Presentation Schedule

 

 

Tuesday, May 13th, 2014

 
10:00 am - 1:30 pm
 Lab Tours  
1:30-3:30 pm
 Workshop (Electrochemical and chemical characterization of METs)  
6:00-8:00 pm
 Opening reception  

 

Wednesday, May 14th, 2014

 
9:00-9:10 am
 Opening comments/introduction Bruce Logan - Penn State University
Session 1
 Electron transfer/biofilms
9:10-9:40 am
 Keynote speaker - Electron and ionic transport in microbial anode respiration: fundamental knowledge that leads to applications in microbial electrochemical cells Cesar Torres - Arizona State University
9:40-10:00 am
 Invited speaker - Hydrogenase-independent Uptake and Metabolism of Electrons by the Archaeon Methanococcus maripaludis Alfred Spormann - Stanford University
10:00-10:20 am
 Invited speaker - Conjugated Oligoelectrolytes for Bioelectronic Applications Gui Bazan - University of California, Santa Barbara
10:20-10:35 am
 Break  
10:35-10:55 am
 Invited speaker - The Biophysical and Structural Basis of Extracellular Charge Transport in Microbial Redox Chains Mohammed El-Naggar - Unversity of Southern California
10:55-11:15 am
Electrochemical Mechanism of Accelerated Anodic Respiration by Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 Chemically Modified with a Membrane-Intercalating Conjugated Oligoelectrolyte
Nathan Kirchofer - University of California, Santa Barbara
11:15-11:35 am
Effects of Additional Electron Acceptors in Bio-anodic Processes: Oxygen and Sulfate
Shiue-Lin Li - University of Southern California
11:35-11:55 am pm
Metabolic network in electrogenic biofilms identified by metatranscriptomic approach
Shunichi Ishii - J. Craig Venter Institute
11:55 am -1:00 pm
 Lunch  
Session 2
 Novel microbial ecologies and applications
1:00-1:30 pm
 Keynote speaker - Surface chemistry of electrodes and its role in microbial adherence and current generation Korneel Rabaey - Ghent University
1:30-1:50 pm
Conversion of lignin to electric current with a defined co-culture of Rhodopseudomonas palustris and Geobacter sulfurreducens
Devin Doud - Cornell University
1:50-2:10 pm
Produced Water Treatment Capability of Lab and Pilot Scale Microbial Capacitive Desalination Systems
Casey Forrestal - University of Colorado, Boulder
2:10-2:30 pm
Improving Coulombic Recovery in Fermentable Substrate Fed MECs By Shifting the Products of Fermentation
Joseph Miceli - Arizona State University
2:30-2:50 pm
 Break  
2:50-3:10 pm
 Invited speaker - Enterobacter aerogenes and Pseudomonas aeruginosa at anodes: who's in charge? Lars Angenent - Cornell University
3:10-3:30 pm
Characterization of the simultaneous fermentation and anode respiration capabilities of the thermophilic Thermoanaerobacter pseudethanolicus in a Microbial Electrolysis Cell (MEC)
Prathap Parameswaran - Arizona State University
3:30-3:50 pm
Cathodes of microbial electrolysis cells (MEC) support preferential growth of methanogens
Michael Siegert - Penn State University
3:50-4:10 pm
Developing Microbial Electrochemical Systems for Electricity and Hydrogen Production in Biorefinery.
Abhijeet Borole - University of Tennessee
4:10-4:30 pm
Systems biology approach to characterize multispecies biocathode biofilms
Sarah Glaven - Naval Research Laboratory
4:30-5:00 pm
 Break  
5:00-6:30 pm
 Poster session  
6:30-10:00 pm
 Banquet  

 

Thursday, May 15, 2014

 
Session 3
Electron Transfer/Biofilms
  
9:00-9:30 am
Keynote speaker - Synthetic Electromicrobiology
 Derek Lovley - University of Massachusetts, Amherst
9:30-9:50 am
Continuous production of an oily stream of medium-chain carboxylic acids with a microbial electrochemical technology
Jiajie Xu - Cornell University
9:50-10:10 am
Molecular characterization of the interactions that mediate electron transfer across the microbe-electrode interface in Shewanella oneidensis MR-1
Catarina Paquete - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
10:10-10:30 am
Metabolic characterization of anode-respiring Escherichia coli
Michaela TerAvest - California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences
10:30-10:45 am
Break
  
Session 4
Design and scale-up advancement
  
10:45-11:05 am
Invited speaker - Scaling up biocathode microbial fuel cells
 Xia Huang - Tsinghua University
11:05-11:25 am
Combined Bioelectrochemical-Electrical Model of a Microbial Fuel Cell
Recio Garrido - École Polytechnique Montréal
11:25-11:45 am
Harvesting microbial fuel cell ionic currents for enhanced energy generation through capacitive mixing
Marta Hartzell - Penn State University
11:45 am - 12:05 pm
Effect of physical and geometrical properties of carbon nanotube anodes on microbial fuel cells
Arum Han - Texas A&M University
12:05-1:00 pm
Lunch
  
1:00-1:30 pm
Keynote speaker - Designing Ion Exchange Membranes for New Energy Processes
 Mike Hickner - Penn State University
1:30-1:50 pm
Stable and high voltage and power output of microbial fuel cells internally connected in series
Yanzhen Fan - Oregon State University
1:50-2:10 pm
High performance monolithic power management IC chip system with dynamic maximum power extraction algorithm for microbial fuel cells
Celal Erbay - Texas A&M University
2:10-2:30 pm
High Performance of Spirally-Wound Microbial Fuel Cell Design and its Analysis Using Interdisciplinary Methods
Alexander Haeger - University of Colorado, Boulder
2:30-2:45 pm
Break
  
2:45-3:05 pm
Invited speaker - Enhancement of energy recovery and pollutant degradation using a novel biocathode coupled photoelectrochemical cell (BIO-PEC)
Yujie Feng - Harbin Institute of Technology
3:05-3:25 pm
Challenges in controlling methanogens in microbial electrolysis cells
Younggy Kim - McMaster University
3:25-3:45 pm
Nano/Micro/Macro Bioelectronics Platform Utilizing for Scale-up of Bio-electrochemical Cell 
InSeop Cheng - Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology
3:45-4:05 pm
Examination of spatial characteristics and gap-bridging ability of conductive mixed species biofilms 
Cheng Li - Oregon State University
     
4:05-4:20 pm
Presentation of awards/Closing remarks
 Jay Regan - Penn State University

 

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