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 has a joint appointment managing the Food Science & Human Nutrition Pilot Processing Plant. He is responsible for all facility operations and [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Eric Wolfe joined IBRL in January 2018 as the pilot plant specialist. He is responsible for the startup and maintenance of the equipment as well as process support in the [...]
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 [...]
Thomas McKenna joined IBRL in March 2022. He has a Bachelor’s in Molecular and Cellular Biology from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Previously, he worked in research and development at [...]
Marissa Nyland joined IBRL in January 2022 as a member of the fermentation team. In March of 2023, she was promoted to Pilot Plant Specialist. She has a Bachelor’s in [...]
Bobby joined IBRL in June 2022 as a member of the Down Stream Processing Team. He has a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Food Science and Human Nutrition from the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Tyler Matuszczak is a recent graduate at the University Of Illinois with a degree in Brain and Cognitive Science and started at IBRL in 2023. Tyler’s curiosity in the sciences has [...]
