Dr. John Warner - President & CTO The Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry Boston, USA
Speaking on : (1) Green Chemistry through collaborative innovation
(2) Green Chemistry and Formulation Sciences
Dr. John Warner among top 40 people influencing global chemistry industry
Recently ICIS rated Dr. John Warner, President and Chief Technology Officer of the Warner Block Institute for Green Chemistry and Prof. Paul Anastas, Director of the Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering at Yale, among the top 40 influential people impacting the global chemistry industry. They together were ranked 38th on this list of 40 Top Power Players.
Dr. John Warner on Chemistry and its hazards
An interesting article ‘Asking the right question’ by Dr. John Warner on Chemistry and its related hazards. Here, Dr. Warner stresses on the point, “The key to quality chemistry education is not teaching the right answers, but teaching how to ask the right questions”. Read more
Environmental assessment review by Dr. John Warner and Dr. Amy Cannon
There is a grand challenge facing government, industry, and academia in the relationship of our technological society to the environment – Reinventing the Use of Materials. Addressing this challenge will require grounding in the insights, desires, and uncertainties of an interdisciplinary group of stakeholders. Read more... an environmental review assessment by Dr. John Warner, Amy S. Cannon, and Kevin M. Dye. Link to the PDF
John is a founder of the field of green chemistry and is widely considered one of the world’s leading experts in designing safer products and processes.
He received his B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Massachusetts Boston and his M.S. and Ph.D. from Princeton University in Medicinal Chemistry.
He then lead a research group at the Polaroid Corporation for 9 years before returning to the University of Massachusetts as an academic where he spent 9 years educating the next generation of professionals in green chemistry.
John has recently launched an independent research institute, The Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry, aimed at working closely with industries to provide green chemistry technologies for the marketplace. Along with the Warner Babcock Institute, John co-founded the non-profit organization Beyond Benign and serves it as the chair of the Board of Directors. John has won numerous awards for his contribution to academia and to green chemistry, including the 2004 Presidential award in science mentoring.
John is the author of over 150 papers and a holder of numerous patents for green chemistry technologies with applications ranging from electronic and polymeric materials to pharmaceuticals and cosmetics. He is co-author of the seminal book titled Green Chemistry: Theory and Practice (Oxford University Press, 1998). John is the editor of the new journal Green Chemistry: Letters and Reviews.
Have a look at video of John C. Warner's keynote speech at the 5th National Product Stewardship Forum.
