S. Balachandar is Newton C. Ebaugh Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at the University of Florida. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He received the Thermal Fluids Engineering Award from the American Society of Thermal Fluids Engineers, the Gad Hetsroni Senior Researcher Award from the International Conference on Multiphase Flow, the Freeman Scholar Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the Francois Naftali Frenkiel Award from the American Physical Society. He is the co-editor-in-chief of the 'International Journal of Multiphase Flow'.