insight from isotopic labeling. ACS Chemists Live Virtual Event, 2020. 

Hutchison, J.M. Advancing biocatalytic technologies for degradation of micropollutants in drinking water. Marquette University Seminar, Milwaukee, WI. September 9th, 2020.

Shiflett M.B., Commercial Applications of Ionic Liquids, ILSEPT4, Sitges, Spain, 2019, September 10.

Shiflett, M.B., Ionic Liquids – Phase Behavior to Applications, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, 2019, April 24.

Shiflett, M.B., Ionic Liquids – Phase Behavior to Applications, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, 2019, April 5.

Shiflett, M.B., Ionic Liquids to Zeolites, Who are we and what do we do?, Kansas Geological Survey, Lawrence, Kansas, 2019, February 26.

Allgeier, A.M., Catalysis for Sustainable Chemistry - Hydrodeoxygenation: Mechanism and Catalyst Characterization. Oklahoma State University Chemical Engineering Department Seminar. Stillwater, OK, 2019. 

Allgeier, A.M., Green Chemistry and Engineering: New Thinking for Sustainable Manufacturing. Bradley University Department of Chemistry. Peoria, IL, 2019. 

Hutchison, J.M. Advancing biocatalytic technologies for degradation of micropollutants in drinking water. University of Kansas Bioengineering Seminar, Lawrence, KS. December 9th, 2019. 

Hutchison, J.M. and Sturm, B. Microplastics and Biofiltration. Lenexa, KS. October 15th, 2019.

Hutchison, J.M. Expanding research opportunities between the University of Kansas and West Virginia University. West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, April 25, 2019.

Hutchison, J.M. Environmental and Water Resources Engineering. Adjutant General Conference, Lawrence, KS, May 22nd 2019.

Hutchison, J.M. Municipal drinking water treatment research. Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Topeka, KS, May 6th, 2019.

Hutchison, J.M. Advancing biocatalytic technologies for degradation of micropollutants in drinking water. University of Kansas – Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Lawrence, KS, March 19th, 2019.

Shiflett, M.B., Commercial Applications of Ionic Liquids, 27^th EuChEMSIL Conference on Molten Salts and Ionic Liquids, Lisbon, Portugal, 2018, October 8.

Allgeier, A.M., Porous Catalysts for Hydrodeoxygenation and Porous Polymers Characterized by Time-Domain NMR. Amgen, Inc. Thousand Oaks, CA, 2018. 

Allgeier, A.M., Catalyst Deactivation: Mechanisms and Mitigations. Department of Chemical Engineering Kansas State University. Manhattan, KS, 2018. 

Allgeier, A.M., A Perspective on Nitriles, Amines and Catalysts. Invista. Orange, TX, 2018. 

Hutchison, J.M. Advancing biocatalytic technologies degradation of micropollutants in drinking water. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, Spring 2018.

Shiflett, M.B., Ionic Liquids – Phase Behavior to Applications, European Conference on Thermophysical Properties (21^st ECTP), Graz, Austria, 2017, September 5.

Allgeier, A.M., Catalysis for sustainable chemistry: Process development and catalyst characterization. Keynote ACS Mid-West Regional Meeting. Lawrence, KS, 2017. 

Hutchison, J.M. Advancing biocatalytic technologies for treatment of perchlorate in drinking water. Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, Fall 2017.

Hutchison, J.M. Biocatalytic technology for degradation of micropollutants in drinking water. Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, Spring 2017.

Shiflett, M.B., Addressing the Grand Challenges with Engineering, Ingenuity Gallery Lecture Series, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 2016, November 2.

Shiflett, M.B., Ionic Liquids – Phase Behavior to Applications, University of Kansas, DyMERS lecture, Department of Chemistry, Lawrence, Kansas, 2016, September 28.