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Thomas Aláan Lipsmeyer, DMA

Coordinator

Pronouns: He/Him

Email:

talaan@uic.edu

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Selected Grants

Department of Energy, Summer Institute on Sustainability and Energy, Coordinator

National Science Foundation, Next Generation Electrochemistry, Coordinator

Alfred P Sloan Foundation, Next Generation Electrochemistry, Summer Institute on Sustainability and Energy, Coordinator

Selected Publications

Cabana, Jordi, Thomas Alaan, George W. Crabtree, et al. “NGenE 2022: Electrochemistry for decarbonization.” ACS Energy Letters 8, no. 1 (December 2022): 740–747, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.2c02587.

Cabana, Jordi, Thomas Alaan, George W. Crabtree, et al. “NGenE 2022: Electrochemistry is everywhere.” ACS Energy Letters 7, no. 1 (December 2021): 368–374, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.1c02608.

Crabtree, George, Elizabeth Kocs, Thomas Alaan. “Energy, society, and science: The fifty-year scenario.” Futures 58 (2014): 53–65.

Service to Community

  • President, Board of Directors, EcoVoice Project, 2021-2024
  • Vice President, Board of Directors, Beyond Legal Aid (formerly CALA), 2016—2023
  • Secretary and Founding Board Member, Community Activism Law Alliance (CALA), 2014—2016

Licensures and Certifications

  • Professional Teaching Certificate (West Virginia), Elementary Music, Choral, and Instrumental Education (PreK-12)
  • Personal Trainer, National Academy of Sports Medicine
  • Nutrition Coach, National Academy of Sports Medicine

Professional Memberships

  • National Association of Teachers of Singing
  • Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia National Fraternity of America, Inc.

Selected Presentations

Owning Your Stage: Opera Performance Skills for Scientists

  • Engineering Industry Symposium (University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder CO) (2024)
  • Communication Science Conference-Atlanta (Emory University, Atlanta GA) (2024)
  • Next Generation Electrochemistry (University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago IL) (2022, 2023)

Music as a Tool for Environmentalism and Change

  • Summer Institute on Sustainability and Energy (2021)
  • Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (2021)

Art as a Platform for Climate Advocacy

  • Loyola University’s Climate Change Conference (2021)

Miscellaneous Presentations

  • Helena Music Teachers Association (2015)
  • The People’s Music School (2019, 2020)
  • Self Employment in the Arts (SEA) Art Business Entrepreneurship Workshop (2015)
  • Illinois Institute of Technology, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (2014)
  • University of Illinois Chicago Honors College (2014, 2015, 2016)