Richard B. Ross, PhD, has been a member of 3M Company's Corporate Materials Modeling Group since 1997. Dr. Ross's research at 3M focuses on applying computational chemical modeling methods to a wide range of research applications. He has coauthored thirty-three scientific articles, including five book chapters, and coedited a symposium proceedings book.

Sanat Mohanty, PhD, is a research scientist at 3M Company's Corporate Research Lab, focusing on the development of materials by manipulating self-assemblies of small molecules. Dr. Mohanty has written more than a dozen peer-reviewed journal papers, three book chapters, plus a chapter in the Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing on mesoscale modeling and analysis.