Martin A. Abraham has been a member of AIChE since 1985, when he joined as a graduate student making his first professional presentation. He was named a Fellow of AIChE in 2012. After receiving his PhD from the Univ. of Delaware, Abraham joined the Univ. of Tulsa as an Assistant Professor. He moved to the Univ. of Toledo as a Full Professor in 1996 and then became Dean of the STEM College at Youngstown State Univ. in 2007. After serving as Provost, he moved to Western Illinois Univ. where he became Interim President and received the Cathy O’Neill Couza Award for Outstanding Leadership in Diversity in 2021, before taking his current position as Provost at SUNY Brockport. His research in clean solvents and sustainability, funded by the NSF and EPA, as well as national and regional companies, is documented in nearly 80 publications, including the book Sustainability Science and Engineering: Defining Principles (2005). He has served as editor for Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy since 2007.