Dr. Vijay Singh is a Founder Professor in Grainger College of Engineering, Distinguished Professor of Bioprocessing in the college of ACES, Executive Director of Integrated Bioprocessing Research Laboratory at the [...]
Brian Jacobson joined IBRL in February 2012 and is responsible for management of the IBRL, FSHN-PPP, and associated programs. He oversees the five technical departments (Fermentation, Downstream Processing, Food Processing, [...]
Beth Conerty joined IBRL in December 2017 as the Business Development Manager. She is working to grow relationships with industry and help bring projects into the IBRL facility. Beth has [...]
Marissa Nyland joined IBRL in January 2022 as a member of the fermentation team. In February of 2024 she was promoted to the Assistant Director of Operations & Safety to [...]
Amy Rogers joined IBRL in March of 2022 as the Business Development Coordinator. She is responsible for coordinating the accounting operations and business functions of IBRL. Amy has a Bachelor [...]
Jedi Brown joined the FSHN Pilot Processing Plant and Dining Services Team in Summer of 2017 as a Food Service Administrator III. He has spent the last 15 years training [...]
Phillip Manning joined IBRL in January 2019 as a pilot plant specialist. Phillip has a bachelors degree in Biological Sciences from Eastern Illinois University. Previously, Phillip worked at the Archer [...]
Tom McKenna joined IBRL in March 2022. He has a Bachelor’s in Molecular and Cellular Biology from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. In August of 2023, Tom was promoted to [...]
Bobby joined IBRL in June 2022 as a member of the Down Stream Processing Team. In August of 2023 he was promoted to Pilot Plant Specialist. He has a Bachelor’s [...]
Kevin Wu was a senior at the University of Illinois, majoring in Food Science and Human Nutrition. He is concentrating within food science and is looking forward to pursuing a [...]
Adam Davis joined IBRL in June 2023 as a member of the Downstream Processing Team. In the summer of 2024, Adam joined the Fermentation Team and was promoted to Pilot [...]
Hana Ostrander joined IBRL in October 2023 as a Junior Pilot Plant Specialist on the fermentation team. She has a Bachelor’s in Integrative Biology from the University of Illinois at [...]
Hope Park graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Illinois with a Bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering and a minor in Food Science. Upon graduating she interned at the ADM Modeling Center [...]
Nathan joined IBRL in September 2024 as a member of the Down Stream Processing Team. He has a Bachelor’s in Materials Science and Engineering and a Master’s in Agricultural and [...]
Suneet Takhar joined IBRL as a part-time lab manager in November 2019. She took up the full-time analytical lab specialist role in January 2022 which includes both technical and management [...]
Nancy McCrone joined IBRL as a Bioprocessing Lab Specialist in June 2023. She graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a BS in Crop Sciences and a concentration [...]
Kerri joined IRBL in September of 2022 as an Office Support Specialist. She helps keep the day-to-day office operations running smoothly. Kerri has a B.A. in Political Science from Nebraska Wesleyan University. Over [...]
Jeremy Sechan joined IBRL in October of 2024 as an Office Support Associate. They graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a BA in English and a minor [...]
Dr. Fuertez joined IBRL in April 2023. He is working to develop a quantitative test at the laboratory scale for determining how well corn is steeped and how that relates [...]
