BSc and MSc, MIT; PhD, Univ. of California, Berkeley. Former Donders Visiting Professorship Chair, Utrecht Univ,, Netherlands. With MIT: Former Exec. Officer, Chemical Eng Dept, Assoc. Director, Institute of Soldier Nanotechnologies, and Assoc. Dean, Eng for Research; currently, Assoc. Provost and Alexander and I. Michael Kasser Prof. of Chemical Eng. Fellow, American Institute of Chemical Eng. Co-Founder, GVD Corp. Research focuses on near room-temperature synthesis of ultrathin, conformal organic films by chemical vapour deposition. Author of 250 publications; holds 18 US Patents for CVD polymers and their applications in optoelectronic, sensing, microfluidic, energy and biomedical devices, and for surface modification of membranes. Recipient, awards and honours, including: AIChE Process Development Research Award.