Institute for NanoBioTechnology Seminar: Ben McCool

Description

Dr. Ben McCool, the section head of separations and process chemistry at ExxonMobil Corporate Strategic Research, will give a talk entitled "Addressing the Dual Challenge Through Advanced Separations: From Materials to Process Scale Up" for the Institute for NanoBioTechnology.

McCool's research interests include transport in inorganic and polymeric membranes, gas and liquid separations, membrane reactors and process conceptualization. ExxonMobil has been developing advanced separation concepts focused on some of the highest impact hydrocarbon separation processes to address the challenges of supplying affordable energy while reducing emissions. McCool will discuss the research portfolio of the separations and process chemistry group at ExxonMobil's Corporate Strategic Research and the processes with potential to dramatically reduce the carbon and physical footprint of critical operations.