Yoram Cohen
DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR
CHEMICAL AND BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING
Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Chair
UCLA Luskin Scholar
5531-E Boelter Hall
Email: yoram@ucla.eduPhone: (310) 825-8766
RESEARCH AND INTERESTS
- Surface nano-structuring with polymers and organosilanes
- Graft polymerization
- Membranes: Desalination, ultrafiltration and pervaporation
- Surface crystallization
- Neural Networks for quantitative-structure property estimation.
- Intermedia and multimedia transport in environmental systems.
- Environmental impact assessment
IN THE NEWS
- Power of Water: Bringing Clean Water to the Most Remote Water-Starved Areas | ABC News, April 2023
- Storm Flooding in Los Angeles calls attention to drought, waterway issues | The Daily Bruin, January 2023
- They used to call California ocean desalination a disaster. But water crisis brings new look | Los Angeles Times, November 2022
- Experts discuss innovation-entrepreneurship role in developing desalination | Saudi Gazette, September 2022
- Saltwater Toilets, Desperate Wildlife: Water-starved Catalina Island Battles Against Drought | The Lawton Constitution, August 2022
- Saltwater Toilets, Desperate Wildlife: Water-starved Catalina Island Battles Against Drought | Los Angeles Times, August 2022
EDUCATION
- B.A.Sc., University of Toronto, 1975
- M.A.Sc., University of Toronto, 1977
- Ph.D., University of Delaware, 1981
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
- 2003 Lawrence K. Cecil Award in Environmental Chemical Engineering, Env. Div., AIChE
- Chair, 1st Vice-Chair, 2nd Vice-Chair, AIChE Environmental Division (2002, 2001, 2000)
- 1997 Outstanding Research paper, AIChE, Separations Division
- Del Amo Research Fellowship, 1994
- Lady Davis Fellowship (Israel), 1987, 1994
- National Research Council, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology (1989-1992)
- Director, Center for Environmental Risk Reduction