MARK PETERS graduated with both undergraduate and PhDdegrees in chemical engineering from the University of theWitwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. He has previouslyworked at Sasol Technology, where he focused on low-temperatureFischer-Tropsch gas-to-liquids conversion. He is currently aseparations consultant at the Centre of Material and ProcessSynthesis (COMPS), based at the University of the Witwatersrand. DAVID GLASSER is a Personal Professor of ChemicalEngineering and Director of the Centre of Material and ProcessSynthesis (COMPS) at the University of the Witwatersrand. He hasbeen awarded an A1 rating as a scientist by the National ResearchFoundation, the central research-funding organization in SouthAfrica, and has authored or coauthored more than a hundredscientific papers. DIANE HILDEBRANDT is the Co-Director for the Centre ofMaterial and Process Synthesis (COMPS) at the University of theWitwatersrand. She has authored or coauthored over seventyscientific papers. She received the Presidents' Award from theFoundation for Research and Development as well as theDistinguished Researcher Award from the University of theWitwatersrand. SHEHZAAD KAUCHALI obtained his PhD at the School ofChemical and Metallurgical Engineering at the University of theWitwatersrand. He is currently a full-time senior academic and theDirector of the Gasification Technology and Research Group.