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John C. Warner
John Warner is one of the founders of the field of Green Chemistry. John is now President and Chief Technology Officer of the Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry and the Beyond Benign Foundation. He has published nearly 200 patents, papers and books and is co-author of Green Chemistry: Theory and Practice. His recent patents in the fields of semiconductor design, biodegradable plastics, personal care products and polymeric photoresists are examples of how green chemistry principles can be immediately incorporated into commercially relevant applications. Warner is editor of Green Chemistry Letters and Reviews and associate editor of the journal Organic Preparations and Procedures International. He received The 2004 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Mentoring from President Bush, the American Institute of Chemistry's Northeast Division's Distinguished Chemist of the Year for 2002 and the Council of Science Society President’s 2008 Leadership award. Warner was named by ICIS as one of the most influential people impacting the global chemical industries in 2008.
Programming for John C. Warner
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| Wed | 12:00 | (A04) | 1 hr |
Green Chemistry
Many technologies have a negative impact on human health and the environment. Safe, benign technologies are currently Science Fiction. Can green chemistry help drive sustainable technologies and sound environmental practice? John C. Warner, holder of over 200 patents, leads the Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry and the Beyond Benign Foundation. |
| Wed | 16:00 | (A04) | 1 hr |
Have We Reached the Ecological Tipping Point? The Near Future of Earth's Environment
Biological species invasions, species extinctions, peak water, peak oil, new pollination patterns, shifting watersheds, carbon sequestration, dramatically changing weather patterns...and that's just since 2010. Has the climate changed too much? Is it too late for some parts of the Earth? How can we adapt? |