Dr. James Gilchrist is the Ruth H. and Sam Madrid Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Lehigh University. He directs the Laboratory for Particle Mixing and Self-Organization, focusing on research areas such as particle technology, rheology, transport phenomena, and interfacial science. His work has applications in active and nanostructured particle-based coatings for energy, optoelectronics, environmental engineering, and bioengineering. Dr. Gilchrist earned his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis and his Ph.D. from Northwestern University, where he studied chaotic mixing and segregation in granular materials under Julio M. Ottino. Before joining Lehigh University in 2004, he was a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois with Jennifer Lewis (now at Harvard University). Dr. Gilchrist served as chair of AIChE's Fluid Mechanics and Particle Technology Forum, and he is currently chair of AIChE's EBPC and sits on the executive committees of the International Society of Coating Science and Technology and the International Polymer Colloids Group. He was a visiting professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology for the 2011-2012 academic year and a Visiting Professorial Fellow at the University of New South Wales in 2016. His research group has published over 60 peer-reviewed articles and patents and has delivered more than 70 invited talks. His work has received continuous funding from the NSF since 2006, as well as support from the DOE, DoD, NASA, ACS PRF, and various state and local sources. Dr. Gilchrist has been honored with the North American Mixing Forum Young Faculty Award, the ACS PRF Doctoral New Investigator Award, and multiple Lehigh University accolades, including the 2024 P.C. Rossin College of Engineering Experiential Learning Excellence Award. In 2022, he was named a Fellow of the AIChE.