Varun (Director of R&D, Pall Corporation) is a passionate leader at Pall Corporation (proven partner in filtration solutions). He has been associated for more than 12 years with the membrane science industry; focusing on developing membrane/filtration solutions across various industrial segments like chemical industry, traditional power industry, renewable power industry (like fuel cells), semiconductor industry etc. During the last 7 years, the membrane science experience has been in conjunction with semiconductor industry; thanks to working with global IDM’s and OEM’s. He is author of 17 publications/book chapters and inventor/co-inventor across 7 US Patent applications; all in the field of membrane science. He has a Bachelors in Chemical Engineering (from Institute of Chemical Technology, India) and a PhD in Chemical Engineering (from Ohio State University).