Thijs J.H. Vlugt (1974) received his MSc. degree in Chemical Engineering in 1997 at Eindhoven University of Technology (The Netherlands). In 2000, he obtained his PhD degree at the University of Amsterdam with R. Krishna and Berend Smit as thesis advisors. After postdoctoral research in Mainz (Germany) and Leiden (The Netherlands), he was appointed assistant professor at Utrecht University (The Netherlands). In 2007 he moved to Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands), first as Associate Professor and later as full professor and chair Engineering Thermodynamics (2010). He is also director of the honours program at the faculty of Mechanical, Maritime, and Materials Engineering in Delft.