Miriam Balaban (born in Philadelphia) is a publisher, editor and scientist, recognized for her work in science communication and desalination.
She was Professor and founding Dean of the School for Science Communication at the Mario Negri Sud Institute for Biomedical and Pharmacological Research in Italy from 1988 to 1992.
[2][3] Soon after graduating, Balaban moved to Jerusalem where she found work editing the quarterly scientific bulletin of the Government Research Council.
[9] At the 1964 CBE conference in Ann Arbor, Michigan, a special meeting was held for both American and European editors.
EAEBP was formed in April 1967 in Amsterdam,[12] and renamed European Life Science Editors (ELSE) at its first General Assembly, held at the Royal Society in London in 1970.
[27] She established the School for Science Communication at the Mario Negri Sud Institute for Biomedical and Pharmacological Research in Italy where she served as Professor and Dean from 1988 to 1992.
The international online database connects over 30,000 individuals and 5,000 academic and government institutions and companies involved in desalination and water conservation.
[33] Since 1993, Balaban has been the secretary general of the European Desalination Society (EDS),[15] located at the Università Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy.
[35] In her position with the EDS, she served on the Committee to Review the Desalination and Water Purification Technology Roadmap, a document prepared by Sandia National Laboratories and the U.S. Department of Interior in 2003.
It recommended that a more critical focus be taken, examining the steps needed to reach desired long-term objectives and the environmental, economic, and social costs.
[36][3][37] Balaban is involved with the desalination program at the Center for Clean Water and Energy in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).