Appendix C
Participants List
(speakers in italics)
Kandis Abdul-Aziz
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Andrew Adair
Office of Senator Mark Kirk
Irfan Ahmed
University of Illinois
Guillermo Ameer
Northwestern University
Nancy Auyeung
Northwestern University
Emily Ayshford
Northwestern University
Allison Bedell
Northwestern University
Michael Beltran
Northwestern University
Karen Bender
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Dan Berglund
State Science and Technology Institute (SSTI)
Daniel Biss
Representative, 17th District State of Illinois
Keith Bowman
Illinois Institute of Technology
Jim Bray
Northwestern University
Kasey Brink
Northwestern University
Linda Broadbelt
Northwestern University
Grant Bunker
Illinois Institute of Technology
Louise Burton
Technology Innovation Center
Jian Cao
Northwestern University
Michael Cason
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Olivia Castellini
Museum of Science & Industry
Debra Chandler
Northwestern University
Venkat Chandrasekhar
Northwestern University
McAlister Clabaugh
The National Academies
Lori Clark
Northern Illinois University
Dick Co
Northwestern University
Jeffrey Coney
Northwestern University
James Conley
Northwestern University
Margaret Connolly
Northwestern University
Kathleen Cook
Northwestern University
Jim Corboy
The Castleton Marketing Group
Pamela Cox
Marshall, Gerstein & Borun
Van Crocker
AuraSense Therapeutics
David Dawson
The National Academies
Michael Deem
Northwestern University
Natacha DePaola
IIT University, Chicago
Tony Dickherber
National Cancer Institute
Martin Donakowski
Northwestern University
Vinayak Dravid
Northwestern University
Debasish Dutta
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Mitra Dutta
University of Illinois at Chicago
Robert Easter
University of Illinois
Tabriz Ebrahim
Northwestern University
David Eddington
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chris Fall
Office of Naval Research
Omar Farha
Northwestern University
Steve Feldman
Husch Blackwell LLP
John Fernandez
SNR Denton
Edward Fetters
Illinois Science & Technology Coalition
Jane Fischer
Illinois Science and Technology Coalition
John Flavin
Chicago Innovation Mentors
Jonathan Freaney
Northwestern University
Laura Frerichs
University of Illinois Research Park
Elizabeth Friedman
Illinois Institute of Technology
Arianna Gammel
AuraSense LLC
Edward Gamson
Husch Blackwell LLP
David Gatchell
Northwestern University
Dimitra Georganopoulou
Ohmx Corporation
Liz Gerber
Northwestern University
David Giljohann
AuraSense Therapeutics LLC
Matthew Glucksberg
Northwestern University
Wade Green
University of Illinois at Chicago
Emily Greenspan
National Cancer Institute
Tolga Gulman
Northwestern University
Andrew Gumbinder
Department of Energy
David Hanses
Museum of Science & Industry
Ford Harrington
Northwestern University
Mark Harris
Illinois Science & Technology Coalition
Heidi Hattendorf
Motorola Solutions
Ben Hernandez
NuMat Technologies
Adam Hock
Illinois Institute of Technology
Jeremy Hollis
University of Illinois at Chicago
Eneda Hoxha
Northwestern University
Sarah Hurst
Northwestern University
Eric Isaacs
Argonne National Laboratory
Michael Janse
Northwestern University
Michael Jewett
Northwestern University
Sheila Judge
Northwestern University
Mercouri Kanatzidis
Northwestern University
Neil Kane
Illinois Partners
John Ketterson
Northwestern University
Brad Keywell
Light Bank
Mark Krivchenia
University of Illinois at Chicago
Laura Labeots
Husch Blackwell LLP
Tim Lavengood
Technology Innovation Center
Jerry S. H. Lee
Center for Strategic
Scientific Initiatives
National Cancer Institute
National Institutes of Health
Mike Lippitz
Northwestern University
Alicia Loffler
Northwestern University
Rich Lueptow
Northwestern University
Kevin Lynch
Northwestern University
Bryan Mangelson
Northwestern University
Michael Marasco
Northwestern University
Phillippe Melin
Office of Congressman Robert Dold
David Miller
Illinois Biotechnology Industry
Organization (iBIO®)
Beverly Milligan
Northwestern University
Chad Mirkin
Northwestern University
Roger Moody
Nanosphere
Nicole Moore
National Cancer Institute
Emily Morehouse
University of Illinois
David Mosena
Chicago Museum of Science
and Industry
Milan Mrksich
Northwestern University
Allan Nader
Northwestern University
Larry A. Nagahara
Office of Physical Sciences-
Oncology
National Cancer Institute
Joan Naper
Northwestern University
Michael Narea
NuMat Technologies
Virginia Neale
Northwestern University
Mark Nolan
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Caralynn Nowinski
University of Illinois
Teri Odom
Northwestern University
Thomas O’Halloran
Chemistry of Life Processes
Institute
Northwestern University
Sarah Ostman
Northwestern University
Andrew Ott
Northwestern University
Julio Ottino
McCormick School of Engineering
and Applied Sciences,
Northwestern University
Tuncay Ozel
Northwestern University
Tim Persons
Government Accountability Office
Thomas Peterson
Director for Engineering
National Science Foundation
Karl Putz
Northwestern University
Patrick Quinn
Governor of Illinois
Brian Quist
Northwestern University
Mark Ratner
Northwestern University
Norbert Riedel
Baxter International
Dennis Roberson
Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)
Billie Scales
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Carlo Segre
Illinois Institute of Technology
Nancy Shi
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Sujai Shivakumar
The National Academies
Richard B. Silverman
Department of Chemistry
Northwestern University
Matthew Small
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Frank Stabile
Northwestern University
Nancy Sullivan
University of Illinois at Chicago
George Sweeney
State of Illinois
Tyrone Taylor
Capitol Advisors on Technology
William Testa
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Sammy Tin
Illinois Institute of Technology
Matthew Tirrell
Institute for Molecular Engineering
University of Chicago
and Argonne National Laboratory
Eric Toone
Advanced Research Projects
Agency for Energy (ARPA-E)
Howard Tullman
Tribeca Flashpoint Media Arts
Academy
Katelyn Tye
State of Illinois
Keith Tyo
Northwestern University
Robert van Lith
Northwestern University
Jay Walsh
Northwestern University
Patricia Ward
Museum of Science & Industry
Mike Wasielewski
Northwestern University
Mark Werwath
Northwestern University
Charles Wessner
The National Academies
Chris Wilmer
Northwestern University
Robert Wolcott
Kellogg School of Management
Northwestern University
Chris Wolverton
Northwestern University
Teresa Woodruff
Northwestern University
AnTu Xie
Northwestern University
Fruma Yehiely
Northwestern University
Nanjia Zhou
Northwestern University