to new models of highly charged double layers, including the Bazant-Storey-Kornyshev (BSK) equation, which describes over-screening in ionic liquids and cohesive forces in multivalent electrolytes (e.g. cement paste). In applied mathematics, Bazant extended conformal mapping to a class of non-harmonic functions, generalized diffusion-limited aggregation, and discovered exact solutions to the Navier-Stokes equations, some having steady vortex structures and others related to Poiseuille and Couette fluid flows. He pioneered the use of matched asymptotic expansions for diffuse-charge dynamics in electrochemical systems. He also developed algorithms to learn physics from images, e.g. x-ray images of Li-ion battery nanoparticles. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Bazant developed a quantitative safety guideline to limit airborne disease transmission, going beyond arbitrary social distancing. The guideline was popularized by an online app and MOOC and used in building automation for public health. Awards and honors 2015 – Alexander Kuznetsov Prize in Theoretical Electrochemistry, ISE 2015 – Amar G. Bose Fellow, MIT 2018 – Andreas Acrivos Award in Chemical Engineering, AIChE 2019 – MITx Prize for Teaching and Learning in MOOCs Selected articles Bazant, M. Z., Thornton, K., & Ajdari, A. (2004). Diffuse-charge dynamics in electrochemical systems. Physical review E, 70(2), 021506. Bazant, M. Z. (2004). Conformal mapping of some non-harmonic functions in transport theory. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, 460(2045), 1433–1452. Bazant, M. Z., Kilic, M. S., Storey, B. D., & Ajdari, A. (2009). Towards an understanding of induced-charge electrokinetics at large applied voltages in concentrated solutions. Advances in colloid and interface science, 152(1-2), 48–88. Bazant, M. Z., & Squires, T. M. (2010). Induced-charge electrokinetic phenomena. Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 15(3), 203–213. Bazant, M. Z., Storey, B. D., & Kornyshev, A. A. (2011). Double layer in ionic liquids: Overscreening versus crowding. Physical review letters, 106(4), 046102. Bazant, M. Z. (2013). Theory of chemical kinetics and charge transfer based on nonequilibrium thermodynamics. Accounts of chemical research, 46(5), 1144–1160. Bai, P., Li, J., Brushett, F. R., & Bazant, M. Z. (2016). Transition of lithium growth mechanisms in liquid electrolytes. Energy & Environmental Science, 9(10), 3221–3229. Bazant, M. Z. (2017). Thermodynamic stability of driven open systems and control of phase separation by electro-autocatalysis. Faraday discussions, 199, 423–463. Bazant, M. Z., & Bush, J. W. (2021). A guideline to limit indoor airborne transmission of COVID-19. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(17), e2018995118. References Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty American chemical engineers American physicists