Paul Kohl received a Ph.D. in chemistry from The University of Texas in 1978 (Allen J. Bard advisor). After graduation, Dr. Kohl was employed at AT&T Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, NJ from 1978 to 1989, where he was involved in the development of new chemical processes for the manufacture of electronic devices. In 1989, he joined the faculty of the Georgia Institute of Technology in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, where he is currently a Regents' Professor and holder of the Thomas L. Gossage Chair. Dr. Kohl's research interests include electrochemical devices for energy storage and conversion, new ion conducting polymers electrolytes, and advanced polymer dielectrics for electronic devices. He has 340 journal publications, 69 US patents, and more than 500 conference presentations. Dr. Kohl is the past Editor of: Journal of The Electrochemical Society, (founding editor) Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters, (founding editor) ECS Interface, and past President of the Electrochemical Society. His recognitions include Edward Weston ECS Student Fellowship, Carl Wagner (mid-career) Award, Gordon Moore Award in solid-state science, Callinan Award in Dielectric Science, and ACS Award in Polymer Science. He has been an ECS member since 1977 and is a Fellow of AIChE and ECS.