Kamalesh K. Sirkar, Ph.D., is a Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering and the Foundation Professor in Membrane Separations at NJIT. Sirkar is an internationally renowned expert in membrane separation technologies. He is the inventor of the commercialized membrane-based solvent extraction technology for which Hoechst Celanese received Honorable Mention in the 1991 Kirkpatrick Award. He has pioneered, among others, the notion of microporous membranes as membrane contactors of two immiscible fluid phases as well as the contained liquid membrane. He has received a number of honorary degrees and awards. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering. He was also the editor of the Elsevier Series in Membrane Science and Technology during 2005-2011. He served as an Associate Editor of Separation Science and Technology during 2005-2011. He is serving/has served as a member of the editorial boards of J. Membrane Science, I&EC Research, and Separation Science and Technology. Sirkar is a co-editor of the widely used Membrane Handbook. He has authored 180 refereed publications, 19 book chapters, 29 US patents, and over 335 presentations. He was the President of the North American Membrane Society during 1998-1999 and a Director of the Separations Division of AIChE during 1993-1996. He is the Executive Director for the period 2010-2015 of the Membrane Science, Engineering, and Technology Center (MAST), which is an NSF I/UCRC.