Sankaran Sundaresan

Prof. Sankaran Sundaresan is the Norman John Sollenberger Professor in Engineering and Applied Science and Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Princeton University, where he has worked since 1980. Prof. Sundaresan, known as "Sundar", is a world expert on the modeling and characterization of multiphase flows. Sundar works on dispersed multiphase flows, frequently encountered in chemical reactors and separation devices, that manifest complex structures at different length and time scales – micro, meso, and macro scales, which influence the mixing, mass and heat transfer, and reaction processes. Over the years, Sundar has made important contributions to understanding how to simulate complex flow behavior and relate this information to engineering applications. Sundar won the Elsevier Lifetime Achievement Award, AIChE Particle Technology Forum, 2022, for his research and service. He is a friend and supporter of the particle technology field and we are looking forward to hearing about his work on fluidization, transport, and deagglomeration processes during Dry Powder Inhalation, which are critical for the effective delivery of drugs to lungs.