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Enjoy your packed lunch* at The Water Tower on April 7 at 11:30AM for the opportunity to hear from world-renowned membrane technology expert, Dr. Adil M. Dhalla. Registration for this event is free as a benefit to TWT tenants, partners, and collaborators.

About the Speaker: Dr. Adil M. Dhalla

Dr Adil Dhalla is Managing Director, Separation Technologies Applied Research and Translation (START) Centre, funded by Singapore’s National Research Foundation, is a national facility for bridging the gap between research innovations and commercial outcomes.  The START Centre’s mandate involves scaling up industrially relevant advanced separation technologies and processes from the various Institutions of Higher Learning and Research Institutes in Singapore, evaluating their efficacy at pilot scale, and commercializing them with industrial partners.  Currently in its second phase, the START Centre has also been selected to lead an effort to find cutting-edge technologies with the potential to lower the system cost of seawater desalination, translate as needed to higher Technology Readiness Levels, and set up and operate a demonstration scale Integrated Validation Plant for testing the same at scale.

Dr. Dhalla also leads SG MEM, Singapore’s Membrane Consortium.  SG MEM functions as the umbrella organization coordinating innovation in the field of membranes across Institutions of Higher Learning, Research Institutes, and key Industry players, including polymer companies, membrane manufacturers, integrators, and systems level solution providers, as well as end users from pharma, food and beverage and refining.  

He serves on the Water Technology Advisory Panel for PUB, Singapore’s national water agency.

Dr Dhalla is also Advisor, Nanyang Environmental and Water Research Institute (NEWRI) at Nanyang Technological University (NTU).  Ranked among the world's top water research organizations, NEWRI operates across the spectrum of Research, Innovation and Enterprise, providing a multi- and trans-disciplinary platform for some 250 researchers in the domains of Water, Waste, Wastewater, and the Energy-Water nexus. 

With industrial experience spanning more than thirty years, including twenty eight years in management roles, his key areas of professional expertise include the leadership and operational management of large, multifunctional teams, strategic planning, R&D in product/process development and commercialization.  He has co-authored more than 20 issued patents (US and EP), more than 30 GE internal reports and several publications in peer-reviewed international journals.

*Please note, this is a brown bag lunch, and lunch will not be provided. Participants should plan to bring their lunch to the event.