Sidney Loeb

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Sidney Loeb

Chemistry

#464

World Rank

#853

Historical Rank

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Sidney Loeb's Degrees

• PhD Chemistry University of California, Berkeley
• Bachelors Chemistry University of California, Berkeley

Why Is Sidney Loeb Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Sidney Loeb was an American-Israeli chemical engineer. Loeb made reverse osmosis practical by developing, together with Srinivasa Sourirajan, semi-permeable anisotropic membranes. The invention of the practical reverse osmosis membrane revolutionized water desalination. Loeb invented the power generating process pressure retarded osmosis --making accessible a rich previously unknown source of green energy, and a method of producing power by a reverse electrodialysis heat engine, among other inventions in related fields. The production of energy by PRO and RED, among others, is sometimes called "osmotic power."

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Sidney Loeb?

Sidney Loeb is affiliated with the following schools:

• University of California, Berkeley
• University of California, Los Angeles
• Ben-Gurion University of the Negev