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School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
Tel. +61 3 8344 7931; Fax: +61 3 9347 5180
Website: http://www.chemistry.unimelb.edu.au/people/kolev.php
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Interests: electrochemical sensors; optodes; gas sensors; flow analysis; membrane studies; environmental monitoring; polymer inclusion membranes; membrane mass transfer
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Editorial Board
Prof. Dr. Yoshinari Baba
Department of Applied Chemistry, Miyazaki University, Gakuen-Kibanadai Nishi 1-1, Miyazaki, Japan
Tel. +81 985 587 307; Fax: +81 985 587 323
E-Mail: t0g202u@cc.miyazaki-u.ac.jp
Interests: membrane; extraction; ion exchange; adsorption; chitin and chitosan; metal recovery
Prof. Dr. Jay B. Benziger
Department of Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, Engineering Quad., Room A-407, Princeton, NJ 08544-5263, USA
Tel. +1 609 2585416; Fax: +1 609 2580211
Website: http://www.princeton.edu/cbe/people/faculty/benziger/
E-Mail: benziger@princeton.edu
Interests: reaction engineering of organic vapor phase deposition; dynamics of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells; recovery of thiols for hydrocarbon streams; developing a large-scale liquid scintillation detector
Contribution:
In other journals:
Special Issue: Sol-Gel Technique
Special Issue: Sol-Gel Technique
Prof. Dr. Henny J.M. Bouwmeester
Science and Technology, University of Twente, Meander, ME 349, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
Tel. +31 534 892202; Fax: +31 534 894683
Website: http://www.utwente.nl/tnw/im/people/staff/bouwmeester/
E-Mail: h.j.m.bouwmeester@tnw.utwente.nl
Interests: solid state electrochemistry; solid state ionics; mixed conductors; solid electrolytes; ceramic membranes; microporous membranes; gas separation, solid oxide fuel cells; solid acid fuel cells; electrochemical sensors; electrode kinetics; oxygen surface exchange kinetics; thermodynamics; defect chemistry
Prof. Dr. Robert Cattrall
1 La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3086, Australia
2 The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
Website: http://www.findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/researcher/person14270.html
E-Mail: r.cattrall@unimelb.edu.au
Interests: solvent extraction chemistry; membrane extraction; polymer inclusion membranes; chemical sensors; ion-selective electrodes; optodes
Prof. Dr. Hsueh-Chia Chang
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Center for Micro-fluidics and Medical Diagnostics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
Tel. +1 574 6315697; Fax: +1 574 6318366
Website: http://www.nd.edu/~changlab/
E-Mail: hchang@nd.edu
Interests: ion-selective membranes; electrochemical sensors; desalination; on-chip membrane fabrication; electrokinetics in nanoporous membranes
Prof. Dr. Vicki Chen
UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science and Technology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
Tel. +61 2 9385 4813; Fax: +61 2 9385 5966
Website: http://www.membrane.unsw.edu.au/staff/vchen.asp
E-Mail: v.chen@unsw.edu.au
Interests: hybrid membrane-photocatalytic reactor; hybrid membrane-photocatalytic reactor systems for the degradation of organic contaminants in water and wastewater; formation of novel isoporous membranes from star polymers; membrane fouling and cleaning; hybrid processes for the removal of natural organic matter; hollow fiber/module design; visualization and modelling of flow distribution in hollow fiber modules and cross-flow membrane modules
Prof. Dr. Dionysios (Dion) Demetriou Dionysiou
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0012, USA
Tel. +1 513 5560724; Fax: +1 513 5564162
Website: http://www.eng.uc.edu/dept_cee/people/faculty/dionysiou/
E-Mail: dionysios.d.dionysiou@uc.edu
Interests: advanced oxidation technologies and chemical oxidation for water treatment; drinking water treatment and purification; environmental nanotechnology; transition-metal oxidation and reverse electron transfer reactions; the use of ionic liquids in environmental applications; destruction of biological toxins in water; physicochemical phenomena on particle-water interfaces
Prof. Dr. Mikel Duke
Institute of Sustainability and Innovation, Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria 8001, Australia
Tel. +61 399 197682; Fax: +61 399 197696
Website: http://www.vu.edu.au/about-vu/our-people/mikel-duke
E-Mail: mikel.duke@vu.edu.au
Interests: desalination; water treatment; gas separation; membrane distillation; ceramic membranes; zeolites; silica; nanocomposite materials; microbiology; membrane bioreactor; dairy processing; membrane recycling; molecular scale and process modelling
Dr. Steven J. Duranceau
Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering, University of Central Florida, P.O. Box 162450, Orlando, FL 32816-2450, USA
Tel. +1 407 8231440; Fax: +1 407 8233315
Website: http://cece.ucf.edu/people/sduranceau/
E-Mail: sdurance@mail.ucf.edu
Interests: water quality chemistry; physico-chemical and microbiological processes (aeration and oxidation, membranes, activated carbon, ion-exchange, disinfection, stabilization, corrosion control, distribution system biofilms); desalination process operation troubleshooting and analysis; water distribution system infrastructure; blending of alternative water supplies
Prof. Dr. Isabel C. Escobar
Chemical and Environmental Engineering Department, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606-3390, USA
Tel. +1 419 5308267; Fax: +1 419 5308086
Website: http://www.che.utoledo.edu/escobar.htm
E-Mail: isabel.escobar@utoledo.edu
Interests: membranes for water treatment; desalination; membranes for water reuse; fouling, biofouling; functionalization; membrane formation
Prof. Dr. Eric Favre
Laboratoire Réactions et Génie des Procédés, ENSIC, 1 rue Grandville, BP 20451, 54001 Nancy Cedex, France
Tel. +33 383 175190; Fax: +33 383 322975
Website: http://www.ensic.inpl-nancy.fr/lsgc/
E-Mail: eric.favre@ensic.inpl-nancy.fr
Interests: polymeric membrane materials; pervaporation; gas separation processes; membrane contactors; design and modelling of membrane processes
Contribution:
Special Issue: Membrane Processes and Energy
Prof. Dr. Clàudia Fontàs
The University of Girona, Girona, Catalonia, Spain
Tel. +32 972 418 271; Fax: +34 972 418 150
Website: http://tnt.udg.edu/scripts/depQuimica/paginaweb.asp?codi=PA03
E-Mail: claudia.fontas@udg.edu
Interests: development of separation and preconcentration techniques for metals and organic compounds; environmental analysis; supported liquid membranes; polymer inclusion membranes; platinum group metals
Dr. Annarosa Gugliuzza
Institute on Membrane Technology (ITM-CNR), 87030 Rende (CS), Italy
Tel. +39 984 492026; Fax: +39 984 402103
Website: http://www.itm.cnr.it/English/Annarosa%20Gugliuzza.htm
E-Mail: a.gugliuzza@itm.cnr.it
Interests: high-defihigh-definition polymeric nanostructured and nanocomposite membranes; greener tailoring nanotechnologies; intelligent membranes; membrane preparation/characterization/phase inversion; surface/transport properties; free-standing membranes for contactors, reactors, sensing devices, textile, packaging and gas separation purposes; polymers and materials Contribution: Special Issue: Responsive Polymer Membranes nition polymeric nanostructured and nanocomposite membranes; greener tailoring nanotechnologies; intelligent membranes; membrane preparation/characterization/phase inversion; surface/transport properties; free-standing membranes for contactors, reactors, sensing devices, textile, packaging and gas separation purposes; polymers and materials
Contribution:
Special Issue: Responsive Polymer Membranes
Prof. Dr. Benjamin S. Hsiao
Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-3400, USA
Tel. +1 631 632 7793; Fax: +1 631 632 6518
Website: http://www.chem.stonybrook.edu/faculty/hsiao.shtml
E-Mail: bhsiao@notes.cc.sunysb.edu
Interests: polymers; polymer crystallization; polymer nanocomposites; synchrotron x-ray scattering and diffraction technology development; absorbable polymers for medical applications; drug delivery and tissue engineering; breakthrough nanofibrous membrane technology for water purification
Contribution:
Special Issue: Membranes for Health and Environmental Applications
Dr. Johannes C. Jansen
Institute on Membrane Technology, 87030 Rende (CS), Italy
Tel. +39 984 492031; Fax: +39 984 402103
Website: http://www.itm.cnr.it/English/John%20C.%20Jansen.htm
E-Mail: jc.jansen@itm.cnr.it
Interests: polymeric membranes; phase inversion techniques; membrane characterization; principles of gas and vapour transport; gas separation; free volume; polymer chemistry and polymer properties
Prof. Dr. Simon Judd
Sustainable Systems Department, Cranfield University, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, MK43 0AL, UK
Tel. +44 123 4758310
Website: http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/sas/aboutus/staff/judds.html
E-Mail: s.j.judd@cranfield.ac.uk
Interests: potable water; wastewater; membrane bioreactors
Prof. Dr. Tahar Laoui
Department of Mechanical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), 31261 Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Tel. +966 38601379; Fax: +966 38602949
Website: http://www2.kfupm.edu.sa/me/tlaoui.html
E-Mail: tlaoui@kfupm.edu.sa
Interests: materials engineering; ceramic membranes synthesis; multi-layer gradient porous membranes; alumina/zirconia substrates; zeolites active layer; sol-gel layer deposition; polymeric membranes; nanocomposite membranes; water treatment and desalination; heavy metal removal; membranes testing; membranes characterization
Prof. Dr. Michiaki Matsumoto
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science; Doshisha University; Kyotanabe; Kyoto 610-0321, Japan
Tel. +81 0774 656655; Fax: +81 0774 656655
Website: http://kenkyudb.doshisha.ac.jp/rd/search/researcher/194002/index-e.html
E-Mail: mmatsumo@mail.doshisha.ac.jp
Interests: bioreaction engineering; separation technology; extraction; membrane separation
Contribution:
Special Issue: Liquid Membranes
Prof. Dr. Takeshi Matsuura
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5, Canada
Tel. +1 613 5625800, ext.: 8852; Fax: +1 613 5625172
Website: http://by.genie.uottawa.ca/~matsuura/matsuura.htm
E-Mail: matsuura@eng.uottawa.ca
Interests: synthetic membrane material; synthetic membrane preparation; membrane transport; membrane separation processes
Prof. Dr. Hideto Matsuyama
Center for Membrane and Film Technology, Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Kobe University, Rokkodai, Nada-ku, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
Tel. +81 78802 6180; Fax: +81 78802 6180
Website: http://www2.kobe-u.ac.jp/~matuyama/cx14HP/index_j.html
E-Mail: matuyama@kobe-u.ac.jp
Interests: membrane formation; membrane fouling; control of porous structure; MF/UF membrane; RO/NF membrane; CO<sub>2</sub> separation; facilitated transport membrane
Prof. Dr. Yoshiko Miura
Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
Tel. +81 92 802 2749; Fax: +81 92 802 2800
Website: http://www.chem-eng.kyushu-u.ac.jp/lab9/index_e.html
E-Mail: miuray@chem-eng.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Interests: branched polymer; glycopolymer; biopolymer; infection disease
Prof. Dr. Klaus Müllen
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, D-55128 Mainz, Germany
Tel. +49 6131 379 151; Fax: +49 6131 379 350
Website: http://www.mpip-mainz.mpg.de/groups/muellen/
E-Mail: muellen@mpip-mainz.mpg.de
Interests: new polymer-forming reactions including methods of organometallic chemistry; multi-dimensional polymers with complex shape-persistent architectures; functional polymeric networks, in particular for catalytic purposes; dyes and laser writing into polymers; chemistry and physics of single molecules; molecular materials with liquid crystalline properties for electronic and optoelectronic devices; materials for lithium or hydrogen storage; biosynthetic hybrids; nanocomposites
Contribution:
In other journals:
Special Issue: New Polymer Synthesis Reactions
Dr. Morten S. Nielsen
Institut for Medicinsk Biokemi, Ole Worms Allé, Bygn. 170, Universitetsparken, 8000 Århus C, Denmark
Tel. +45 894 22860; Fax: +45 861 31160
E-Mail: mn@biokemi.au.dk
Interests: receptors; endocytosis; intracellular trafficking; lipoprotein; lipase
Prof. Dr. Kitty Nijmeijer
Membrane Technology Group, University of Twente, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
Tel. +31 53 4894185; Fax: +31 53 4894611
Website: http://mtg.tnw.utwente.nl/people/mst/nijmeijer/
E-Mail: d.c.nijmeijer@utwente.nl
Interests: water purification; membrane bioreactors; waste water treatment; salinity gradient power; fuel cells; energy storage systems; biorefinery; CO2 capture; Olefin/Paraffin separation; dehydration of streams; organic solvent separation; hydrogen production
Prof. Dr. Arian Nijmeijer
Inorganic Membranes, University of Twente, 7500 AE, Enschede, The Netherlands
Tel. +31 6 55 123390; Fax: +31 20 630 3964
Website: http://www.utwente.nl/tnw/im/people/staff/nijmeijer/nijmeijer_cv.docx/
E-Mail: a.nijmeijer@utwente.nl
Interests: ceramic membranes; microporous membranes; gas separation; membrane reactors; sol-gel chemistry; ceramic processing; carbon capture; solvent resistant nanofiltration; catalytic membranes; metal membranes
Prof. Dr. Leonardo Palmisano
Department of Electrical, Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
Tel. +39 91 23863746; Fax: +39 91 7025020
Website: http://.dicpm.unipa.it/biografia.asp?idperson=15&info=1
E-Mail: leonardo.palmisano@unipa.it
Interests: heterogeneous photocatalysis; photocatalytic syntheses; photocatalytic membranes; advanced oxidation technologies
Prof. Dr. Klaus Rätzke
Technische Fakultät der Universität Kiel, Institut für Materialwissenschaft, Materialverbunde, Kaiserstr., D-24143 Kiel, Germany
Tel. +49 431 8806227; Fax: +49 431 8806229
Website: http://www.tf.uni-kiel.de/~kr/
E-Mail: kr@tf.uni-kiel.de
Interests: polymeric membranes; gas separation; pervoration; free volume; transport through membranes; polymer nanocomposite membranes; characterization of polymer membranes
Prof. Dr. Mohamed Khayet Souhaimi
Department of Applied Physics I, Faculty of Physics, University Complutense of Madrid, Avda. Complutense s/n, 28040, Madrid, Spain
Tel. +34 91 394 5185; Fax: +34 91 394 5191
Website: http://www.ucm.es
E-Mail: khayetm@fis.ucm.es
Interests: polymeric membrane modification; polymeric membrane processes and theoretical models; polymeric nano-fibers and hollow fibers; polymer nanocomposites; phase separation; fabrication, modification and characterization of polymeric membranes for liquid and gas separations; flat-sheet membranes; hollow-fiber membranes; nano-fiber membranes; composite membranes; membrane processes: ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, reverse osmosis, membrane distillation, pervaporation, gas separation, etc.; different membrane characterization techniques (SEM, AFM, etc.)
Prof. Dr. David C. Stuckey
Biochemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
Tel. +44 207 5945591
Website: http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/people/d.stuckey
E-Mail: d.stuckey@imperial.ac.uk
Interests: bioreactor design; surfactant enhanced solvent extraction and protein precipitation; downstream separation techniques
Prof. Dr. Shiro Suetsugu
Laboratory of Membrane and Cytoskeleton Dynamics, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-0032, Japan
Tel. +81-3-5841-7954; Fax: +81-3-5841-7862
Website: http://www.suetsugulab.net/en/Welcome.html
E-Mail: suetsugu@iam.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Interests: cellular membrane curvatures; cellular membrane structures; protein-lipid interactions; lipid signaling in cells; membrane morphology
Contribution:
Special Issue: Biological Membrane Morphogenesis
Prof. Dr. Toshinori Tsuru
Department of Chemical Engineering, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, 739-8527, Japan
Tel. +49 4152 872420; Fax: +49 4152 872444
Website: http://www.chemeng.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/membrane/members/tsuru/index-e.html
E-Mail: tsuru@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Interests: inorganic membranes; inorganic/ organic hybrid membranes; nano/subnano-porous membranes for gas; PV, RO/NF; membrane reactor; transport mechanism through nano/subnano-porous membranes
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