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Richard Spontak, a Distinguished Professor at NC State University, received his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Chemical Engineering from Penn State and UC Berkeley, respectively. He has >290 peer-reviewed journal publications and >35 book chapters and invited works, and his research has been featured on 30 journal covers and cited over 13,000 times. He has received numerous honors including the ACS Chemistry of Thermoplastic Elastomers Award, the IOM3 Colwyn Medal and the SPE International Award. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society and the Royal Society of Chemistry, and a member of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences.