Page 16 - CEMS Newsletter Fall 2023

Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
151 Amundson Hall
421 Washington Avenue S.E. Minneapolis, MN 55455
Register Now! Inventing Tomorrow: Sustainability, Innovation, and the Future of Food on November 8
Register now for a special conversation between climate entrepreneur and former Senior Vice President at Impossible Foods Nick Halla (ChE ’05) and Christy Haynes (Head and Distinguished McKnight University Professor, University of Minnesota, Department of Chemistry).
“Inventing Tomorrow: Sustainability, Innovation and the Future of Food”
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Doors: 6 p.m.
Program: 6:30 p.m.
Northrop Auditorium, Best Buy Theater 84 Church St. S.E.
Minneapolis
Registration required online: https://cse.umn.edu/publiclecture
Nick Halla graduated from the College of Science and Engineering with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering in 2005. He has built his career leading sustainable technology development and
commercialization. Nick
joined Impossible Foods as
its first employee and helped
build the company from the
ground up during his 11 years
there. He held numerous
senior executive roles at
Impossible Foods including
Chief Strategy Officer, SVP
Retail, and SVP International.
Halla also sat on the Board of
Kite Hill, which makes yogurt
and cheese from almonds.
Currently, Halla is working on
new climate ideas, including a
climate invention factory and business foundry, with the mission to rapidly decrease atmospheric concentrations of methane and carbon dioxide to change the trajectory of climate change. In addition, he is an independent Board Director at InnerPlant where they are transforming farming by enabling crops to communicate with growers and advising several sustainability driven companies.
Nick Halla
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