Darsh Wasan is the University Distinguished Professor, Motorola Chair in Chemical Engineering and Vice President for International Affairs at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). He received his B.S. degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley. He has spent his entire professional career at IIT, and has held a variety of academic and administrative posts, including chemical engineering department chairman, interim dean of engineering, vice president for research and technology, and vice president for academic affairs and provost. He has supervised over 100 graduate students including 62 Ph.D. students and 15 Postdoctoral Fellows. He has over 400 publications, and is co-author of a textbook on “Interfacial Transport Processes and Rheology.” He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering. His many other honors include the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Alpha Chi Sigma Award for Chemical Engineering Research, the Thomas Baron Award of PTF, the American Chemical Society National Award in Colloid and Surface Chemistry and the Excellence in Teaching Awards from both IIT and the American Society for Engineering Education. He served as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (1993-2014).