John Ito

John Ito is a skilled Plant Engineer at Evonik since February 2021, specializing in emergency relief system design and reactive hazard remediation for over ten production assets with a focus on capital project scoping. Prior experience includes serving as a Rotational Engineer and Undergraduate Research Assistant at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where John cultivated cell cultures and conducted research on hepatic encephalopathy, presenting findings at academic conferences. Additionally, John gained industry experience as a Chemical Engineering Co-Op at ExxonMobil, optimizing safety protocols and enhancing production operations, and as a Process Engineering Intern at McCormick & Company, where John identified process inefficiencies and improved safety procedures. John holds a Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, earned in 2020.