Membranes in Our Life: An Honorary Special Issue Dedicated to Prof. Enrico Drioli on the Occasion of his 80th Birthday

We are pleased to announce an honorary Special Issue of Membranes dedicated to Prof. Enrico Drioli, on the occasion of his 80th birthday in April 2021, as an acknowledgment of his contributions to the development of membrane science and technology. Prof. E. Drioli is the Emeritus Professor at the School of Engineering of the University of Calabria and Senior Research Associate at CNR-ITM (Italy); Honorary President of the European Membrane Society (1999); Founding Director of CNR-ITM. Since 2018, he is serving as Distinguished Visiting Professor at Nanjing Tech University, College of Chemical Engineering. Since 2018 Guest Professor of School of Marine Science and Technology of Harbin Institute of Technology, Weihai, P.R.China. Since 2012 Distinguished Adjunct Professor, CEDT King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah Saudi Arabia; 2010-2020 WCU Distinguished Visiting Professor, at the Hanyang University, Seoul Korea. Currently Chairman of the Section on "Membrane Engineering" of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering and Coordinator of EU-EUDIME Doctorate School on Membrane Engineering. He has been involved with many international societies, scientific committees, Editorial Boards, and International Advisory Boards, the coordinator of several international research projects. He also received various awards and honors, e.g., "Richard Maling Barrer Prize" of the EMS, "Academician Semenov Medal" of Russian Academy of Engineering Science, "MIAC International Award" for his contributions in the field of membrane science and technologies. He is the author of more than 930 scientific papers, covering various topics in membrane science and engineering, membrane preparation and transport phenomena, integrated membrane processes, membrane distillation, and membrane contactors, membranes in artificial organs, catalytic membrane, and catalytic membrane reactors. His contributions span more than 50 years of leadership in key areas for the development of membrane science and technology. During this time, he has added new insights that are still motivating and stimulating research around the world. A network of colleagues, students, friends, and admirers appreciate his pioneeristic vision and crucial contributions to the development of our field of membranes and his special characteristic to look beyond existing scientific boundaries to enable membranes to positively impact the world through better fundamental understanding.