Prof. Devinder Mahajan obtained a B.Sc. in Chemistry from Panjab University, India, in 1972; an M.Sc. in Applied Chemistry from the University of British Columbia, Canada, in 1976; and a Ph.D. in Applied Chemistry from the University of British Columbia, Canada, in 1979. He is a Professor and the Graduate Program Director (CME) at Stony Brook University. His research interests include energy policy issues; low carbon energy technology development and implementation; energy research at the chemical engineering/chemistry interface—clean fuel production technologies complementing CO₂ mitigation utilizing methane hydrates, methane, and biomass for catalytic methanol, mixed alcohols, and hydrocarbon Fischer–Tropsch (F-T) synthesis; ultra-deep hydrodesulfurization (HDS); extremophile-mediated H₂ production for fuel-cell applications; and geothermal energy and minerals extraction from brines.