Science at Novomer is actively guided by a group of the most influential thinkers in organic chemistry and materials science.
Geoffrey Coates, Ph.D.Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board and Co-Founder
A member of the Cornell faculty since 1997, Dr. Coates is an international leader in the field of polymer synthesis. He received his Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Stanford University in 1994 and was an NSF Postdoctoral Fellow with Robert H. Grubbs at the California Institute of Technology. His main research interests are the design, synthesis, characterization, and applications of polymers, with an emphasis on catalytic transformations and the control of stereochemistry. Dr. Coates was selected by MIT's Technology Review as one of 100 young innovators under 35 "who exemplify the spirit of innovation in science, technology, business and the arts."
Robert Grubbs, Ph.D.
Professor Grubbs is currently Victor and Elizabeth Atkins Professor of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology, where he has served on the faculty since 1978. In 2005 Professor Grubbs shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Prof. Richard R. Schrock of MIT and Prof. Yves Chauvin of France for discoveries that have enabled industry to produce drugs and advanced plastics more efficiently while minimizing waste products. He is also a founder, director, or advisor to numerous technology companies, including Materia, Cyrano Sciences, Pharmacopeia, Insert Therapeutics, and Calhoun Vision.
Richard Turner, Ph.D.
Director of the Macromolecules and Interfaces Institute at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Dr. Turner's scientific interests focus on macromolecular chemistry, new materials, and nanocomposites. He is the author of over 70 scientific papers, and holds over 75 patents.
