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Dr. Ruth Baltus is an Emeritus Professor of Chemical Engineering at Clarkson University. She is an internationally recognized expert in membrane science, with activities focused on membrane liquid transport from both experimental and theoretical perspectives and on supported ionic liquid membranes for gas separations.  Dr. Baltus was a co-organizer of the 2015 NAMS meeting held in Boston, MA and served on the Board of Directors from 2010 to 2016.

2021 FELLOW

The contributions of Dr. Wijmans to the field of membrane separations range from fundamental research in membrane formation and membrane transport (over 50 highly cited publications) to the development of novel membrane applications (over 50 patents). Dr. Wijmans served as President of the North American Membrane Society in 2003 - 2004 and was a member of the NAMS Board of Directors from 1998 to 2006.

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Dr. Alan R. Greenberg has had a fulfilling 40+ year career as a professor and researcher.  He ventured into membrane science in 1985 and has contributed to the field through original research and many publications, presentations, and patents. He has organized several national and international membrane meetings including the 1994 NAMS Annual Meeting and the First Joint Meeting of NAMS and the International Conference on Inorganic Membranes.

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Dr. Sanders is Chief Technology Officer and an International Fellow for Air Liquide. He has made critical contributions to understanding small molecule transport in polymeric materials and commercialization of membrane gas separation technology. Dr. Sanders served NAMS as a Board of Directors Member for 9 years, chair of the Workshop committee for six years, Vice-President, President, and co-chair of the 2011 Annual Meeting in Las Vegas.

2020 FELLOW

Dr. Jerry Y.S. Lin is the Regents’ Professor of Chemical Engineering at Arizona State University and an internationally recognized leader in inorganic membrane science. He has developed new materials and synthesis methods of mesoporous, microporous and dense inorganic membranes for filtration and molecular separation. Dr. Lin co-chaired two highly successful NAMS Annual Meetings (1998 and 2013).

2020 FELLOW

Ingo Pinnau is founding Director of the Advanced Membranes and Porous Materials Center and Professor in Chemical Engineering at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. His career in membranes spans over 35 years with internationally recognized contributions in the design of high-performance materials and membranes for energy-intensive separations. He joined NAMS in 1987, served twice as NAMS President and was co-organizer of Annual NAMS meetings in 2004 and 2018 and ICOM in 2008.

2018 FELLOW

Prof. Richard D. Noble is the Alfred T. and Betty E. Professor of,Chemical Engineering at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He is an internationally recognized leader in the use of novel membrane and thin film materials, including zeolites, ionic liquids and liquid crystals, for chemical separations. Rich co-founded the NSF CSTF in 1990 and served for many years as the Center Director of its successor, the MAST Center, the only NSF block-funded center for membrane-related research. This center supported over a generation of research focused on membrane science and technology and trained a large number of undergrads, Ph.D. students and postdoctoral researchers. Rich has also been highly active in numerous leadership roles and professional activities that have contributed to membrane science and technology in general.

2018 FELLOW

Dr. Donald Stookey is a membrane pioneer and made key contributions to most of the gas separation membrane applications in current practice. He led the Monsanto team that designed and now produces the Prism® hollow fiber membranes. Air Products acquired and added the Prism Membrane business to their equipment offerings in 1991, while Don’s team refocused on applications outside the industrial gas market and have now taken membrane devices onboard ships, offshore platforms, aircraft, automotive, and into the OEM markets. Ever the champion for membranes, Don contributes a column on membrane news in the NAMS Membrane Quarterly, mentors membrane students, and continues to consult with membrane related entities globally.

2017 FELLOW

Professor Benny Freeman, Richard B. Curran Centennial Chair in Chemical Engineering at the University of Texas, is a world leader in the field of polymer-based membrane materials and separations. He has made seminal contributions to the advancement of high performance polymers and polymer-based materials for gas and liquid separations and other industrial applications. He has authored or co-authored nearly 400 papers and has 11 issued patents and 12 patent applications.

2017 FELLOW

Professor Kamalesh K. Sirkar, Department of Chemical, Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, has been an innovative leader in membrane technologies such as membrane contactors, membrane distillation, membrane reactors, hollow fiber membrane crystallization, and pioneering approaches to gas separation, organic solvent nanofiltration and bioseparations. He has published close to 200 articles in international peer-reviewed journals and has been cited over 10,000 times.

2016 INAUGURAL FELLOW

Dr. Baker is the founder and President of Membrane Technology and Research, Inc. (MTR). His career in membrane science and technology has spanned 35 years, with contributions in gas separation, pervapora-tion, and controlled drug release. He has written two highly regarded monographs, Controlled Release of Biologically Active Agents (1987) and Membrane Technology and Applications (2000); edited two other books; co-authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications; and was inventor/co-inventor on 100 patents.

2016 INAUGURAL FELLOW

Professor Belfort is known as a pioneer and leader in the understanding and application of membranes. He has the unusual ability to analyze the theoretical basis of key phenomena and to tackle complex experimental problems. He has made incredible contributions in membrane processes such as reverse osmosis, ultrafiltration, micro-filtration, membrane reactors, and membrane chromatography to fundamentals including membrane transport, concentration polarization, fluid dynamics, fouling, surface modification, and protein-surface interactions.

2016 INAUGURAL FELLOW

Professor Koros helped develop the fundamental theoretical framework forming the basis of our modern understanding of small molecule transport in polymers. He made highly regarded fundamental contributions to materials science design concepts that are widely used in industry today for making gas separation membranes. His intellectual leadership extends beyond polymer membranes to include pioneering studies of hybrid organic/inorganic materials (mixed matrix membranes) for gas separations.

2016 INAUGURAL FELLOW

Dr. Li founded NL Chemical Technology, Inc. in 1995 to develop advanced reverse osmosis and nanofiltration membranes for water purification and desalination. He is the author of 45 U.S. patents, 20 edited books, and 100+ technical papers. The ICOM 1990 meeting he organized was so successful it generated funding that currently supports NAMS' numerous award programs. All of the students who receive travel support to NAMS meetings are beneficiaries of Dr. Li's efforts.

2016 INAUGURAL FELLOW

Professor Paul’s contributions to wet spinning and transport mechanisms led to the development of hollow fiber asymmetric membranes for reverse osmosis, pervaporation, and gas separations. He is responsible for discoveries leading to the Prism® concept, which led to the first commercial gas separation membranes. His continued collaboration with industry has helped to translate the discoveries made in his lab into commercial products for liquid and gas separations. He has published over 700 papers, many relating to membranes.