Eight Oral Presentations Accepted for ICOM 2026

Eight oral presentations have been accepted for ICOM 2026 (International Congress on Membranes and Membrane Processes), "The premier global conference for membrane science, engineering, and technology."

1. "From Neutral to Charged: Hydrophilicity and Charge Density Control Ion Activity Coefficients in Hydrated Polymer Membranes", Paul R. Irving, Soham Rane, Connor Coolidge, Benny D. Freeman, Venkat Ganesan.
2. "Translating Operando SAXS Measurements into Mechanistically Interpretable Fouling Metrics for Polyamide Reverse Osmosis Membranes", Connor Coolidge, Jose Carlos Diaz, Benny D. Freeman, Lynn E. Katz.
3. "Hydrogen-Stable Thin Film Composite Solid Polymer Electrolyte Silver Ion Facilitated Transport Membranes for Olefin-Paraffin Separations", Matthew N. Davenport, Gengyi Zhang, Tangqiumei Song, Justin J. Rosenthal, Lucas Jabara, Cara Doherty, Joan F. Brennecke, and Benny D. Freeman.
4. "Understanding Counterion/Counterion Sorption Selectivity In Cation Exchange Membranes", Aubrey Quigley, Paul Irving, Arjun Raghavan, Patrick Leonardi, Jordyn Yoh, Nathaniel Lynd, and Benny Freeman.
5. "Cellulose Acetate-Ionic Liquid Blend Membranes for CO₂ Separation", Antoine Chamoun-Farah, Suer Kurklu-Kocaoglu, Eisuke Kiwaki, Justin J. Rosenthal, Noah P. Wamble, Adam N. Mann, Ali Gharib, Louise M. Cañada, Gabriel E. Sanoja, Joan F. Brennecke, Benny D. Freeman.
6. "MOF-Integrated Carbon Molecular Sieve Hollow Fiber Membranes for O₂/N₂ Separation", Suer Kurklu Kocaoglu, Isaac Tan, Eisuke Kiwaki, Benny D. Freeman"
7. "Understanding transition metal salt transport in CR61 cation exchange membranes for critical mineral recovery", Suzana Ivandic, José C. Díaz, John S. Archer, Lynn E. Katz, Benny D. Freeman.
8. "Accounting for ion pairing in salt permeation in ion exchange membranes (IEMs)f", Z. Rachel Huang, Emile Meyrat, Benny D. Freeman.