Kalliat Valsaraj

Kalliat Valsaraj is LSU’s Vice President for Research & Economic Development, the Charles and Hilda Roddey Distinguished Professor in Chemical Engineering and Ike East Professor in Chemical Engineering. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and the National Academy of Inventors. In 2011 he was awarded the LSU Distinguished Research Master award. The professional societies of AIChE and ACS (American Chemical Society) awarded him the Charles E Coates award in 2012. He received the M.Sc. in Chemistry from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras in 1980 and Ph.D. in Chemistry from Vanderbilt University in 1983. After a brief stint at the Arkansas Engineering Experiment Station of the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, he joined LSU in 1986 as a research associate. He later became a regular faculty in the Cain Department of Chemical Engineering and progressed through the ranks to a tenured full professor. He served as the Department Chair from 2005 to 2011. He has also provided service as a member of the Faculty Senate, Chair of the College of Engineering Policy Committee, and several other committees during his 32 years of service to LSU. His research area is in environmental chemical engineering. He has published over 200 referred papers, several books, holds two patents and has made over 300 research presentations worldwide.