Prof. Noble is the Alfred T. and Betty E. Look Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Colorado. Prof. Noble has over 20 years of experience in the modeling and analysis of membrane and other thin film systems that include diffusive transport and chemical reaction. His 290 papers have been cited over 6000 times (h factor = 40). He is the leading researcher in the US in the modeling and experimental implementation of facilitated transport membranes. He has 3 book chapters, 76 publications and 7 patents in this area. His expertise includes the modeling and use of pH, electrical and photon fields to obtain solute separation and concentration. Prof. Noble is an internationally recognized leader in the use of novel membrane and thin film materials, including zeolites and ionic liquids, for chemical separations. His research in each area has been separately highlighted in Chemical & Engineering News recently. He has over 50 publications, 4 patents and 7 patent applications in these areas.

His recent work on ionic liquids includes 25 publications and 4 patents and patent applications. His initial five papers in this area have been cited 194 times. His research is the basis for a new company ION Engineering, that was recently formed. He is on the editorial board of three separations related technical journals and co-director of the NSF Membrane Applied Science and Technology (MAST) Center at the University of Colorado. He has been chair of the AIChE Separations Division, ACS Separations Science and Technology subdivision, as well as the Gordon Research Conferences on Separation and Purification, and Membranes: Materials & Processes.