CBE Seminar Series

The CBE Seminar Series is organized to host experts from both academia and industry to present their research and share their expertise in biofilm research and innovation. Each semester, a committee of CBE graduate students and staff invite and host the colleagues and visitors (on and off-campus) who present at this seminar series.

The CBE 2022-2023 seminar organizing committee

Kylie Bodle, PhD student, civil engineering
Kristen Brileya, technical operations manager
Huyen Bui, assistant research professor, chemical & biological engineering
Olayinka Durojaye, PhD student, civil engineering
Isaac Miller, PhD student, microbiology & cell biology
Shawna Pratt, PhD student, chemical & biological engineering

If you have feedback or a speaker suggestion for the CBE Seminar Series, please contact a member of the organizing committee.

Fall 2022 Schedule

Thursdays, 4:10 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Mountain Time (MT) unless otherwise noted*
Location: Barnard 108

Date	Speaker	Affiliation	Title/Topic
Aug 22	No Seminar-First week of classes
Sep 1	Dr. Huyen Bui	Assistant Research Professor, Chemical & Biological Engineering, MSU, CBE	Bacterial-algal interactions in high pH-high alkalinity algal cultivation
Sep 8	No Seminar
Sep 15	Dr. Brandon Briggs	Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Univeristy of Alaska	Microbe-mineral interactions: From extreme environments to biotechnological advances
Sep 22	Sara Toja-Ortega	Visiting PhD Student, TU Delft	Removal of polymeric substrates from wastewater by aerobic granular sludge technology
Sep 29	Professor Christopher Hernandez	Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University	Microbes and Biomechanics
Oct 6	Dr. Christopher Smith	Nature's Fynd	Title TBD
Oct 13
Oct 20	Dr. Neerja Zambare	Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Lab	Title TBD
Oct 27	Dr. Jill Mikucki	Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Biofilms in Chotropic Brines
Nov 3	Lan Li Wong *special time 9am	PhD Candidate, Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering	Title TBD
Nov 10	No Seminar
Nov 17	Dr. Danielle Ulrich	Department of Ecology, Montana State University	Title TBD
Nov 24	Fall Break - No Seminar
Dec 1	Dr. Frank Stewart	Department of Microbiology, Montana State University	Title TBD
Dec 8	Last Week of Classes - No Seminar
Dec 15	Finals Week - No Seminar