Enrico Drioli Emeritus Professor at the School of Engineering of the University of Calabria and Senior Research Associate at CNR-ITM (Italy); Honorary President of European Membrane Society (1999); Founding Director of the CNR-ITM. Since 2018 Distinguished Visiting Professor at Nanjing Tech University. Since 2012 Distinguished Adjunct Professor, CEDT King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah Saudi Arabia. Coordinator of EU-EUDIME Doctorate School on Membrane Engineering. He is the recipient of various Awards and Honours, ex. “Richard Maling Barrer Prize” of the EMS. Author of more than 940 scientific papers, covering various topics in Membrane Science and Engineering.