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Research Synopsis : The central aim of our research is to develop biomolecular platforms to control solid-liquid interfaces and thin film assemblies. In doing so, we are enabling a new generation of technologies with applications in resource recovery, biomaterials and energy


success in obtaining funding and research awards
o Authored 13 funded research proposals as PI or co-PI with a career total of $3.3 M  Estimated direct federal funding at CWRU: $2.6M including an NSF CAREER  Total direct federal funding value in industry: $600,000  Other funding: $78,600 includes an internationally competitive fellowship from ECS sponsored by Toyota, and CWRU-sponsored awards for innovations in teaching and research  Won the Case School of Engineering Research award in 2021 Delivered 35 invited presentations, including the Mellichamp Distinguished Lectureship at Georgia Tech and an AIChE Topical Plenary o Part of 1 issued patent since starting at CWRU • Commitment • Demonstrated • Active publication, invention, and presentation history o Part of 41 articles, 2 book chapters, and 2 published conference proceedings  h-index: 18, i10-index: 24, total citations 2822 o

to student mentorship and teaching
Winner of the Case School of Engineering Undergraduate Teaching Award (2022), Graduate Teaching Award (2017) and Glennan Fellowship (2017-2018), which is awarded to untenured faculty for demonstrated potential for a career that combines both teaching and scholarship o Founder and organizer of the Widening Opportunities for Women in Science (WOWS) summer research program at CWRU in collaboration with John Hay High School • Commitment to professional service and administration o Appointed Dean's Fellow for Diversity Equity and Inclusion for DEI efforts across CSE o Chair of the CWRU CSE Gender Minority Faculty Forum, which provides a supportive community for gender minority faculty through regular social meetings, programming, and fostering an inclusive CSE atmosphere and works to amplify the voices of the gender minority community and advocate for their needs o Co-chair of the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department DEI Committee o Past Chair of the AIChE Women's Initiative Committee (WIC) who's mission is to promote the entry, development, and full participation of women in the Institute o Organizer and chair of technical sessions at AIChE and ECS professional societies o Mentored 7 doctoral graduate students and 6 master's students and 1 postdoc to date o Passionate about undergraduate research: 27 undergraduate students at CWRU, with 6 currently active o o Active reviewer for high impact journals (e.g.Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society, ACS Catalysis, Journal of Membrane Science) as well as proposal and research programs (NSF, PRF, DOE)

Won 2021 CWRU Department of Chemical Engineering Outstanding Journal Article Award 11
• Single underlined names are graduate students in the CWRU Renner Laboratory • Double underlined names are undergraduates in the CWRU Renner Laboratory • A list of citations can be found at: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=T0vP6XQAAAAJ&hl=en• *, #, represent equally contributing authors 1. G Verma, S Asaei, and JN Renner, A Synergistic Approach to Outreach and Teaching: Combining Service Learning at the College Level with a Summer Hands-on Outreach Program in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering for Female High School Students, submitted to Chemical Engineering Education, 2023, accepted 2. MW Issa, D Calderon, O Kamlet, S Asaei, JN Renner, and CL Wirth, Engineered Polypeptides as a Tool for Controlling Catalytic Active Janus Particles, ACS Applied Engineering Materials, 2023.3. JD Hostert, # Q Spitzer, # P Giammattei and JN Renner, Scalable production of peptides for enhanced struvite formation via expression on the surface of genetically engineered microbes, ACS Materials Au, 2023.*Special Issue on Innovations in Bioengineering 4. JD Hostert, M Sepsy, CE Duval, * and JN Renner, * *

T E A C H I N G A C T I V I T I E S University-Level Award Nominations
ECHE 486/386: Protein Engineering, New Graduate Course in 2016, Opened as New Undergraduate Course in 2020, Taught 2016-2022 o Course provides an in-depth examination of protein engineering topics and applications o Implemented unique Project Planning Module featuring hands-on protein design and characterization in 2018-present o Utilized successful project planning module to implement service learning opportunities in 2021-present o Adjusted the course to highlight scientists with a variety of backgrounds o Most recent class evaluations: Overall instructor rating: 4.82/5.00,overall course rating: 4.27/5.00,response rate 85% • ECHE 313: Statistical Analysis of Chemical Processes, New Undergraduate Course Fall 2019, Taught 2019, 2021-2022 o This course familiarizes students with statistical analysis of data, six sigma and lean manufacturing concepts o Most recent class evaluations: Overall instructor rating: 4.40/5.00,overall course rating: Zihang Su (Fall 2018 -Defended Summer 2021) -Thesis Title: Surface-immobilized Short Elastinlike Peptides for Electrochemical Applications: Controlling Ionomers on Solid Surfaces • Chuck Loney (Fall 2016 -Defended Summer 2020) -Thesis title: Characterizations of Polyproline Peptide Monolayers on Metal/Metal Oxide Substrates, Position after Graduation: Process Engineering III at ASM Nexx Juan Taylor (Summer 2021, NSF REU Summer 2021) • Katherine Yan (Spring 2019 -Spring 2021, Beckman Scholar) • Jahnavi Pejavar (Fall 2017 -Spring 2021, SOURCE Summer Student 2018, 2020) • Nicole Chen (Fall -2019 -Spring 2020) • Jacob Thomas Pabia (Fall 2019 -Spring 2020) • Takaaki Miki (Spring 2019-Spring 2020) • Anna Currin (Spring 2019 -Spring 2020) • Naomi Kane (Spring 2018 -Spring 2020, James Family Undergraduate Research Fellow) Yi Zhong, Effects of Glucose Metabolism on Chondrogenesis of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Advisor: Hari Baskaran • Elizabeth Stricker (Freund), Cuprous Halide Reduction Kinetics and Electronucleation Study for an All-Copper Flow Battery, Advisor: Robert Savinell MS Thesis Committees • Emerson Lai, Analyzing the Effects of Non-thermal Plasma Treatments on Polymeric Hernia Mesh and Suture Materials to Increase Coating Adherence and Mitigate Biofouling, Advisor: Co-chair, Integrated Process Engineering and Economics Analysis, AIChE Annual Meeting; October 2018, Pittsburg, PA  Chair, Advanced Fuel Cell, Fuel Cells, Electrolyzers, and Electrochemical Devices, AIChE Annual Meeting; October 2018, Pittsburg, PA  Chair, Advanced Fuel Cell, Hydrogen Generation & Storage Technologies, AIChE Annual Meeting; October 2018, Pittsburg, PA  Co-Chair, Symposium: I07 -Energy Conversion Systems Based on Nitrogen, 233rd ECS Meeting; May, 2018, Seattle, WA.  Chair, Advanced Fuel Cell, Hydrogen Generation & Storage Technologies, AIChE Annual Meeting; October 2017, Minneapolis, MN  Co-chair, Integrated Process Engineering and Economics Analysis, AIChE Annual Meeting; October 2017, Minneapolis, MN  Panel Moderator, WIC Leadership and Team Management Panel AIChE Annual Meeting; November 2017, Minneapolis, MN  Co-chair, Modeling Economics & Technologies for Sustainable Energy and Advanced Systems II, AIChE Annual Meeting; Nov. 2016, San Francisco, CA  Women's Initiative Committee Graduate Student Panel, AIChE Annual Meeting; AIChE Annual Meeting; October 2011, Minneapolis, MN  Women's Initiative Committee Graduate Student Panel, AIChE Annual Meeting; Case School of Engineering Gender Minority Faculty Forum Chair (2022 -present)  Case School of Engineering Budget Committee Chair (2022-present) and Member (2018-2020, 2022-present)  Case School of Engineering Open House Presenter (2022-2023)  Case School of Engineering Awards Selection Committee (2022)  Case School of Engineering Graduate Studies Committee (2017) o University Service  CWRU Committee on Women Faculty (2023 -present)  Member of Reproductive Health Recruitment and Retention Working Group (2022present)  Interviewer for Founding Executive Director of the Roth Leadership Institute (2021) Office of Faculty Development Tenure Track and Promotion Panel, 2023 • CWRU NSF CAREER Workshop Panelist, 2022 • Purdue University o Purdue Women in Engineering Program School of Chemical Engineering Ambassador and Graduate Women's Gatherings Organizer (2010-2011) o Purdue Chemical Engineering Graduate Student Organization President (2009-2010) and First Year Representative (2008-2009) o Purdue School of Chemical Engineering Strategic Committee Student Representative (2009) Founder and organizer of the Widening Opportunities for Women in Science (WOWS) summer research program at CWRU in collaboration with John Hay High School, Summer 2017-2019, 2022 • Speaker for GiSTEM Engineering Day, July 2021 • GE Girls Program Lecturer/Demonstration Leader, October 2016 • Purdue University Women In Engineering Program Exciting Discoveries for Girls Camp, Summer 2009-2011 o Developed a tissue engineering lab for female high school students published in Chemical Engineering Education.
4.47/5.00,response rate 60% • ECHE 398: Process Analysis and Design, Core Undergraduate Course, Fall 2017 o Students learn practical aspects of economic analysis, scale, cost estimation, process safety, ethics and environmental impact to design an integrated chemical processing plant M E N T O R I N G University-Level Award Nominations • Bruce Jackson Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Mentoring (2017) Alumni • Jacob Hostert (Fall 2018 -Defended Spring 2023) -Thesis Title: Peptides for Rare Earth and Nutrient Recovery • Nuttanit Pramounmat -(Fall 2017 -Defended Fall 2021) -Thesis Title: Study of Elastin-Like Polypeptides Grafted on Electrode Surfaces Julie Nicole Renner CV -Page 15 -Updated: 2/11/2024 • Alumni • Jadon Wolf, BS-MS student (Graduated Spring 2021) -Project title: The purification of elastin-like polypeptide fusion protein and its comparison to other methods, Position after Graduation: Engineer at Nexus Engineering Group • Ming Yu (Graduated Spring 2020, co-advised with Dr. Christine Duval) -Project title: A lysinemodified polyethersulfone (PES) membrane for the recovery of lanthanides, Position after Graduation: University of Melbourne PhD Program • Mingyuan Xu (Graduated Spring 2019) -Project title: Characterization of cerium (III) ion binding to EF-hand loop I of calmodulin in solution and when surface-bound, Position after Graduation: Engineer at Quaker.• Quincy Spitzer (Spring 2021 -Spring 2023) • Adam Knorz (Fall 2022 -Spring 2023) • Paola Giammattei (Summer 2021 -Spring 2023, James Family Undergraduate Research Fellow) • Olivia Kamlet (Fall 2019 -2023, NSF REU Summer 2021) 1) Women Faculty Leadership Development Institute, Fall 2022, CWRU, Cleveland, OH. 2) Chemical Engineering National Diversity Equity Workshop, June 2022, Baltimore, MD.