Yoram Cohen

Dr. Cohen is a Distinguished Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering (CBE) at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), a Faculty member of the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability (1981-present), Faculty Affiliate of the California NanoSystems Institute, and Adjunct Professor at the Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research at Ben-Gurion University. He is a co-founder of the UCLA Water Technology Research Center, and co-founder of the Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology that received the 2012 California Governor’s Award in Green Chemistry. He received the Clarence (Larry) G. Gerhold Award (2019) and L.K. Cecil Award (2003) from the Separations and Environmental Divisions, respectively, of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). He is Fellow of both the AIChE and the North American Membrane Society. In 2008 he received the Ann C. Rosenfield Community Partnership Prize for his environmental research, a State of California Senate Certificate of Recognition, and a Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition (US) for his contribution to legislation to protect public health and dedicated service to the community. He has authored/co-authored over 270 scholarly publications, delivered over 500 conference presentations and over 190 invited lectures. He is Editor of five books that include two recent volumes on water desalination technologies, and the Editor-in-Chief of the new Journal of Water Technology. His research efforts includes water treatment/purification and desalination, membrane separations, machine learning approaches for process optimization and control, environmental impact assessment and nanoinformatics. His research contributed to the development and deployment of high performance water desalination and purification systems, new membranes for water purification/desalination, monitoring technology of reverse osmosis membrane fouling/scaling, and practical approaches to environmental contaminant transport, exposure and risk assessment. He is also presently engaged in environmental protection efforts to promote water reuse and develop clean drinking water supplies for disadvantaged communities.