Ruben G. Carbonell is the Frank Hawkins Kenan Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at NC State University. He is on temporary leave as Executive Director of the Biomanufacturing Training and Education Center (BTEC) to serve as Chief Technology Officer of the National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL). He is also Director of the Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology & Science, which supports multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional research, educational, entrepreneurial and public policy programs.
Dr. Carbonell was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2014. He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and the Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society. Dr. Carbonell is a Foreign Member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Sciences of the Institute of Bologna. He has published over 240 technical papers and is an inventor in over 30 patents. Prof. Carbonell received his BS degree in Chemical Engineering from Manhattan College in 1969 and his PhD from Princeton University in the same area in 1973.