About the Speaker:

Ettigounder (Samy) Ponnusamy completed his Ph.D. at the University of Madras (India) in 1982 in Polymer Chemistry and postdoctoral studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago (1983-87). In 1988, he joined Sigma-Aldrich as an R&D Scientist and worked on many high-value projects in various capacities. Currently, Samy is the Fellow and Global Manager for Green Chemistry at MilliporeSigma (A business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany), leading the Green Chemistry Initiatives.

Samy is one of the Co-chairs for the American Chemical Society Green Chemistry Institute’s (ACS GCI) Chemical Manufacturer Roundtable and, organizes/chairs sessions at the ACS GCI’s Green Chemistry & Engineering Conferences and, also participated as an organizing committee member for many other international Green Chemistry Conferences. Samy is the founder of the Worldwide Green Chemistry Team at Sigma-Aldrich in 2007. Samy has published over 45 scientific papers and awarded 6 US/European Patents and, also 3 US Patents pending. Samy’s work was recognized by The Academy of Science St. Louis (founded in 1856), awarded an outstanding scientist award in 2011, and inducted as a Fellow of the Academy of Science St. Louis. Also, one of the recipients of Merck Technology Award 2020 and Environment + Energy Leader, Project of the year Award 2020 for DOZN.

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