Eric M.V. Hoek, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at University of California, Los Angeles and a faculty scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.  

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Hoek’s research explores the union of nanomaterials, membrane technology and electrochemistry for water, energy, food, health, and environmental applications. He has over 160 peer-reviewed journal articles, 30 primary patents filed, two books on sustainable desalination/water reuse and oil-and-gas-produced water management. Hoek served as Editor-in-Chief of the John Wiley & Sons Encyclopedia of Membrane Science & Technology and the Nature publication npj Clean Water.  

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Hoek has a BS from Penn State University, an MS from UCLA, and a PhD from Yale University – all in engineering.