East Hartford, CT — Radenka Maric, PhD, will deliver this year’s keynote address at the 46th Annual Meeting of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering (CASE), to be held virtually on Thursday May 27, 2021. Dr. Maric is an entrepreneur and leading scientist with experience in academia, industry, national labs, and federal agencies in the US, Japan, and Canada. She will present on the “Connection between Nature and Scientific Discoveries”.
CASE Member Maric serves as the Vice President for Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship across all UConn campuses, including UConn Health. She is responsible for overseeing the University’s $280+ million annual research enterprise and its Technology Incubation Program.
Additionally, Maric is the CT Clean Energy Fund Professor of Sustainable Energy in the Departments of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering. She has an active research program focusing on fuel cells and batteries, hydrogen generation, nanomaterials and thin film coatings, ceramic processing, and gasification and biofuels. She has been awarded more than $40 million in research funding, has published more than 300 articles in refereed journals and conference proceedings and 21 book chapters or invited review articles in major journals, and has two books under preparation. She also has six issued patents and 11 published patent disclosures.
Maric is the recipient of countless awards and honors, including being named a National Academy of Inventors Fellow, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a Woman of Innovation by the Connecticut Technology Council, and a Woman in Business by the Hartford Business Journal. She was a Fulbright Chair Professor for 2016-2017 and received innovation and leadership awards from the National Research Council of Canada.
Dr. Maric earned her BS from Belgrade University, and her MS and PhD in Materials Science and Energy from Kyoto University (Japan).
Interested parties are invited to attend the virtual meeting. Registration is via the following link: https://registration.caseannualmeeting.org/
Rocky Hill, CT – José Manuel (Manny) Otero, PhD, Senior Vice President for Technical Operations and executive team member at Turnstone Biologics, Inc., has been appointed to the Academy’s 11-member Governing Council. He will serve through June 30, 2021, with the recommendation that his name be submitted for election by the membership for a six-year term beginning on July 1, 2021. Dr. Otero was humbled by the appointment and shared that his willingness to serve was easy as, “I have three little girls that are growing up in Connecticut, and with any luck, will call this home for a long time. I am not only fundamentally concerned that STEM opportunities will be available to them, but that they be on the cutting edge – representing the very best scientifically that the US can offer.” Christine Broadbridge, Council President and Southern Connecticut State University’s executive director of research & innovation, professor of physics, and director of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities Center for Nanotechnology, recommended Manny for the appointment, which was confirmed by vote of the council. Professor Broadbridge noted, “Dr. Otero shares my passion and we both recognize that only through collaboration, hard work, and broadening our perspective as an organization can we best serve Manny’s three girls, along with the people and the state Connecticut.”
Rocky Hill, CT – Tanimu Deleon, PhD, engineering specialist and technical lead for human factors engineering at General Dynamics Electric Boat (EB), has been appointed to the Academy’s 11-member Governing Council. He will serve through June 30, 2021, with the recommendation that his name be submitted for election by the membership for a six-year term beginning on July 1, 2021. Dr. Deleon was humbled by the appointment and honored to join with such a distinguished and dedicated group of scientists and engineers from Connecticut’s academic, industrial, and public sector communities. Christine Broadbridge, Council President and Southern Connecticut State University’s executive director of research & innovation, professor of physics, and director of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities Center for Nanotechnology, recommended Tanimu for the appointment, which was confirmed by unanimous vote of the council. Professor Broadbridge noted, “Dr. Deleon brings a unique and valuable perspective to the council that will broaden and enrich our discussions, and ultimately lead to more informed decisions on behalf of the Academy and in service to the people and state of Connecticut.”