Dr. de Lasa is a professor at the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Western Ontario. He graduated in 1968 with a Bachelor's in Chemical Engineering from the Universidad Nacional del Sur in Argentina, and in 1971, with a “Cum Laude” Doctoral degree from the Université de Nancy, in France. Prof. de Lasa is the author of 389 peer-reviewed publications, 1 book, and 12 U.S. and Canadian patents, as well as the editor of 6 book chapters. He is an innovative teacher who has been actively involved in the training of graduate students, with the successful supervision of 56 PhD and 41 MESc theses. He is the founding director of the University of Western Ontario’s Chemical Reactor Engineering Centre (CREC). Since its inception in 1987, CREC has received significant financial support, and has been collaborating with a diversity of industries and governmental agencies from about 25 countries.