HONGHI TRAN obtained his B.Sc. and M.Eng. in Ceramic Engineering from Shizuoka University in Japan, and received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Toronto (U of T), Canada in 1982. Honghi has been with the U of T since 1987, and is presently a professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, the Frank Dottori Chair in Pulp and Paper Engineering, and the Director of the Pulp & Paper Centre. Honghi established and directed consecutively 10 large industrial research consortia, focusing on issues related to fouling and corrosion in recovery boilers, causticizing plant chemistry, lime kiln chemistry, sodium and sulfur balances, non-process elements, borate autocausticizing, and recently, on biosludge dewatering and drying characteristics, and combustion and ash related problems in biomass boilers. Honghi was the Program Chair of the 1995 International Chemical Recovery Conference (ICRC) and the Conference Chair of the 2008 ICRC, and has chaired the TAPPI Kraft Recovery Course since 2006. Honghi has supervised or co-supervised over 100 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows; authored or co-authored over 270 refereed papers and has 8 patents. He was named a TAPPI fellow in 2000, PAPTAC fellow in 2015, and Canadian Academy of Engineering Fellow in 2016. He was the recipient of the 2003 TAPPI Research & Development Technical Award and the William H. Aiken Price, the 2006 TAPPI Engineering Beloit Award, and numerous Best Paper Awards. He served as the inaugural Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Science and Technology for Forest Products and Processes (J-FOR) from 2011 to 2014. In 2014, he was awarded the John S. Bates Gold Medal from PAPTAC, and the 'Lifetime Achievements and Contributions' Award at the ICRC in Tampere, Finland. Honghi is a registered professional engineer of Ontario.