Enrique D. Gomez received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Florida in 2002 and received a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 2007.  Afterwards, he spent a year and a half as a postdoctoral research associate at Princeton University.  Dr. Gomez joined the faculty at the Pennsylvania State University in August of 2009, where he is now a Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering and serves as Interim Associate Dean for Equity and Inclusion in the College of Engineering. Research activities of Dr. Gomez are focused on connecting the chemical structure of soft materials to macroscopic properties for the advancement of a sustainable society.  To this end, the Gomez group pushes the limits of X-ray scattering and electron microscopy to refine descriptions of the microstructure of soft materials. The current emphasis of his research group is on the relationship between microstructure and electrical properties in the active layers of organic thin film transistors and photovoltaics, on elucidating the key factors that govern aqueous transport through water filtration membranes, and in the development of microstructure control to enable sustainable materials.  Enrique has received multiple awards, including a Visiting Scientist Fellowship from the National Center for Electron Microscopy, the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Award by the Oak Ridge Associated Universities, the National Science Foundation CAREER Award, the Rustum and Della Roy Innovation in Materials Research Award, the Penn State Faculty Scholar Medal in Engineering, the Arthur K. Doolittle Award of the American Chemical Society, the Cooperative Research Award from the American Chemical Society, and the National Science Foundation Creativity Award. He was also elected Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2021 and Fellow of the Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering Division of the American Chemical Society in 2024.