Gelest Founder and CEO Elected to National Academy of Engineering
MORRISVILLE, PA – Dr. Barry Arkles, Chair, Founder and CEO of Gelest Inc., has been elected to membership in the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). Election to the NAE is “among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer.” Dr. Arkles is recognized for his “contributions to organosilicon materials and organometallic and biochemical reagents.”
Dr. Arkles contributed scientific advances and inventions with positive impacts that extended beyond the professional community to the global public. His record of innovation and accomplishments in applied materials science, surface chemistry and biotechnology is demonstrated by his contributions to medical devices, such as contact lenses, and semiconductor fabrication, particularly ILD (interlayer dielectrics) and interconnect metallization.