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Education
BChE, Cornell (1950); M.S., Rochester (1951); Ph.D., Princeton
(1955)
Experience
Instructor, Princeton (1953-55); faculty, University of California,
Berkeley since 1955, Professor since 1963; Principal Investigator,
Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory;
Consultant to National Bureau of Standards and to several
industrial companies (in U.S. and abroad) concerned with petroleum,
natural gas, petrochemicals, cryogenic and polymeric processes;
Visiting Professor, University of Karlsruhe (1973), Technical
University of Berlin (1981), Institute for Advanced Study
at Berlin (1985); Editorial Board: J. Phys. Chem. (1976-81),
AIChE Journal (1973-77), IEC Fundamentals Quarterly
(1978-89), Fluid Phase Equilibria,(1970- ), J. Chem.
& Eng. Data (1993-96), Industrial and Chemical
Engineering Research (1996-1999); Editor, Princeton Series
in Physical Chemistry and Engineering; Editorial Boards, Prentice-Hall
Publishers and Imperial College Press (London)
Publications
About 550 research articles in the technical literature.
One textbook and five monographs concerned with phase-equilibrium
thermodynamics.
Honors and Awards
Guggenheim Fellow (1962 and 1973)
Alexander von Humboldt Senior Scientist Award (1976)
Colburn Award (1962) and Walker Award (1967), AIChE
Murphree Award (1979), American Chemical Society
Research Professor, Miller Inst. for Basic Sci. at Berkeley
(1966 & 1978)
Chemical Engineering Award, American Soc. for Eng. Educ. (1975)
Lacey Lecturer, California Institute of Technology (1969)
Kelly Lecturer, Purdue University (1969)
Paint Research Institute Fellow (1971-73)
Wohl Lecturer, University of Delaware (1973)
GN Lewis Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley (1978)
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Centennial Lecturer, Louisiana State University (1980)
Wilhelm Lecturer, Princeton University (1980)
Union Carbide Lecturer, State University of New York, Buffalo
(1982)
Lindsay Lecturer, Texas A & M University (1984)
Humboldt Professor, Tech. Univ. of Berlin, (1976 and 1981)
Berkeley Faculty Research Lecturer (1981)
Elected AAAS Fellow (1982)
Elected to National Academy of Sciences (1973)
Elected to National Academy of Engineering (1979)
Honorary Doctor of Engineering, University of L'Aquila, Italy
(1983)
McCabe Lecturer, State University of North Carolina (1984)
Elected AIChE Fellow (1985)
Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies, Berlin (1985)
Elected Corresponding Member, Berlin Soc. for Arts & Sciences
(1985)
Elected Corresponding Member, German Society of Engineers
(1985)
Phillips Lecturer, Oklahoma State University (1986)
Carl-von-Linde Memorial Gold Medal (1987)
Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1988)
Centennial Lecturer, MIT (1988)
Julian Smith Lecturer, Cornell (1989)
Honorary Doctor of Engineering, Tech. Univ. of Berlin (1989)
J.E. Warren Lecturer, Enhanced Oil Rec. Inst. U. of Wyoming
(1989)
Solvay Prize (1990)
Corcoran Award, American Society for Engineering Education
(1990)
Katz Award of the Gas Processors Association (1992)
T. W. Leland Memorial Lecturer, Rice University (1992)
Chevron Lecturer, Tulane University (1992)
Dedication Speaker for New Chem. Engineering Building, Univ.
of Virginia (1992)
Merck Lecturer, Rutgers University (1993)
Keynote Speaker, Groundbreaking for Tan Hall, Univ. of Calif.,
Berkeley (1993)
Warren K. Lewis Lecturer, MIT (1993)
Distinguished Lecturer, University of Toronto (1993)
Dexter Baker Lecturer, Lehigh University (1993)
Plenary Lecturer, 100th Birthday of the Bunsengesellschaft
für Phys. Chemie (1994)
Christensen Fellow, Oxford University (1994)
Institute Lecturer, AIChE (1994)
Merck Lecturer, University of Puerto Rico (1995)
Petroleum Research Award, American Chemical Society (1995)
Honorary Doctor of Science, Princeton University (1995)
Keynote Lecturer, Seventh International Meeting on Physical
Properties and Phase
Equilibria for Chemical Industry (1995)
Cecil Chilton Distinguished Lecturer, Auburn University (1996)
Erskine Fellow, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New
Zealand (1996)
Visiting Fellow, Emmanuel College, University of Queensland,
Brisbane, Australia (1996)
Charles Edison Lecturer in Science & Technology, University
of Notre Dame (1996)
Monsanto Lecturer in Chemical Engineering, University of Missouri-Columbia
(1996)
Katz Lecturer , University of Michigan (1997)
Keynote Lecturer, Dow Chemical Technical Excellence Day (1997)
Keynote Lecturer, 13th Symposium on Thermophysical Properties
(1997)
Arthur K. Doolittle Award, American Chemical Society (1997)
Establishment of the triennial John M. Prausnitz Award for
excellence in phase-equilibrium research, sponsored by the
International Conference on Properties and Phase Equilibria
for Product and Process Design, Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands,
(1998)
Waterman Award, Technical University of Delft, The Netherlands
(1998)
Edward Mason Memorial Lecturer, Brown University, (1999)
Ashton Carey Lecturer, Georgia Institute of Technology (1999)
William Corcoran Award, ASEE (1999)
Tis Lahiri Memorial Research Lecturer, Vanderbilt University
(2000)
Danckwerts Lecturer, (British) Institution of Chemical Engineers
(2000)
Brief Biography
John M. Prausnitz [BChE Cornell (1950), MS Rochester (1951),
PhD Princeton (1955)], Professor of Chemical Engineering at
the University of California, Berkeley is best known for his
work on molecular thermodynamics for fluid-phase equilibria.
Author or co-author of five books and over 500 research articles,
the results of his research are used by chemical engineers
throughout the world for chemical process design, especially
for separation operations in the natural-gas, petroleum, petrochemical
and polymer industries. In recent years, he has also given
attention to fundamental studies on gels, unusual polymers
(dendrimers),electrolyte solutions and, in particular, to
biothermodynamics for separation operations in biotechnology.
He has received numerous awards from professional societies
and he is one of the few who have been elected to membership
in the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy
of Engineering, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
His entire career has been at the University of California,
Berkeley but he has spent sabbatical leaves in Germany, Switzerland,
England, New Zealand and Australia. He has served as consultant
to several major chemical companies. Recipient of three honorary
doctor's degrees (one from Italy, one from Germany and one
from Princeton), Professor Prausnitz is a firm believer in
the proposition that, for research and in industrial practice,
chemistry and chemical engineering are never self-sufficient
but must interact with all parts of the spectrum of knowledge.
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