NAMS Fellows
NAMS Members are elected as Fellows in recognition of contributions in both “significant service to NAMS” and “significant professional accomplishments in the membrane field”
The contribution in one of these areas shall be outstanding, and significant contribution in both areas is necessary.
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A nominee for election of NAMS Fellow should have demonstrated long term accomplishment in membrane science, engineering and/or practice for at least 15 years past receiving their final academic degree. They also shall have been a regular NAMS member for at least 10 years and be a current NAMS member for at least the last three years consecutively.
Service to NAMS can be documented by combinations from the following categories: consistent contributions to NAMS Annual Meetings as session presenters and co-chairs; meeting volunteers; workshop instructors; and overall meeting organizers; and/or sustained service over many years, with both leadership and participatory roles in the NAMS Board of Directors and NAMS’ standing and executive committees.
Professional accomplishment in the membrane field can be documented by success in process, product or theoretical developments, project leadership, managerial achievement, the education of engineers, or other activities related to science and engineering, particularly in the areas related to membrane science and technology. Examples of publications, patents, citation frequency, invited lectures, and professional awards and/or promotions are useful metrics.
Application materials
The selection process has the following steps.
A panel of reviewers is recruited by the Fellows Committee Chair to become ad hoc members of the Committee.
The Committee conducts a review of each application to ensure that the applicant meets the Fellows’ requirements and votes to recommend them for Fellows recognition.
The nominator must be a NAMS Member. Current Board members cannot nominate fellows or be named fellows. They also may not write recommendation letters.
The following items must be submitted as a single PDF file or the application will be rejected:
A complete Nomination Form from a current NAMS member describing the individual’s contribution and its importance to the field of membrane science and technology. Download the form here.
Up to two supporting letters in support of the nomination from no more than two individuals (additional signatories not allowed) (800 words each)
CV, including relevant positions, recognitions, and a list of publications and patents.
Application packages must be received by Wednesday, January 8th, 2025 per e-mail to awards@membranes.org. Please put “YYYY NAMS Fellow nomination” as the Subject of the email (with YYYY as the year) and name the file attachment…”YYYY_NAMS_Fellow_xxxxxxx” where xxxxxx is the nominee’s last name.
Award recipients
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Dr. W.S. Winston Ho
2024 FELLOW
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Dr. Uwe Beuscher
2024 FELLOW
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Dr. John Pellegrino
2024 FELLOW
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Dr. Isabel Escobar
2023 FELLOW
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Dr. G. Glenn Lipscomb
2023 FELLOW
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Dr. Yoram Cohen
2022 FELLOW
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Dr. Michael Guiver
2022 FELLOW
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Dr. Andrew Zydney
2022 FELLOW
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Dr. Ruth Baltus
2021 FELLOW
Dr. Ruth Baltus is an Emeritus Professor of Chemical Engineering at Clarkson University. She is an internationally recognized expert in membrane science, with activities focused on membrane liquid transport from both experimental and theoretical perspectives and on supported ionic liquid membranes for gas separations. Dr. Baltus was a co-organizer of the 2015 NAMS meeting held in Boston, MA and served on the Board of Directors from 2010 to 2016.
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Dr. Hans Wijmans
2021 FELLOW
The contributions of Dr. Wijmans to the field of membrane separations range from fundamental research in membrane formation and membrane transport (over 50 highly cited publications) to the development of novel membrane applications (over 50 patents). Dr. Wijmans served as President of the North American Membrane Society in 2003 - 2004 and was a member of the NAMS Board of Directors from 1998 to 2006.
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Dr. Alan R. Greenberg
2021 FELLOW
Dr. Alan R. Greenberg has had a fulfilling 40+ year career as a professor and researcher. He ventured into membrane science in 1985 and has contributed to the field through original research and many publications, presentations, and patents. He has organized several national and international membrane meetings including the 1994 NAMS Annual Meeting and the First Joint Meeting of NAMS and the International Conference on Inorganic Membranes.
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Dr. Ed S. Sanders, Jr.
2020 FELLOW
Dr. Sanders is Chief Technology Officer and an International Fellow for Air Liquide. He has made critical contributions to understanding small molecule transport in polymeric materials and commercialization of membrane gas separation technology. Dr. Sanders served NAMS as a Board of Directors Member for 9 years, chair of the Workshop committee for six years, Vice-President, President, and co-chair of the 2011 Annual Meeting in Las Vegas.
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Dr. Jerry Y.S. Lin
2020 FELLOW
Dr. Jerry Y.S. Lin is the Regents’ Professor of Chemical Engineering at Arizona State University and an internationally recognized leader in inorganic membrane science. He has developed new materials and synthesis methods of mesoporous, microporous and dense inorganic membranes for filtration and molecular separation. Dr. Lin co-chaired two highly successful NAMS Annual Meetings (1998 and 2013).
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Ingo Pinnau
2020 FELLOW
Ingo Pinnau is founding Director of the Advanced Membranes and Porous Materials Center and Professor in Chemical Engineering at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. His career in membranes spans over 35 years with internationally recognized contributions in the design of high-performance materials and membranes for energy-intensive separations. He joined NAMS in 1987, served twice as NAMS President and was co-organizer of Annual NAMS meetings in 2004 and 2018 and ICOM in 2008.