Dr. Mayuresh Kothare is Chairman, and R. L McCann Professor of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering at Lehigh University, United States.nnDr. Kothare earned his B.Tech degree in Chemical Engineering from IT Bombay in 1991 with a silver medal MS. and Ph.D. degrees in chemical engineering from the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, in 1995 and 1997, respectively.nnHe was a Research Assistant with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland during 1994-96; a Visiting Scholar in electrical engineering at Purdue University (1995) and chemical engineering at the City College of New York, New York (1997); and a Postdoctoral Researcher with Mobil Oil Corporation (1997-98). His primary professional experience began as Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Lehigh University (1998-2003), Associate Professor (2003-08), Professor (2008-12), and Chairman of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (from 2012). He has held a Visiting Professor appointment in Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins (2008-12). He has conferred the title of Guest Professor (2012-15) at East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai.