Jennifer Curtis is Engineering Dean Emerita and Distinguished Professor Emerita of Chemical Engineering at the University of California, Davis, as well as a member of the National Academy of Engineering. She received her BS and PhD degrees in chemical engineering at Purdue University and Princeton University, respectively. Her career in academia has included faculty positions at the University of Florida, Purdue University, University of Arizona, Carnegie Mellon University and Lafayette College. She and her family have also enjoyed living overseas for extended research sabbaticals in Melbourne and Sydney, Australia, as well as Erlangen, Germany. She has served on the boards of a number of technical professional societies and is honored to contribute in many ways to further the mission of Ratio Christi.