Dr. Isaac K. Gamwo is a research chemical engineer at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (Pittsburgh, PA), where he recently led the Equation of State research group. He is a licensed professional engineer, a fellow of the AIChE, a director of the AIChE’s Separations Division, and a member of the NOBCChE. He previously served as Assistant Professor at the University of Akron (Akron, OH) and at Tuskegee University (Tuskegee, AL). He earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago, IL). Dr. Gamwo co-authored the book Design and Understanding of Fluidized Bed Reactors (Verlag 2009) and co-edited the book Ultraclean Transportation Fuels (Oxford University Press, 2007). He is credited on over 100 articles and presentations.