{"647356":{"#nid":"647356","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Krista Walton Named Interim Chair of the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEffective July 1, 2021, Krista Walton, associate dean for Research and Innovation in the College of Engineering, Robert \u0026quot;Bud\u0026quot; Moeller Faculty Fellow, and professor, will serve as interim chair for the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWalton will begin her interim role in July after the current chair, David Sholl, transitions to a joint appointment with Georgia Tech and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). At ORNL, Sholl will be the director of the Laboratory\u0026#39;s new Transformational Decarbonization Initiative.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;David has spent the last eight years working tirelessly for the School,\u0026rdquo; said Walton. \u0026ldquo;During his tenure, rankings improved, the School became more diversified, and additional funds were raised to drive student innovation. I have a strong, personal connection to ChBE where I\u0026rsquo;ve worked for the past 12 years and am honored to help us transition to a new chair.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWalton currently serves as the associate dean for Research and Innovation in the College. She will continue in this role, while also serving as interim chair.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Before becoming associate dean for the College, Krista began her career in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, serving as a professor and faculty fellow,\u0026rdquo; said Raheem Beyah, dean and Southern Company chair of the College of Engineering. \u0026ldquo;She has excellent working relationships with the faculty and staff of the School, and I have every confidence she will continue the upward trajectory of both teaching and research to ensure the School thrives while we search for a new chair.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWalton\u0026rsquo;s research focuses on the design, synthesis, and characterization of functional porous materials for use in adsorption applications, including carbon dioxide capture and air purification. Walton\u0026rsquo;s accomplishments have been recognized by many prestigious awards, including the Department of Energy\u0026rsquo;s \u0026nbsp;Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award in honor of her contributions to the fields of atomic, molecular and chemical sciences (2021); the inaugural International Adsorption Society Award for Excellence in Publications by a Young Member of the Society (2013); and the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (2008). Walton currently serves as an Associate Editor for the ACS Journal Industrial \u0026amp; Engineering Chemistry Research, and was the founding Director and Lead Principal Investigator of Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Department of Energy \u0026ndash; Energy Frontier Research Center, UNCAGE-ME.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWalton received her B.S.E. in chemical engineering from the University of Alabama-Huntsville in 2000 and obtained her Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Vanderbilt University in 2005. She also completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Northwestern University in 2006.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003ESearch Committee Named\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Samuel Graham, Eugene C. Gwaltney, Jr. Chair of the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, will chair the search committee tasked with finding a permanent chair. An External Advisors group of alumni and supporters is also being formed to help guide the search process. This will be an international search.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Search Committee includes:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBlair Brettmann \u0026ndash; Assistant Professor\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EJulie Champion \u0026ndash; Associate Professor\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EChristian Cuba-Torres \u0026ndash;\u0026nbsp;Lecturer\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMichael Filler \u0026ndash; Associate Professor\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EM.G. Finn \u0026ndash; School Chair, Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EYoyin Ibikunle \u0026ndash; Graduate Student\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKiyana Jacobs \u0026ndash; Staff\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EShelbe Johnson \u0026ndash; Undergraduate Student\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPaul Kohl \u0026ndash; Regents\u0026rsquo; Professor\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECarson Meredith \u0026ndash; Professor\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESally Ng \u0026ndash; Associate Professor\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAmi Waller-Ivanecky \u0026ndash; Staff\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAndrew Medford \u0026ndash; Assistant Professor\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESankar Nair \u0026ndash; Professor\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDonna Peyton \u0026ndash; Staff\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKrista Walton \u0026ndash; Professor\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECorey Wilson \u0026ndash; Associate Professor\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EKrista Walton to serve as interim chair for the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Krista Walton to serve as interim chair for the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering"}],"uid":"27513","created_gmt":"2021-05-11 17:38:59","changed_gmt":"2021-05-11 17:38:59","author":"Walter Rich","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-05-11T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-05-11T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"647355":{"id":"647355","type":"image","title":"Krista Walton Named Interim Chair of the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering","body":null,"created":"1620754684","gmt_created":"2021-05-11 17:38:04","changed":"1620754684","gmt_changed":"2021-05-11 17:38:04","alt":"Krista Walton Named Interim Chair of the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering","file":{"fid":"245790","name":"walton_web-feat_0.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/walton_web-feat_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/walton_web-feat_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":359227,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/walton_web-feat_0.png?itok=X3utJ1Fn"}}},"media_ids":["647355"],"groups":[{"id":"372221","name":"Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39491","name":"Renewable Bioproducts"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}