Professor John P. Ferraris received his B.A. in Chemistry from St. Michael’s College, Winooski, VT, in 1969 and his Ph. D. in Chemistry in 1974 from the Johns Hopkins University. He immediately thereafter conducted a National Research Council Postdoctoral in the Polymers Division of the National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C., joining the faculty of the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) in 1975, where he is a professor. He was Head of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry from 1995 until September 2017 and Interim Dean at the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics (2003 – 2006). He holds affiliated positions in the Department of Materials Sciences and Engineering, and Physics at UTD. Dr. Ferraris received the W. T. Doherty Award from the DFW Section of the American Chemical Society in 2001. Dr. Ferraris maintains an active research group historically funded by grants from federal, state, and private sources. The research in the Ferraris group focuses on the design, synthesis and characterization, and application of novel electroactive organic materials. Their current research efforts are focused on electrochemical capacitors and membrane-based gas separations. He is the author of 255 publications and holds 16 issued patents. His h-factor is 75 with > 23500 citations (Google Scholar). He co-founded, in 2005 (with A. A. Zakhidov), Solarno, Inc., a start-up to develop novel concepts in solar energy, flexible lighting, and electrical energy storage.