{"id":2070,"date":"2025-01-27T07:46:49","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T07:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saci2025.bisdesign.co.za\/?page_id=2070"},"modified":"2025-07-08T16:04:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T16:04:27","slug":"plenary-speakers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/saci.co.za\/SACI2025\/plenary-speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Plenary Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2070\" class=\"elementor elementor-2070\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f53d64 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6f53d64\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02218b5 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con 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class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b21dcf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1b21dcf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Prof. Amanda Bryant-Friedrich<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-100ac30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"100ac30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dean of the Graduate School and Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f69bf1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1f69bf1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. Amanda Bryant-Friedrich is Dean of the Graduate School and Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA.\u00a0 She obtained her doctorate in Pharmaceutical Chemistry at the Ruprecht-Karls Universit\u00e4t Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany under Professor Richard Neidlein followed by postdoctoral training at the Universit\u00e4t Basel, Basel, Switzerland, under Professor Bernd Giese.\u00a0 She is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, The American Chemical Society and an Academic Leadership Fellow of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.\u00a0 Her research interest center around the development of tools to investigate processes and treat diseases related to nucleic acids and their metabolism.<\/p><p><script 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She holds PhD in chemistry from the University of Cape Town and a PhD in education from Stellenbosch University. She began her career as an organic chemist at Stellenbosch University where she balanced medicinal chemistry research and education research. In 2022 she pivoted to education research and joined the Centre for Higher Education Research, Teaching and Learning at Rhodes University.<\/p><p><script src=\"moz-extension:\/\/c73d5027-cc44-4dc6-9971-60776230df3e\/js\/app.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p><p><script src=\"moz-extension:\/\/c73d5027-cc44-4dc6-9971-60776230df3e\/js\/app.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p><p><script src=\"moz-extension:\/\/c73d5027-cc44-4dc6-9971-60776230df3e\/js\/app.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc46593 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bc46593\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec2b1ea e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ec2b1ea\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e8f2e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8e8f2e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Prof. Christian W. Klampfl<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b05c0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0b05c0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Head of the Institute of Analytical and General Chemistry at the Johannes Kepler University in Linz Innsbruck, Austria<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6472563 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6472563\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Christian W. Klampfl obtained his Ph.D. from University of Innsbruck\/Austria in 1993. 1999-2000 he worked as a research associate at the University of Hobart\/Tasmania in the group of Prof. Paul Haddad. His main research areas are the use of hyphenated techniques in environmental, clinical and polymer analysis. Prof. Klampfl has published more than 140 papers and book chapters. He is currently serving as deputy editor for Electrophoresis (Wiley) and Chemistry Monthly (Springer). Currently CW Klampfl is head of the Institute of Analytical and General Chemistry at the Johannes Kepler University in Linz and president of the Austrian Society of Analytical Chemistry (ASAC).<\/p><p><script src=\"moz-extension:\/\/c73d5027-cc44-4dc6-9971-60776230df3e\/js\/app.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p><p><script src=\"moz-extension:\/\/c73d5027-cc44-4dc6-9971-60776230df3e\/js\/app.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af65ab0 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"af65ab0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aca244b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"aca244b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/saci.co.za\/SACI2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/CW-Klampfl-scaled-e1751006786496-r7ww2bmn77prrrf84djj38ykpkta1sdzvsixhv35ue.jpg\" title=\"ASAC-Vorstand\" alt=\"www.annarauchenberger.com \/ Anna Rauchenberger - Wien, Austria - 23.09.2021 - Vorstand der \u00d6sterreichischen Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Analytische Chemie (ASAC)\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-268c078 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"268c078\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8db7fda e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8db7fda\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c54dbb0 elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c54dbb0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/saci.co.za\/SACI2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Greg-Scholes-2024a-e1751007392885-r7wwi58u8tdj7gftq7rg297wp2tpmd7c23v6bjml3q.png\" title=\"Greg Scholes 2024a\" alt=\"Greg Scholes 2024a\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1971c1f e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1971c1f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37c20fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"37c20fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Prof. Greg Scholes<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ac2543 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1ac2543\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">William S. Tod Professor of Chemistry at Princeton University, USA <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf9319d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bf9319d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Greg Scholes is the William S. Tod Professor of Chemistry at Princeton University. Originally from Melbourne, Australia, he later undertook postdoctoral training at Imperial College London and University of California Berkeley. He started his independent career at the University of Toronto (2000-2014) where he was the D.J. LeRoy Distinguished Professor. He was appointed Editor-in-Chief of the\u00a0<em>Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters <\/em>in 2019. Dr. Scholes was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (London) in 2019 and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2009. He served as Chair of Department at Princeton 2020-2023 and Director of an Energy Frontier Research Center (BioLEC) since 2018.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-638acde e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"638acde\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-432deb5 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"432deb5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-249b960 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"249b960\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Prof. Peter Wasserscheid<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a7a33d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8a7a33d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Head: Institute for Chemical Reaction Engineering at Friedrich-Alexander University\nErlangen-Nurnberg, and Director: Forschungszentrum Julich.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-317f893 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"317f893\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Peter Wasserscheid is Head of the Institute for Chemical Reaction Engineering at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nu\u0308rnberg (FAU) and Director at Forschungszentrum Ju\u0308lich. He studied chemistry at RWTH Aachen University and obtained his doctorate there in 1998. After a six-month research stay as an industrial postdoc at BP Chemicals in Sunbury (UK), he returned to RWTH Aachen University to complete his habilitation. In 2003, he took up his current position at FAU, and in 2014 he added the role of founding director and later director at the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nu\u0308rnberg for Renewable Energy. Peter Wasserscheid has also been a member of the board of the Hydrogen Center Bavaria since 2020 and spokesperson for the Helmholtz Cluster for a Sustainable and Infrastructure-Compatible Hydrogen Economy (HC-H2) since 2021. Since May 2025, he has also headed the \u201cReaction Engineering for Chemical Hydrogen Storage\u201d division at the Institute for Sustainable Hydrogen Economy (INW) at Forschungszentrum Ju\u0308lich<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae60ca2 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ae60ca2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27636f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"27636f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/saci.co.za\/SACI2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Prof.-Peter-Wasserscheid-r7jrhtzhs4wdq50i44tbzshsxv7m48zd7s8n25ocpi.jpeg\" title=\"Prof. Peter Wasserscheid\" alt=\"Prof. Peter Wasserscheid\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plenary Speakers Prof. Amanda Bryant-Friedrich Dean of the Graduate School and Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA Dr. Amanda Bryant-Friedrich is Dean of the Graduate School and Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA.\u00a0 She obtained her doctorate in Pharmaceutical Chemistry at the Ruprecht-Karls Universit\u00e4t Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany under Professor Richard Neidlein followed by postdoctoral training at the Universit\u00e4t Basel, Basel, Switzerland, under Professor Bernd Giese.\u00a0 She is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, The American Chemical Society and an Academic Leadership Fellow of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.\u00a0 Her research interest center around the development of tools to investigate processes and treat diseases related to nucleic acids and their metabolism. Prof. Mags Blackie Associate Director of the Centre for Advancing Undergraduate Science Education at Virginia Tech., USA Prof Mags Blackie is the Associate Director of the Centre for Advancing Undergraduate Science Education at Virginia Tech. She holds PhD in chemistry from the University of Cape Town and a PhD in education from Stellenbosch University. She began her career as an organic chemist at Stellenbosch University where she balanced medicinal chemistry research and education research. In 2022 she pivoted to education research and joined the Centre for Higher Education Research, Teaching and Learning at Rhodes University. Prof. Christian W. Klampfl Head of the Institute of Analytical and General Chemistry at the Johannes Kepler University in Linz Innsbruck, Austria Christian W. Klampfl obtained his Ph.D. from University of Innsbruck\/Austria in 1993. 1999-2000 he worked as a research associate at the University of Hobart\/Tasmania in the group of Prof. Paul Haddad. His main research areas are the use of hyphenated techniques in environmental, clinical and polymer analysis. Prof. Klampfl has published more than 140 papers and book chapters. He is currently serving as deputy editor for Electrophoresis (Wiley) and Chemistry Monthly (Springer). Currently CW Klampfl is head of the Institute of Analytical and General Chemistry at the Johannes Kepler University in Linz and president of the Austrian Society of Analytical Chemistry (ASAC). Prof. Greg Scholes William S. Tod Professor of Chemistry at Princeton University, USA Greg Scholes is the William S. Tod Professor of Chemistry at Princeton University. Originally from Melbourne, Australia, he later undertook postdoctoral training at Imperial College London and University of California Berkeley. He started his independent career at the University of Toronto (2000-2014) where he was the D.J. LeRoy Distinguished Professor. He was appointed Editor-in-Chief of the\u00a0Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters in 2019. Dr. Scholes was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (London) in 2019 and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2009. He served as Chair of Department at Princeton 2020-2023 and Director of an Energy Frontier Research Center (BioLEC) since 2018. Prof. Peter Wasserscheid Head: Institute for Chemical Reaction Engineering at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nurnberg, and Director: Forschungszentrum Julich. Peter Wasserscheid is Head of the Institute for Chemical Reaction Engineering at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nu\u0308rnberg (FAU) and Director at Forschungszentrum Ju\u0308lich. He studied chemistry at RWTH Aachen University and obtained his doctorate there in 1998. After a six-month research stay as an industrial postdoc at BP Chemicals in Sunbury (UK), he returned to RWTH Aachen University to complete his habilitation. In 2003, he took up his current position at FAU, and in 2014 he added the role of founding director and later director at the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nu\u0308rnberg for Renewable Energy. Peter Wasserscheid has also been a member of the board of the Hydrogen Center Bavaria since 2020 and spokesperson for the Helmholtz Cluster for a Sustainable and Infrastructure-Compatible Hydrogen Economy (HC-H2) since 2021. 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