Professor, Geek and Entrepreneur
Dr. Kandis Leslie Gilliard-AbdulAziz
Pasquale and Adelina Early Career Chair Professor
Sonny Astani Civil and Environmental Engineering Department
University of Southern California
Director of the Sustainable Lab | Research Focus: Sustainable Catalytic Processes for Low-Carbon Chemical Production
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Dr. Gilliard-AbdulAziz is the director of the Sustainable Lab, focusing on the development of novel materials for sustainable catalytic processes aimed at low-carbon chemical production. Her primary research interests include waste utilization, employing an interdisciplinary approach that integrates chemistry, materials science, and chemical and environmental engineering.
Dr. Gilliard-AbdulAziz is the Pasquale and Adelina Early Career Chair Professor at the University of Southern California. Before joining the University of Southern California, she led the Sustainable Lab at the University of California, Riverside, from 2018 to 2023. She earned her Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and was a Provost postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania. She has previously worked as a forensic scientist and a refinery chemist. |
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