Dr. Jaime Grunlan is the Leland T. Jordan ’29 Chair of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University, where he has worked for 21 years. He holds joint appointments in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Department of Chemistry. He is a world leader in super gas barrier films and environmentally-benign, flame retardant nanocoatings. He holds 17 issued U.S. patents and several EU patents. He has published more than 230 journal papers, with more than 29,000 citations. His work has been highlighted in *Smithsonian Magazine, Nature,* and the *New York Times*. He is an Editor of the *Journal of Materials Science* and *Progress in Organic Coatings*, and Associate Editor of *Green Materials*. In 2018, Prof. Grunlan became a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (FASME) and was awarded a *doctorate honoris causa* (i.e. honorary doctorate) from the University of South Brittany (Lorient, France). In 2023, he became a Fellow of the American Chemical Society (FACS). In 2024, he became Fellow of the Polymer Chemistry (POLY) and Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE) Divisions of ACS. He also became a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (FNAI) in 2024.