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Kentucky Lake Section American Chemical Society March 2002 Meeting: Speaker: Dr. John Warner Title: "Noncovalent Derivatization: Pollution Prevention Using Molecular Recognition and Self-Assembly" Date: Wednesday, March 6 Place: The Catfish Restaurant (next to McDonald's on Highway 79), McKenzie, TN.
5:30 PM--Social
Dr. John Warner Professor Warner received his PhD at Princeton University in Synthetic Medicinal Chemistry in 1988. He then worked at the Polaroid Corporation from 1988 - 1996 in Exploratory Research. He holds several patents in the fields of photographic science, photo-energy conversion and polymer photo-physics. In 1996 he accepted a position at the University of Massachusetts at Boston where he is currently Professor and Chair of Chemistry and Director of the Green Chemistry PhD Program. His research is based on applying molecular processes that exist in nature to practical materials and products. His research focuses on Green Chemistry, specifically the design and construction of molecular devices in the fields of Medicinal Chemistry, Environmental Science and Materials Science. Professor Warner is the co-author of "Green Chemistry: Theory and Practice" [Oxford University Press, 1998]. He is associate editor of "Organic Preparations and Procedures International" and on the editorial boards of "Crystal Engineering" and "Journal of Crystal Growth and Design". He is a founding stakeholder of the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge, on the board of directors of the Green Chemistry Institute and serves on the Massachusetts Governor's Science Advisory board for Toxics Use Reduction. Professor Warner is involved in a number of outreach activities to promote and disseminate the practice of Green Chemistry to K-12 schools and the community.
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