Prof. Hee Jeung Oh Serves as the Co-Chair for the 2026 Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Membranes
We are delighted to share that Prof. Hee Jeung Oh served as the co-chair for the 2026 Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Membranes: Materials and Processes.
Join us for 2026 Gordon Research Conferences (GRC) on Membranes: Materials & Processes between August 2-7, 2026 in Colby Sawyer College, New London, NH. This 5-day conference entitled "Future Directions of Membranes for Transforming Separation Technology" will focus on the latest advancements in membranes for energy-efficient chemical separations, resource recovery, chemical and biochemical manufacturing, energy storage and health care. Our exciting program includes distinguished speakers, discussion leaders and Power Hour organizers as:
Theme: Future Directions of Membranes for Transforming Separation Technology
Chairs
Hee Jeung Oh - Penn State University
Haiqing Lin - University of Buffalo
Vice-Chairs
Christine Duval - CWRU
Ngai Yin Yip - Columbia University
Keynote speakers:
Andrew Livingston FREng FRS - Queens Mary University of London, UK
Hans Wijmans - MTR, Inc.
Peter Budd - University of Manchester, UK
Randy Snurr - Northwestern University
Speakers:
Sandra Kentish - University of Melbourne, Australia
Timothy Swager - MIT
Volker Abetz - Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Germany
Vanda Glezakou - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Maria Grazia De Angelis - University of Bologna, Italy
Merlin Bruening - University of Notre Dame
Venkat Ganesan - University of Texas at Austin
Zhiping Lai - KAUST
T. Alan Hatton - MIT
Shihong Lin - Rice University
Mohamed Eddaoudi - KAUST
Sanat Kumar - Columbia University
Tae-Hyun Bae - KAIST
Georges Belfort - RPI
Miao Yu - University at Buffalo
Ryan Lively - Georgia Institute of Technology Tech
Discussion Leaders:
Andrew Zydney - Penn State University
Eric M.V. Hoek, Ph.D.- UCLA
Ingo Pinnau - KAUST
Yan Xia - Stanford University
Vasiliki Karanikola - University of Arizona
Jeffrey McCutcheon -University of Connecticut
Yuhe Tian - West Virginia University
Manish Kumar - University of Texas at Austin
Ayse Asatekin - Tufts University
Rahul Sujanani - University of Wisconsin-Madison
Yoram Cohen - University of California, Los Angeles
Piran R. Kidambi - University of Florida
Michele Galizia - University of Oklahoma
Luis Francisco Villalobos - University of Southern California
Laura Arias Chavez - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
John Pellegrino - University of Colorado
Yifu Ding - University of Colorado Boulder
Ranil Wikramsinghe - University of Arkansas
Jessica Schiffman - University of Massachusetts Amherst
Tim Merkel- MTR
Abhishek Roy - NREL
Power Hour Organizers:
Vanda Glezakou- Oak Ridge National Lab
Christina Carbrello - MilliporeSigma
Alyson Sagle Beldon - Air Products
Jamie Hestekin - University of Arkansas
More information can be found here. We hope to see you this summer!
“The Gordon Research Conferences provide an international forum for the presentation and discussion of frontier research in the biological, chemical, physical and engineering sciences and their interfaces.”
About our work
We design and create high-performance membranes that enable unprecedented separation opportunities. We pursue fundamental breakthroughs that translate into real-world applications, always seeking to bridge the microscopic understanding of materials with macroscopic performance. Our goal is to make separations systems cleaner, stronger, and more sustainable.
About the Oh Lab
At the Oh Lab, we are dedicated to advancing the world’s most important, but challenging, separations in the environment, energy, and health sector. We do this by focusing on the molecular-to-macroscopic design and characterization of polymer membranes. We work at the intersection of chemical engineering, materials science, and molecular transport, focusing on designing advanced polymer membranes for efficient chemical separation.