Dr. Ajay K. Dalai obtained his B.Tech degree in 1982 from LIT Nagpur, his M.Tech degree in 1984 in Chemical Engineering from IIT Kanpur, and his PhD degree in 1989 from the University of Saskatchewan. He is a Distinguished Professor at the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Saskatchewan and Canada Research Chair in Bioenergy and Environmental Friendly Chemical Processes. He has been honored as a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the Chemical Institute of Canada, a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada, a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, a Fellow of the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK), a USA Fulbright Fellow, a DAAD Fellow, and a JSPS Fellow. His research focus is the novel catalyst development for gas-to-liquid (GTL) technologies, biomass utilization, biodiesel production and applications, hydrogen/syngas production from waste materials, hydroprocessing of heavy gas oil, and value-added products from biomass, and production and applications of activated carbon and carbon nanotubes (CNTs).