P. SOMASUNDARAN

La von Duddleson Krumb Professor
 Director, IUCRC for Advanced Studies in Novel Surfactants
Director, Langmuir Center for Colloids and Interfaces
Columbia University, New York, N.Y. 10027
Phone: (212) 854-2926
FAX: (212) 854-8362
E-mail: ps24@columbia.edu

 

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Professional Experience

Memberships

  • Nominating Committee, Engineering Foundation, 1996-1999.
  • Board Member, Engineering Foundation Committee, 1993-1999
  • Jury Member, Science for Art Prize, LVMH., 1989-1999
  • Congressional Environmental Advisory Committee (20th District), 1996-1999.
  • Engineering Foundation Projects Committee, 1995-present.
  • Organizing Committee, National Science Foundation, U.S. Egyptian Conference on Renewable Resources.
  • NSF Panel on Major Research Instrumentation, May. 1999.
  • Participant, Army Nanocomposite Workshop, April, 1999.
  • Participant, NSF site visit, University of Florida, February, 1999.
  • Participant, NSF Annual I/U CRC Meeting, Washington D.C., January, 1999.
  • Participant, NAE Regional Meeting, Murray Hill, April, 1999.
  • National Science Foundation Panel on Technology for a Sustainable Environment, 1999.
  • Organizer 3rd International Conference on bas Hydrates, Chicago, 1999.
  • WANG Seminar, Changsha, 1999.
  • International Scientific Advisory Committee, Surfactants in Solutions, Stockholm, 1998.
  • Member, Columbia Asia Alumni Association Board, 1999.
  • Member, Columbia Earth Institute Committee, 1999.
  • Member, Columbia Earth Institute Academic Committee, 1999.
  • Director, Langmuir Center for Colloids and Interfaces, 1999.
  • Member, SEAS Applied Chemistry Committee, 1999.
  • Member, HKSM Chair Search Committee, 1999.        
  • Member, Engineering Foundation Projects Committee 1995- present..
  • Member, United Engineering Foundation Board/Council, 1999.
  • Member, US Congressional Environmental Advisory Committee (20th District), 1996-1999.
  • Engineering Foundation Board, EF Projects Committee, EF Aplan Award Committee, 1989-1999.
  • Jury, LVMH Science for Art Prize, 1989-1999.
  • NAE Membership Policy Committee, 1996-1999.
  • XI SISS International Advisory Committee, 1996-1999..
  • NSF ERC for Particle Technology, 1996-1999.
  • Participant: NAE Frontiers of Engineering Conference; Bioadhesion Symposium, 1996-1999.
  • National Academy of Engineering Membership Task Group, 1998.
  • Advisory Board, J. Colloids and Interface Science, Surfactant Science Series, 1998.
  • Co-PI NSF/ERC for Particle Technology, 1998.
  • Alternate Member, Hoover Medal Board, 1998-present.
  • Panelist, Columbia Earth Institute Planning Workshop on Living with Finite Natural Resources, May, 1998.
  • Member, National Science Foundation Panels on University State Cooperative Research Center, 1992-1994.
  • NSF Career Awards Panel, 1997.
  • Council for Chemical Research, 1996- 1997.
  • Participant, NSF/IAB Meeting on Particle Science and Technology, Gainesville, Florida, August, 1998.
  • Member, New York State Center for advanced Technology, March, 1998.
  • Member, 28th Annual Meeting of the Fine Particle Society, Program Committee, 1998.
  • National Academy of Engineering Membership Policy Committee, 1994-1998.
  • SME Gaudin Award Committee, 1993-1997.
  • Life-Member, Engineering Foundation, Aplan Award Committee
  • 9th International Conference on Surface and Colloid Science, International Advisory Committee, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1996-1997.                            
  • Participant, Council for Chemical Research, 1996-1997.
  • Advisory Committee, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tulane University, 1994-1999.
  • NSF Engineering Research Center for Particle Technology, University fo Florida, Gainesville.
  • NIST Ceramic Processing Characterization Consortium.
  • XX International Mineral Processing Congress September, Aachen, Germany, 1997.
  • Session, 9th International Conference on Surface and Colloid Science, July, 1997.
  • Session for Preparation, NSF, U.S.-Egypt Workshop for Preparation and Applications of Ultrafine Particles, Cairo, Egypt, November, 1997.
  • U.S. Representative, IMPC Steering Committee, 1997.
  • Master of Ceremonies, Golden Jubilee Celebrations Alumni Dinner, Bangalore, India, July, 1997.
  • National Academy of Engineering Membership Task Group Meeting, 1997-1999.
  • International Mineral Processing Steering Committee, University of Florida, 1997-present.
  • Chemical Engineering Advisory Committee, 1994-1999.
  • Soc. of Mining Engineers, Gaudin Award Committee, 1993-1999.
  • Editor-in-Chief, Colloids and Surfaces, 1990-1991.
  • Member, Organizing Committee, Symposium on Challenges in Mineral Processing, Honoring Duglas W. Fuerstenau on his 60th Birthday, Berkeley, California, 1988.
  • Member, Advisory Committee, 7th International Symposium on Surfactants in Solution, Ottawa, Canada, 1988.
  • Keynote lecture, Seminar on Environmental Aspects of Geology, Trivandrum, 1984.
  • Associate Editor, "Minerals and Metallurgical Processing," 1983_Present
  • Advisory Council, University of Utah, Comminution Center, 1983.
  • Editor_in_Chief, "Colloids and Surfaces A", International Journal, Elsevier, 1979 - 2001
  • Principal Reviewer, SME Transaction, 1979_1989.
  • Secretary_Treasurer, Mineral Processing Division, Society of Mining Engineers/AIME, 1978
  • Associate Editor, "International Journal of Mineral Processing," 1976_Present
  • Associate Editor, "Journal of the Electrochemical Society of India," 1977_1983
  • Member, National Science Foundation Panel on Career Awards, January, 1996.
  • Participant, National Academy of Engineering “Frontiers of Engineering” conference, EF participant, 1996.
  • Participant, Bioadhesion Symposium, February, 1996.                          
  • Member, National Science Foundation Panels on University State Cooperative Research Center, 1995.
  • Member, National Science Foundation Panel on Small Business Innovative Research Program, 1995.    
  • Member, National Academy of Engineering Membership Committee, 1990-1994.
  • Member, 10th Surfactants in Solution Symposium, Caracas, Venezuela, June, 1994.
  • Member, National Science Foundation engineering research center site visit panel, 1994.
  • Member, National Academy of Engineering, “Frontiers of Engineering” Conference Committee, 1994.
  • Member, Council for Chemical Research, 1994.
  • Member, University of California School of Engineering and Applied Science Advisory Committee for Mineral Engineering and Materials Science, 1991-1993.
  • Member, National Science Foundation Panel on Small Business Innovative Research Program, 1992-1993.
  • University Day, Hoechst-Celanese Company, Summit, New Jersey, 1990.
  • Advisory Council, U.S. Bureau of Mines, Comminution Generic Center, 1984_present
  • National Academy of Engineering Membership Policy Committee, 1994-1998.
  • Member, International Advisory Committee, 8th International Symposium on Surfactants in Solution, Florida, 1990.
  • Member, NSF Site Panel, Engineering Research Center, University of Minnesota, 1990.
  • Member, External Review Panel, Mineral Engineering Department, University of California at Berkeley, 1989.
  • Panel Member, Du Pont Workshop, 1989.
  • Member, National Academy of Engineering Nominating Committee, 1989.
  • Member, National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center Site-visit Panel, 1988-1989.
  • Member, National Academy of Engineering Peer Committee, 1988.
  • Member, Department of Energy University Coal Research, Peer Review Committee, 1988.
  • Member, Innotech Scientific Panel on Surface Modification of Minerals, 1988.
  • Member, Organizing Committee, Symposium on Innovations in Materials Processing using Aqueous, Surface and Colloid Chemistry, TMS/SME, 1988.
  • Member, Society of Mining Engineering National Science Foundation Committee on Mineral Research, 1988.
  • Member, Organizing Co mmittee, Engineering Foundation Second International Conference on Separation Technology, Schloss Elmau, West Germany, 1987.
  • Panel Member, Department of Energy Workshop on Surface Properties of Coal and Coal Minerals, Pittsburgh, 1987.
  • Participant, ARO Workshop on Approaches to Modelling of Friction and Wear, Columbia University, 1986.    
  • Member, International Advisory Committee, International Symposium on Surfactants in Solution, 1986.
  • Member, Organizing Committee, International Symposium on Flocculation in Beneficiation and Separation Systems, Fine Particle Society, 1986.
  • Member, Steering Committee, 2nd International Syposium on Benefication and Agglomeration, Bhubaneswar, 1986.
  • Member, U.S. Dept. of Interior USBM Comminution Research Advisory Council, 1986-1989..
  • Gaudin Award Committee, Society of Mining Engineers, 1984-1985.                                                    
  • Member, Presidential Investigator Panel, National Science Foundation 1985.
  • Nominating Committee, Mineral Processing Division, Soc. of Mining Engineers/AIME, 1984
  • General Committee, Mineral Processing Division, Soc. of Mining Engineers/AIME, 1984
  • Educational Issues Committee, Soc. of Mining Engineers/AIME, 1984-1989.
  • Executive Committee of the board of directors, SME of AIME, 1984.
  • Engineering Foundation Conference Committee, 1982-1989.
  • National Science Foundation Advisory Committee on Chemical and Process Engineering Division, 1981_1982  
  • Member, Reagan-Gandhi STI Indo-U.S. Cooperation Research Panel, 1985.
  • Board of Directors, Society of Mining Engineers, 1982_1985
  • Peer Review Panel, Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, U.S. Department of the Interior.
  • Nominating Committee, Society of Mining Engineers, 1980_1985
  • American Chemical Society, Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry Ad_Hoc Committee on New Journal in Colloid and Surface Chemistry, 1979
  • New York Academy of Sciences, 1982_present
  • Applied Chemistry Committee, Columbia University.
  • Mining Engineering Committee, Society of Mining Engineers, 1979, 1980
  • National Academy of Sciences' Committee on Accessory Elements _ Phosphates, 1976_78
  • General Committee, Mineral Processing Division, Society of Mining Engineers, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983
  • National Science Foundation Research Initiation Proposal Review Panel_Chemical and Process Engineering, 1982
  • U.S. Delegation to Workshop on Mineral Processing and Metallurgy, Udaipur, December 1981
  • Society of Mining Engineers Workshop Party #68, 1982_83
  • Society of Mining Engineers Education Planning Committee, 1982_1985
  • Society of Mining Engineers Mineral Processing Division Nomination Committee, 1980
  • Book Publishing Committee, Society of Mining Engineers, 1982-1989.
  • U.S. Delegation to International Symposium on Fine Particulate Science and Technology, Madras, December 1982
  • Program Co_ordination Committee, Society of Mining Engineers, 1981_82
  • Executive Committee, Mineral Processing Division, Society of Mining Engineers, 1978
  • Oversight Committee for the University of Florida's National Science Foundation Project at the Center for Research in Mining and Mineral Resources, 1977
  • Member, Committee of Instructions, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 1974-1975.
  • Interfacial Phenomena Committee (Area 1C), AIChE, 1975_present                 
  • Member, Interfacial Committee of American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1975.
  • Publications Committee of Trans. AIME, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977
  • Review Committee for Transactions of AIME, 1969_1971
  • American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1974_present
  • American Institute of Mining Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers
  • Indian Electrochemical Society
  • Indian Institute of Metals
  • Sigma Xi
  • Board of Directors of Volunteers in Service to Education in India, 1974_present
  • President:  Keralasamajam of Greater New York, 1974_1975
  • Aided UNESCO Program in developing Applied Chemistry program at Universidade Estadul De Campinas, Brazil, May 1982