WRISE Colorado Panel: Women In Science - Opportunities and Challenges

1785 West 160th Avenue,Broomfield CO 80023

20 April, 2022

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Join WRISE CO to hear from 3 Colorado scientists in a moderated panel followed by time for networking! Free and open to all. Scientists face unique challenges in their careers, from rigorous academic programs to finding funding for their research. For women scientists, these challenges can be compounded by additional issues such as gender discrimination in education and the workforce, responsibilities of raising a family, and the competitive culture inherent in the scientific community. Join WRISE Colorado April 20 as three Colorado scientists share their advice and tips for thriving in their scientific careers as women. This is an in-person, moderated panel, with plenty of time for questions from the audience. WRISE Colorado would like to thank ERIS for their immense generosity in sponsoring this event! This event is free and open to all. Arrive between 4:30 – 5:00 to meet your fellow science and renewable energy enthusiasts. The panel will speak from 5:00 – 6:00 with time afterward for meeting other attendees, including WRISE – CO members. Our speakers: Lori Bird is Director of the World Resources Institute's (WRI) U.S. Energy Program and the Polsky Chair for Renewable Energy. In this role, she leads a team of about a dozen specialists who work with utilities, cities and other large energy users to decarbonize the electric sector and accelerate transportation electrification. The team works to advance equitable access to clean energy, accelerate renewable energy and electric vehicle deployment, identify policy pathways to deep decarbonization, ensure wholesale power markets enable the transition to clean energy and facilitate innovative customer and utility clean energy solutions. Prior to joining WRI, she served as a principal analyst in the Markets and Policy Group of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), where she worked on clean energy policy, renewable energy grid integration, solar programs for low-income customers and green power markets. At NREL, she helped launch the Solar Energy Innovation Network, an $11 million, multi-year program designed to advance cutting-edge solutions to expand solar adoption. Full bio: https://www.wri.org/profile/lori-bird Huyen N Dinh, PhD (She/Her) Manager of the Electrosynthesis, Fuel Storage science and Engineering (EFSS&E) Group Director of HydroGEN EMN Dr. Dinh is a senior scientist and project leader at NREL, where she coordinates NREL's hydrogen production and delivery projects with the U.S. Department of Energy and is a principal investigator for effects of system contaminants on polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) performance and durability. Dr. Dinh has more than 15 years of experience in direct methanol, hydrogen polymer electrolyte membrane, and zinc/air fuel cells at national laboratories and in industry. Her research interests include fuel cell catalysis (PEMFCs, DMFCs); contaminants; renewable hydrogen production, including photoelectrochemistry, fermentation of biomass and the photobiological approach to hydrogen production, solar thermochemical hydrogen production, renewable electrolysis, and reforming bio-boil. https://www.nrel.gov/research/staff/huyen-dinh.html Stephanie Kwon is an assistant professor in the Chemical and Biological Engineering department at Colorado School of Mines. Her research interest centers on heterogeneous catalysis. She brings together cutting-edge research tools, including in-situ spectroscopy, microkinetic modeling, and density functional theory calculations, to understand surface reactions in a molecular-level. In doing so, she aims to tackle our current energy and environmental problems by providing novel catalytic systems with improved energy and atomic efficiency. Her current research projects include CO2 conversion, low temperature H2O electrolysis for H2 production, biomass conversion (via aldol condensation catalysis), benzene alkylation, and alkene oxidation catalysis. Before joining CSM, she worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Berkeley. If you are unable to join us in person, please join us virtually via the Zoom link below! https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83893551456?pwd=L0RnQXFqUVZwVjNFK0NVQm5mK2lkQT09Meeting ID: 838 9355 1456Passcode: 531973 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kdSHmOlxqw The safety of event attendees is always of utmost importance, these are the WRISE COVID-19 Protocols for this event. 1. WRISE CO Chapter’s coronavirus protocols align with those of the Colorado region and the local jurisdiction where the event will occur. 2. All who are attending this event are required to follow CDC Guidelines and the Colorado Department of Health Guidelines. We encourage everyone to carefully assess their own risk and keep in mind the health and safety of themselves as well as other attendees when deciding to participate. 3. We ask that you not attend this event if you have tested positive for COVID-19 and have not been medically cleared, been recently exposed to somebody with COVID-19, or are experiencing symptoms of COVID-19. 4. We will encourage ongoing health and safety measures at the event. 5. The event location is outdoors, covered and spacious to allow space for those who desire to be 6 feet apart from others. 6. As the situation continues to evolve, any additional protocols will be communicated in advance of the event. We are excited for the return of live events with you safely!