Panel 3: How Can Filtration/Separation Help Ensure Adequate Clean Water Supply in a Changing Climate?

Mr. Alper co-founded the Company with John Mansfield, Sr. in 1994. An inventor of chemistries and chemical processes, he has authored and been granted numerous patents in the areas of electrochemistry, polymer chemistry, and environmental technologies including approximately seventy for MYCELX oil removal chemistry and related applications.

A published author with over fifty scientific and technical papers to his credit, Mr. Alper is a member of numerous professional societies including NYAS (New York Academy of Sciences), AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science), ASNE (American Society of Naval Engineers), SNAME (Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers), NDIA (National Defense Industrial Association), AFS (American Filtration and Separation Society), ACS (American Chemical Society), and AICHE (American Institute of Chemical Engineers). 

Mr. Alper is a recipient of the 2005 Ronald Reagon Gold Medal from the National Replublican Congressional Committee ('NRCC') for technological Innovation, is on the editorial board of Filtration News Magazine, and also serves on the Technical Advisory Board of Environmental Protection Magazine.

Hervé has 25 years with Veolia in various technology, innovation management functions – global water expert with specific experience in membrane processes and biotechnology. Herve is a chemical engineer by training, receiving his degree from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Ingénieurs en Arts Chimiques et Technologiques.Close Bio

Jim Lauria is VP of Sales & Marketing for Mazzei Injector Company, LLC, a fluid design company that manufactures mixing and contacting systems. He has been a water technology executive for over 20 years, with global experience in the agricultural, municipal, industrial, and commercial markets.

Since graduating with a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering degree from Manhattan College, Jim has traveled the world benchmarking and documenting the best global water management practices. He lives in San Francisco with his wife, Laurie Lauria, who fills his life with love, laughter and alliteration.

Fred Lybrand joined H&V in 2017 and as Segment Lead for Liquid Filtration focuses on the needs of customers in water treatment, industrial chemicals, food and beverage, and biopharmaceuticals. Prior to joining H&V he held executive and sales leadership roles in manufacturing and finance organizations and has spent over a decade commercializing high performance porous materials. Mr. Lybrand is a graduate of the University of Virginia (BA – Biology), the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (MBA), and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Charterholder. Mr. Lybrand served on the National Science Foundation’s Committee on Forecasting Future Disruptive Technology and contributed to the consensus study “Persistent Forecasting of Disruptive Technologies” and its sequel.