Robert E. Cohen

Chemical engineer with over 40 years of sustained creativity in undergraduate and graduate teaching and in design of novel academic programs, in addition to pioneering research on polymers and soft matter. Achievements include discovery of omniphobic surfaces, block copolymer nanoreactors for inorganic cluster synthesis, tough-stiff nanocomposites, chain folding in confined geometries, layer-by-layer assemblies for the biotic/abiotic interface. Co-inventor of patents licensed for successful venture startup and job creation in the U.S. and in Europe. Co-founder and Chairman of MatTek Corporation. Portfolio of more than 350 archival publications (h-index 74, with more than 18,000 citations) makes him one of the most influential chemical engineering researchers in the world.