Philip G. Jessop

Dr. Philip Jessop is the Canada Research Chair of Green Chemistry at Queen’s University and Research Director of Forward Water Technologies Inc. His research interests include green solvents, biomass conversion, and CO2-responsive materials. Distinctions include the NSERC Polanyi Award (2008), Canadian Green Chemistry & Engineering Award (2012), the Eni Award (2013), and the NSERC Brockhouse Prize (2019). He served as the Chair of the Editorial Board for the journal Green Chemistry (2017-2022) and helped create two spin-off companies and GreenCentre Canada, a center for the commercialization of green chemistry technologies.