SPEAKER: Dr. Geoffrey Giese, Associate Professor, University of Virginia

TITLE: Engineering ion transport in polymer membranes for water purification and energy applications.

BIO: Geoffrey M. Geise is an associate professor at the University of Virginia in the Department of Chemical Engineering and in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering by courtesy. His research focuses on studying the fundamentals of chemically- and electrochemically-driven small molecule transport through polymeric materials to engineer membranes that will address global water shortages and need for clean energy.

He recently led a University of Virginia based team to a runner-up win in the American-Made Geothermal Lithium Extraction Prize for developing technology related to the recovery of lithium from geothermal brine sources, and his research also focuses on selective ion separations, desalination membranes, and flow battery separators.