Dr. Efstratios N Pistikopoulos received his Diploma in Chemical Engineering from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a Professor of Chemical Engineering, a University Distinguished Professor, a Dow Chemical Chair, and a Director at Texas A&M Energy Institute. The objective of his research program is to develop fundamental theory and optimization-based methodologies and computational tools that enable process engineers to analyze, design, and evaluate process manufacturing systems which are economically attractive, energy-efficient, and environmentally benign, while at the same time exhibiting a good performance characteristics like flexibility, controllability, robustness, reliability, and safety.