Dana Ferraris, Ph.D., M.B.A.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry, McDaniel College

Dr. Ferraris received his Ph.D. degree in chemistry from Johns Hopkins University in 1999 and his M.B.A. from Carey Business School in 2009. His efforts in the pharmaceutical industry resulted in the recent FDA approval of Cedazuridine to treat MDS. Dr. Ferraris is currently at McDaniel College as the Chair of the Chemistry Department. Dr. Ferraris has extensive drug discovery experience in both oncology and CNS disorders both of which are part of his undergraduate research efforts. Since 2012, he has served as a councilor for the Maryland local section, Member of the Committee on Economic and Professional Affairs (CEPA), and most recently a member of the Budget and Finance Committee.

Kristin Nuzzio, Ph.D.

Group Leader, PPG

Kristin Nuzzio is a Group Leader at PPG in Pittsburgh, PA, where she supervises a team of researchers investigating new chemistries for coating formulations. She began her career in industry at PPG in 2015 as a Research Chemist in the analytical department focusing on characterization of aerospace and industrial coatings. Kristin received a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She also holds a B.S. in Chemistry and a B.A. in Spanish from the University of Delaware. Kristin is currently serving as the Chair of the American Chemical Society Younger Chemists Committee.