President's International Advisory Council

Dr. Alice P Gast

President,
Lehigh University, United States

Dr. Alice P Gast, President, Lehigh University, is a renowned leader in higher education and a distinguished researcher in the study of surface and interfacial phenomena. She is co-author of "Physical Chemistry of Surfaces", a classic textbook on colloid and surface phenomena, and has presented named lectures at several of the nation's leading research institutions.

Dr. Gast was named one of the top 100 "Modern Era" engineers in the country, under the category of "Leadership" by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. In 2010, she was named to the prestigious post of Science Envoy by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and the U.S. State Department. Additionally, Dr. Gast is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the National Academy of Engineering.

Prior to joining Lehigh, Dr. Gast was Vice President for Research and Associate Provost at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Previously, she was Professor of Chemical Engineering at Stanford University.