Paschalis Alexandridis

Paschalis Alexandridis is Distinguished Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York (SUNY), where he has served as Director of Graduate Studies in Chemical Engineering, co-Director of the Materials Science and Engineering program, and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education in the School of Engineering. He holds a Diploma from EMΠ and PhD from MIT, both in chemical engineering, and has carried out postdoctoral research in physical chemistry at Lund University. Alexandridis' research utilizes molecular interactions and supramolecular assemblies to develop processes that are environment friendly and energy efficient, and products with desired properties and function. Ongoing projects address structuring via self-assembly and directed assembly of block copolymers, environmentally responsible solvents, fluorinated surfactant sequestration from aqueous solutions, and plastic recycling. He has authored 190 articles published in 65 different peer-reviewed scientific journals and in books (Google Scholar h-index 74 and 21000 citations) and 6 US patents. Alexandridis is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), and Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), and has served as chair of AIChE Area 1C: "Interfacial Phenomena" and on the executive committee of the American Chemical Society (ACS) Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry. He is currently serving as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology, co-Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Molecular Sciences (Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics section), and Associate Editor of the Journal of Surfactants and Detergents. (http://www.cbe.buffalo.edu/alexandridis)

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