Sustainable Energy, Environment & Particle Technology and Integrated Carbon Capture and Storage Research
A.-H. Alissa ParkA.-H. Alissa Park
09/07-present Lenfest Junior Professor in Applied Climate Science, Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University, USA
  Associate Director of Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy, Columbia University, USA
  Affiliated Faculty, Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, USA
09/05-08/07 Post-Doctoral Researcher, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Ohio State University, USA

Education

Ph.D. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Ohio State University, 2005. (Advisor: Professor Liang-Shih Fan)
M.A.Sc. Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of British Columbia, 2000. (Advisors: Professors John Grace and Xiaotao Bi)
B.A.Sc. with distinction, Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of British Columbia, 1998.

Honors and Awards

2008 Research Fellowship of the University Diversity Initiative, Columbia University
2006 The American Institute of Chemists Foundation Outstanding Post-Doctoral Research Award
2005, 06 Finalist for the Graduate Associate Teaching Award, OSU
2003, 04  Outstanding Research Award, OSU
2003 2nd place for the poster competition at the Ohio Air Quality Research Symposium
2000 Departmental Fellowship, OSU
1998-00  Faculty of Applied Science International Graduate Tuition Fee Scholarship, UBC
1998-99 Faculty of Graduate Studies International Graduate Tuition Fee Scholarship, UBC
1998 1st place SNC-Lavalin Plant Design Competition Award in Canada
1996 MacMillan Bloedel Limited Scholarship, UBC

Professional Activities and Services

  • International Conference Organizing Committee - International conference CO2 Summit: Technology and Opportunity (Vail, Colorado, June 6-9, 2010)

  • International Conference Organizing Committee - Fluidization XIII (Gyeong-Ju, Korea, May 16-19, 2010)

  • International Conference Organizing Committee - 2009 UKC Conference: Chemical Engineering and Science (Raleigh, NC, July 16-19, 2009)

  • A guest editor for the Festschrift issue of I&EC Research (2008)

  • A number of invited seminars at domestic and international Universities and invited panel discussions at a national forum on the Future Technology for Alternative Energy and Carbon Sequestration
  • Appointed as the member of the Societal Impact Operating Council of AIChE (2008 – present)
  • Elected as the Executive committee member of the Particle Technology Forumof the AIChE (October 2008)
  • Member of Research and New Technology Committee (RANTC) of AIChE (2007 – present)
  • Organization director (2008 – present) and Outreach director (2006 – 2008) of KIChE US Chapter
  • Reviewer for a number of journals including AIChE J., Chemical Engineering Science, Powder Technology, Chem. Eng. J., CJChE, Energy, Int. J. of Greenhouse Gas Control
  • Chair of technical sessions at various international conferences including AIChE national meeting and the International Fluidization XII conference
  • Woman and Minority Issues: Active member of Women In Engineering and Society of Women Engineers
    • Making presentations to female students to recruit them to Engineering program
    • Advising graduating seniors on the option of graduate studies 
    • Mentoring Engineering freshman students
  • Faculty advisor for Catalyst, a student-run energy and environmental policy journal, the Roosevelt Institution (2008 – present)
  • External evaluator for the Brain Korea for 21st Century program of the Department of Chemical Engineering at Sungkyunkwan University in Korea (Spring 2008 – present)
  • Member of Earth Institute and Earth Engineering Center at Columbia University (2007 – present)
  • Member of American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) (2001 – present)
  • Member of Particle Technology Forum (PTF) (2001 – present)

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