Four alumni of Georgia Tech’s School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering are among 40 distinguished honorees recognized in the Georgia Tech Alumni Association’s 2024 40 Under 40 list.
“In the five years of our 40 Under 40 recognition, I have been amazed and inspired by the achievements of the honorees and their impact on our world as young leaders,” says Alumni Association President Dene Sheheane, Mgt 1991. “This year’s class raises the bar with their impressive contributions to improve the human condition around the globe.”
Nominees were scored using a 25-point rubric by a committee of over 25 faculty, staff, and volunteer leaders, who collectively represented all Georgia Tech colleges.
ChBE alumni honored include:
Osama Kashlan, ChBE 2006, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Weill Cornell Medicine
Dr. Osama Kashlan is a neurosurgeon who currently serves as associate professor of Neurosurgery at Weill Cornell Medicine and is director of Spine Surgery at New York Presbyterian Hospital–Brooklyn Methodist. Before joining the faculty at Cornell, Kashlan served as director of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery at the University of Michigan. Outside of the hospital, Kashlan is an officer in the Air National Guard and has been involved in projects to improve treatment of head injuries on the battlefield. He also has a special interest in global neurosurgery and has led multiple neurosurgery mission trips around the world.
Favorite Tech Memory: The incredible energy on campus during the 2003–2004 men’s basketball season peaking with the run to the Final Four.
Korin Reid, PhD ChE 2015, CEO, Ellison Laboratories
Korin Reid serves as CEO of Ellison Laboratories and has more than a decade of experience building AI and advanced analytics solutions in the healthcare space, as well as leading global innovation, data science, data engineering, and software development teams. Her work has led to solutions that have scaled to billions of healthcare records and impacted one-third of U.S. hospitals and more than 160 million patients. Reid earned her doctorate degree in Chemical Engineering from Georgia Tech. For her contribution to AI in the healthcare space, she was named to Forbes’ “30 Under 30” list in 2017 and was also named a McKesson Distinguished Technologist. Additionally, Reid teaches in the master’s in Data Science program at the University of California, Berkeley.
Favorite Tech Memory: Probably the time I found a way to attach a rubber sole to my heels to get into the career fair since heels were strictly banned, despite no prior announcement.
Arlyne Simon, ChBE 2008, AI Systems Architect, Intel Corporation
Arlyne Simon is a patented inventor, biomedical engineer, and author of the STEM children’s book series Abby Invents. She works as an AI systems architect at Intel Health and Life Sciences. She has been honored as an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) IF/THEN Ambassador, and her life-size statue has been displayed at the Smithsonian and MIT Museum. Simon’s healthcare innovations include a blood test, syringe designs, and ultrasound imaging advancements. To inspire young inventors, she founded SeeSoar Kids. She holds a doctorate degree in Macromolecular Science and Engineering from the University of Michigan and a bachelor’s in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from Georgia Tech.
Favorite Tech Memory: Prof. Mark Prausnitz’s course! He inspired my biomedical engineering career with his exciting biomimicry invention—transdermal drug delivery patches.
Apoorv Sinha, ChBE 2010, Co-founder & CEO, Carbon Upcycling Technologies
Apoorv Sinha is the co-founder and CEO of Carbon Upcycling, a leading decarbonization and carbon capture and utilization company. Carbon Upcycling’s technology drives resilience and circularity in supply chains by converting CO2 emissions and industrial wastes into sustainable alternatives to conventional cement blends. Under his tenure, Carbon Upcycling has partnered with four of the 10 largest cement producers globally and expanded its carbon capture and utilization technology across North America and Europe. The company is a Carbon XPRIZE X-Factor award winner, a recognized Global Cleantech 100, and was listed among Reuters’ top “100 Innovators Leading the Global Energy Transition.” Sinha is a Forbes’ “30 Under 30” awardee in the energy category and a Maclean’s 100 Most Influential Canadians honoree.
Favorite Tech Memory: Building my first prototype for my first startup (TOHL) with co-founder Ben Cohen, CE 11, and testing it in the basement of the ChBE building back in summer of 2010.