Dr. Doraiswami Ramkrishna, the Harry Creighton Peffer Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering, delivered the first keynote address at the 6^th International Conference on Population Balance Modelling (PBM 2018) on May 7 in Ghent, Belgium.

Ramkrishna’s presentation, "Population Balance Modeling, Opportunities in Biological Sciences," explored biological phenomena that need the application of the population balance perspective, particularly signaling processes which represent the underpinning of quorum sensing, differentiation into various cell types, and other areas of potential application.

The goal of PBM 2018 was to bring together researches and practitioners with diverse backgrounds to allow exchange of ideas across various sub-fields that use population balances, and to provide opportunities for researchers to identify new domains to expand into and new tools to use. The wide application of population balances can be applied in diverse fields, such as disease progression and understanding of biological systems, mining, control of wastewater treatment, nanoparticle synthesis processes, pharmaceutical industry, and chemical processing industry.

Professor Doraiswami Ramkrishna joined Purdue in 1976. He has received numerous recognitions for his research, teaching, mentoring, and engagement. His research group explores ideas in the application of mathematics to solve problems in chemical and biochemical reaction engineering, with a focus on problems associated with the production and conservation of energy.

The second keynote address at PBM 2018 was given by Purdue Chemical Engineering alumnus, Dr. Pankaj Doshi (PhD 2002).

Learn more about Dr. Ramkrishna at https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE/people/ptProfile?resource_id=11806.