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Warner Babcock Institute
for Green Chemistry

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To design, develop and commercialize high-performance, cost-effective and sustainable technology solutions across all industries that are touched by chemistry.

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Green Chemistry

A science that eliminates hazard at the source

Green chemistry is a revolutionary approach to materials design that builds safety and sustainability into the design process from the very beginning — eliminating hazardous substances before they exist, rather than managing them after the fact.

When hazardous materials are removed from products and processes, all hazard-related costs disappear with them — handling, transportation, disposal, compliance, and liability. It is both more environmentally sound and more economically viable than the alternatives.

For a technology to qualify as Green Chemistry it must be:
01More environmentally benign than existing alternatives
02More economically viable than existing alternatives
03Functionally equivalent to or outperforms existing alternatives
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Founded 2007

The world's first company dedicated entirely to green chemistry innovation

In 2007, chemist John Warner and entrepreneur Jim Babcock founded the Warner Babcock Institute with a singular purpose: to take green chemistry out of academia and into industry. Warner had spent years co-developing the field's foundational principles — including the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry — and had built the world's first PhD program in the discipline. Babcock brought the institutional and financial experience to turn that science into a commercial reality.

Together they created a new kind of organization — not a university, not a traditional R&D firm, but an innovation factory where green chemistry was not a constraint or a compliance exercise, but the core methodology. WBI became the model for how sustainable chemistry could be practiced at the highest level of scientific rigor, across every industry touched by chemistry.

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Scientific research
Our Work

Three pillars of WBI's scientific program

Core technologies
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Core Technologies

Five proprietary technology platforms — from non-covalent derivatization and metal oxide nanotechnology to non-animal toxicology testing — form the scientific backbone of WBI's innovation work.

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Industry sectors
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Industry Sectors

WBI's expertise spans six major sectors wherever chemistry intersects with environmental and economic performance — from energy and pharmaceuticals to personal care and retail supply chains.

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Inventions and environment
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Inventions

A portfolio of proprietary inventions spanning water harvesting, anti-cancer compounds, Alzheimer's therapeutics, solar energy, and lithium battery recycling — each backed by patents.

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Leadership Team

World-class scientific
and commercial leadership

John Warner
John Warner
Co-Founder

Co-inventor of the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry. 2014 Perkin Medal recipient. Named one of "25 Visionaries Changing the World" by Utne Reader.

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Jim Babcock
Jim Babcock
Co-Founder & Board Chairman

Co-founder of global investment bank Babcock & Brown. Harvard Law magna cum laude. Chairman of Cthulhu Ventures, strategic backer of WBI since its founding.

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Joe Pont
Joe Pont
Chief Executive Officer

Former Head of R&D and VP of Marketing at Lonza. BS Chemistry from Yale, PhD Organic Chemistry from Princeton. Appointed CEO of WBI in 2011.

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Green Chemistry

A scientific discipline dedicated to eliminating hazardous substances at the source — better for the environment, and better for business.

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History
The 12 Principles

What Is Green Chemistry?

Green Chemistry is a revolutionary approach to the way that products are made — a science that aims to reduce or eliminate the use and generation of hazardous substances during the design phase of materials development. It requires an inventive and interdisciplinary view of material and product design.

Green Chemistry follows the principle that it is better to consider waste prevention options during the design and development phase than to dispose of or treat waste after a process or material has been developed.

For a technology to qualify as Green Chemistry, it must accomplish three things:

  • It must be more environmentally benign than existing alternatives.
  • It must be more economically viable than existing alternatives.
  • It must be functionally equivalent to or outperform existing alternatives.

The Opportunity

Green Chemistry presents industries with incredible opportunity for growth and competitive advantage. We estimate that only 10% of current technologies are environmentally benign; another 25% could be made benign relatively easily. The remaining 65% have yet to be invented.

Green Chemistry also creates cost savings: when hazardous materials are removed from materials and processes, all hazard-related costs are also removed — handling, transportation, disposal, compliance, and liability.

Through Green Chemistry, environmentally benign alternatives to current materials and technologies can be systematically introduced across all types of manufacturing, promoting a more environmentally and economically sustainable future.

A Historical Perspective

Pollution Prevention & Early Advocates

In 1990, Congress passed the Pollution Prevention Act, establishing that pollution should be prevented or reduced at the source. In 1991, the EPA adopted this principle as a declared objective. These events provided the groundwork for what would become Green Chemistry.

Several early advocates were instrumental in shaping the movement. Kenneth Hancock, Director of the Division of Chemistry at the NSF, championed the role of chemists in both mitigating environmental effects of past inventions and preventing future problems. Joe Breen, co-founder and first Director of the Green Chemistry Institute in 1997, was a pioneer who toured the world promoting Green Chemistry before his death in 1999 — remembered as the "Heart and Soul of Green Chemistry."

The Founding of Green Chemistry

Green Chemistry gained its standing as a scientific discipline through collaboration between government, industry, and academia. In the early 1990s, Paul Anastas — then Chief of the Industrial Chemistry Branch at the EPA — advanced the concept. Working with John Warner, Anastas developed the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry by the mid-1990s.

In 1996, Warner, Anastas, and others were stakeholders in the founding of the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award. In 1998, they published the seminal book Green Chemistry: Theory and Practice, which gave precise definition to the field and enumerated the Twelve Principles. The book has been reprinted in several languages.

In 2007, John Warner returned to industry to develop green technologies, partnering with Jim Babcock to found the Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry — the first company completely dedicated to developing green chemistry technologies.

Green Chemistry Today

Countries worldwide have engaged with Green Chemistry as a sustainable development strategy. The year 2000 marked the founding of the Green Chemistry Institute of Spain, the Green and Sustainable Chemistry Network in Japan, and the Centre of Green Chemistry at Monash University in Australia. California became the first state to pass comprehensive Green Chemistry legislation in 2008.

Academic institutions — from the University of Massachusetts and Carnegie Mellon to UC Berkeley and the University of York — have established dedicated Green Chemistry departments, and the field continues to grow in importance on both national and international stages.

The 12 Principles of Green Chemistry

Developed by John Warner and Paul Anastas in the 1990s, these twelve principles provide a framework for chemists and engineers to design materials, processes, and products that reduce or eliminate the use and generation of hazardous substances.

01

Prevention

Prevent waste rather than treat or clean it up after it has been created.

02

Atom Economy

Design syntheses so that the final product contains the maximum proportion of starting materials.

03

Less Hazardous Synthesis

Design syntheses to use and generate substances with little or no toxicity to people or the environment.

04

Safer Chemicals

Design chemical products to be fully effective yet have little or no toxicity.

05

Safer Solvents

Avoid using solvents, separation agents, or other auxiliary chemicals — or use innocuous ones when necessary.

06

Energy Efficiency

Run chemical reactions at ambient temperature and pressure whenever possible.

07

Renewable Feedstocks

Use starting materials and feedstocks that are renewable rather than depleting.

08

Reduce Derivatives

Minimize or avoid unnecessary derivatization, which requires additional reagents and generates waste.

09

Catalysis

Use catalytic reagents — as selective as possible — in preference to stoichiometric reagents.

10

Design for Degradation

Design chemical products to break down into innocuous substances after use so they don't persist in the environment.

11

Real-Time Monitoring

Monitor and control processes in real time to prevent the formation of hazardous substances.

12

Safer Chemistry

Choose substances and their physical forms to minimize the potential for chemical accidents including releases, explosions, and fires.

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Our Work

WBI's research spans six major industry sectors, underpinned by proprietary core technologies and a growing portfolio of inventions.

Industry Sectors
Core Technologies
Inventions
Patents

Industry Sectors

All materials are ultimately based on molecules. WBI's green chemistry expertise applies across a wide range of industries where chemistry intersects with environmental and economic performance.

Energy, Natural Resources & Environment

Our work in this sector encompasses solar energy, renewable materials, and clean water. We explore novel photon-to-chemical energy mechanisms for generation and storage, develop alternative fuels from renewable feedstocks, and pursue sustainable approaches to water purification and reclamation.

Industrial Chemicals & Materials

In response to legislation, rising feedstock prices, and sustainability drivers, industries need alternatives to conventional chemicals and materials. We develop both "drop in" renewable replacements and fundamentally new materials for agrochemicals, textiles, packaging, printing, construction, and related industries.

Industrial Products

We develop new materials and application mechanisms that avoid VOCs and remove hazardous substances from industrial products including building and construction materials. We have deep expertise in coating, printing, and imaging technologies, as well as photoresist materials and surface cleaning technologies for electronics and semiconductors.

Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology

Green Chemistry within pharmaceutical sciences can create both resource and cost savings. We develop new, more efficient synthetic methods for active pharmaceutical ingredients as well as novel delivery technologies to improve bioavailability and efficacy.

Personal Care & Cosmetics

We develop fundamentally new materials and application mechanisms that avoid VOCs and potentially harmful substances for hair, skin, and nail products. We also create strategies for resource and cost savings in both the development and manufacturing of cosmetics and personal care products.

Retail, Consumer & Supply Chain

We assess the sustainability of materials and processes that create everyday products — tracing component materials through the supply chain from raw origin through production, distribution, and disposal, and evaluating the impact of current and future regulation on marketplace products.

Core Technologies

All materials are ultimately based on molecules. WBI believes it is essential to focus on molecular structure and intermolecular interactions to design sustainable technologies, processes, and products. Our proprietary technology platforms enable this at every scale.

Non-Covalent Derivatization & Formulation Science

We design, synthesize, and characterize small and medium scale multi-molecular solid-state systems. Our expertise in structure-activity relationships of binary and ternary co-crystalline systems allows us to efficiently manipulate bulk physical properties of materials while avoiding high energies and hazardous reagents.

Metal Oxides Nanotechnology

We create technologies that allow for low energy processing of sol-gels and other dispersive states of metal oxides. These semiconductor and photo-active systems can be coated or incorporated into multi-component systems under ambient conditions while maximizing functional product properties.

Films, Coatings & Surfaces

We have developed fundamental film-forming and surface coating mechanisms that minimize energy utilization and VOCs. Our strong capabilities in microscopy and surface analysis enable us to characterize and develop a wide variety of sustainable coating solutions.

Organic/Polymer Synthesis & Engineering

We have deep expertise in the design, synthesis, and characterization of complex molecules using state-of-the-art tools. Our specialized expertise in functional polymeric materials — creating co-polymeric systems with built-in intermolecular interactions — allows us to control stability and reactivity while providing unique properties.

Non-Animal Toxicology Testing

We develop toxicology screening technologies and chemical sensors that avoid hazardous materials and animal testing. Our in-house capabilities for evaluating new and existing chemicals for human and ecological toxicity include bacteriological testing, cell-based assays, human tissue models, and computational modeling.

Inventions

WBI has developed a portfolio of proprietary inventions across a range of chemistry domains — from materials science to therapeutics to environmental technology.

Water Harvesting

WBI has developed materials that extract water from the vapor phase and release it for collection. We have designed proprietary polymers that respond to different wavelengths of light — becoming more hydrophilic in the presence of light, and less hydrophilic in its absence — enabling applications in desalination and air-water harvesting operating under daily solar cycles to rapid millisecond pulses.

Triggered Extraction

WBI has designed several classes of molecules that trigger their surfactancy on or off, enabling water-insoluble components to be mobilized in aqueous systems. Applications include solventless natural products extraction, solventless surface coatings, aqueous encapsulation and delivery technologies, and laundry.

Photo-Osmotic Materials

WBI has invented a family of molecules whose molecular and aggregate solubilities can be controlled by irradiation of UV and visible light, enabling positive and negative osmotic pressures across semipermeable membranes. Primary applications are water purification and energy generation and storage. Part of this work was funded by the US Department of Energy.

Low Temperature Processed Metal Oxides

Traditional processing of photocatalytic TiO₂ semiconductor materials requires sintering at temperatures above 450°C. WBI has developed a technology that creates similar films and structures at room temperature, enabling the use of a wider variety of inexpensive and bio-based substrates alongside significant energy cost savings.

Rilyazines — Anti-Cancer Agents

WBI has developed a proprietary family of small molecules showing promise as selective cytostatic anti-cancer agents. NIH NCI cancer screening demonstrated that one compound (RL-4.0) inhibited growth in 55 of 60 cancer cell lines at single-point dosage, with notable activity against colon cancer, melanoma, and prostate cancer.

US 20150065510 PCT WO 2015034785

Azaphenylenes — Alzheimer's Therapy

WBI has developed a proprietary family of small molecules showing promise as an Alzheimer's Disease therapy. Nearly 100 derivatives have been synthesized and evaluated, with molecular structure optimized to provide effective EC50 dosages at nanomolar concentrations. Preliminary cognition studies in mice showed improved performance and correlated protein disaggregation of Aβ 1-42 and Aβ 1-40.

US 20140094487 PCT WO 2014052906

Chillmaws — Protein Disaggregation

WBI has developed a proprietary family of small molecules for disaggregation of misfolded proteins — the aggregation of which is mechanistically associated with Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, type 2 diabetes, cystic fibrosis, and cataracts. Early results show effective dosages at nanomolar concentrations.

Lithium Cobalt Recovery from Batteries

WBI has created an aqueous flotation system to recover lithium cobalt from e-waste batteries, reproduced at laboratory scale with high efficiency and reproducibility.

US 20140306162 PCT WO 2012177620 EP 2724413

Patents

A sampling of patents filed and issued through the Warner Babcock Institute and its founders, spanning materials science, photochemistry, solar energy, hair chemistry, battery recycling, pharmaceutical compounds, and more.

2024

  • "Polymer Composites," Livesey, Christopher W.; Hsu, Alexander; Ackley, Brandon; Ellman, Samuel; Kearney, Frederick R.; Warner, John C.; Pont, Joseph L.; Babcock, James V. US 2024/0101791 A1 March 28, 2024.
  • "Improved Polymer Composites," Livesey, Christopher W.; Hsu, Alexander; Ackley, Brandon; Ellman, Samuel; Kearney, Frederick R.; Warner, John C.; Pont, Joseph L.; Babcock, James V. WO 2024/059282 A1 March 21, 2024.

2013–2014

  • "Method for the Preparation of N-Acetyl Cysteine Amide," Warner, John C.; Cheruku, Srinivasa; Thota, Sambaiah; Lee, John W. US 61/972,133 March 28, 2014.
  • "Dihydro-6-Azaphenalene Derivatives for the Treatment of CNS, Oncological Diseases and Related Disorders," Warner, John C. et al. PCT/US13/62429 September 27, 2013.
  • "Formulation and Processes for Hair Coloring," Warner, John C.; Muollo, Laura; Stewart, Amie. US Pat. Application, filed October 14, 2013.
  • "Flexible Microreactors," Warner, John C. et al. US Pat. Application, filed June 18, 2013.
  • "Thermal Imaging," Warner, John C. et al. US Pat. Application, filed June 18, 2013.

2011–2012

  • "Method for the Recovery of Lithium Cobalt Oxide from Lithium Ion Batteries," Poe, Sarah L.; Paradise, Christopher L.; Muollo, Laura R.; Pal, Reshma; Warner, John C.; Korensi, Michael B. WO/2012/177620A3 June 19, 2012.
  • "Dye-sensitized solar cell and corrosion resistant electrode stack therein," Plavisch, Lauren; Ricci, Melissa; Warner, John C. US2013/0263921 April 10, 2012.
  • "Solar cells with a colorant sensitized semiconductor layer prepared from a presensitized semiconductor composition," Warner, John C.; Viola, Michael S.; Barykina, Olga; Dua, Vineet. US2013/180587 January 17, 2012.
  • "Coloring Composition Containing L-DOPA and L-Arginine," Warner, John C.; Stoler, Emily J. WO/2012/067868A3 November 7, 2011.
  • "Dye formulation for fabricating dye sensitized electronic devices," Warner, John C.; Viola, Michael S. US2013/0074935 September 23, 2011.
  • "Formulation and method for hair dyeing," Warner, John C.; Viola, Michael S. US 8,366,791 September 2, 2011.
  • "Protective barriers for electronic devices," Warner, John C.; Viola, Michael S. US 20130056723 A1 September 2, 2011.
  • "Sustainable process for reclaiming precious metals and base metals from electronic waste," Korzenski, Michael B. et al. WO 2012024603 A2 August 19, 2011.
  • "Additives for Solar Cell Semiconductors," Warner, John C. WO/2011/1034506A1 February 18, 2011.
  • "Semiconductor Compositions for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells," Warner, John C.; Vanbenschoten, Helen; Cannon, Amy. WO/2011/103503A1 February 18, 2011.
  • "Systems and Methods for Preparing Components of Photovoltaic Cells," Warner, John C.; Van Benschoten, Helen; Cannon, Amy. WO/2011/103494A1 / US2011/0232742 February 2011.
  • "Semiconductor Compositions for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells," Warner, John C.; Van Benschoten, Helen; Cannon, Amy. US2011/0232717 February 17, 2011.
  • "Additives for Solar Cell Semiconductors," Warner, John C. US2011/0226306 February 17, 2011.

2010

  • "Hair Coloring Composition Containing an Aromatic Compound and an Initiator," Warner, John C.; Stoler, Emily J. WO/2011/060354A3 November 15, 2010.
  • "Coloring Composition Containing an Aromatic Compound and Tyrosinase," Warner, John C.; Stoler, Emily J. WO/2011/060351A3 November 15, 2010.
  • "Coloring Composition Containing an Aromatic Compound and an Initiator," Warner, John C.; Stoler, Emily J. US 8,323,169 November 15, 2010.
  • "Coloring Composition Containing L-DOPA and L-arginine," Warner, John C.; Stoler, Emily J. US 8,118,880 November 15, 2010.
  • "Non-fluoride containing composition for removal of polymers and other organic material from surface," Korzenski, Michael B. et al. WO 2010091045 A2 February 3, 2010.

2003–2007

  • "Photo-induced Copolymer Functionalized Substrates," Warner, John C.; Cannon, Amy S.; Dye, Kevin. WO 2007/139810 May 23, 2007.
  • "Inducing and controlling the stability of amphiphilic copolymer micelles having pendant thymine," Saito, Kei; Warner, John C. PCT Appl. Serial No. 60/839,852, December 22, 2006.
  • "Biodegradable Polymers," Warner, John C.; Morelli, Alessandra; Ching Ku, Man. US2005/0266546 June 2005.
  • "Photoreactive Polymers and Devices for use in Hair Treatments," Cannon, Amy S.; Raudys, Jennifer; Undurti, Arundhati; Warner, John C. WO/2004/058187A2 / US 7,550,136 December 2003.

2002

  • "Solubilizing Cross-linked Polymers with Photolyase," Warner, John C.; Morelli, Alessandra; Ku, Man Ching. US 6,946,284 November 15, 2002.
  • "Metal Oxide Films," Warner, John C.; Morelli, Alessandra. US2003/0054207 / WO/2003/0088079A2 July 17, 2002.

1994–1997

  • "Thermographic Recording Film," Dombrowski, Edward J. et al.; Warner, John C. US 5,750,464 April 22, 1997.
  • "Thermographic Recording Films," Dombrowski, Edward J. et al.; Warner, John C. US 5,750,463 April 22, 1997.
  • "Photographic System," Guarrera, Donna J. et al.; Warner, John C. WO/1997/029405A1 January 21, 1997.
  • "Photograph System," Guarrera, Donna J. et al.; Warner, John C. US 5,705,312 November 25, 1996.
  • "Copolymers Having Pendant Functional Thymine Groups," Grasshoff, J. Michael; Taylor, Lloyd D.; Warner, John C. US 5,708,106 May 3, 1996.
  • "Low-Volatility, Substituted 2-phenyl-4,6-bis(halomethyl)-1,3,5-triazine for Lithographic Printing Plates," Fitzgerald, Maurice J. et al.; Warner, John C. WO/1996/034315A1 April 19, 1996.
  • "Method of Imaging Using a Polymeric Photoresist Having Pendant Vinylbenzyl Thymine Groups," Grasshoff, J. Michael; Taylor, Lloyd D.; Warner, John C. US 5,616,451 May 24, 1995.
  • "Vinylbenzyl Thymine Monomers and Polymers," Grasshoff, Michael J.; Taylor, Lloyd D.; Warner, John C. WO/1995/031755A1 May 10, 1995.
  • "Process for Fixing an Image, and Medium for Use Therein," Ehret, Anne et al.; Warner, John C. US 5,582,956 April 28, 1995.
  • "Low-Volatility, Substituted 2-Phenyl-4,6-bis[Halomethyl]-1,3,5-triazine for Lithographic Printing Plates," Fitzgerald, Maurice J. et al.; Warner, John C. US 5,561,029 April 28, 1995.
  • "Process for Fixing an Image," Ehret, Anne et al.; Warner, John C. WO/1995/029067A1 April 25, 1995.
  • "Thermally-Processable Image Recording Materials Including Substituted Purine Compounds," Ford, Maureen F. et al.; Warner, John C. US 5,411,929 June 30, 1994.
  • "Vinylbenzyl Thymine Monomers and Their Use in Photoresists," Grasshoff, J. Michael; Taylor, Lloyd D.; Warner, John C. US 5,455,349 May 13, 1994.
  • "Imaging Medium and Process," Fehervari, Agota F. et al.; Warner, John C. US 5,424,268 May 13, 1994.
  • "Copolymeric Mordants and Photographic Products and Processes Containing Same," Grasshoff, J. Michael; Taylor, Lloyd D.; Warner, John C. US 5,395,731 May 13, 1994.
  • "Process for Fixing an Image, and Medium for Use Therein," Marshall, John L. et al.; Warner, John C. US 5,741,630 April 25, 1994.

1991–1992

  • "Process and Composition for Use in Photographic Materials Containing Hydroquinones," Taylor, Lloyd D.; Warner, John C. US 5,338,644 December 23, 1992.
  • "Photographic Product and Its Formation and Photographic Method," Taylor, Lloyd D.; Warner, John C. Japanese Pat. App. 06230540, July 16, 1992.
  • "Complexed hydroquinones," Taylor, Lloyd D.; Warner, John C. Eur. 0523470B1 July 7, 1992.
  • "Process and Composition for Use in Photographic Materials Containing Hydroquinones," Taylor, Lloyd D.; Warner, John C. US 5,177,262 July 19, 1991.
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About Us

Founded in 2007, the Warner Babcock Institute brings together scientific leadership and entrepreneurial vision to advance green chemistry.

Founders
Leadership

WBI was founded in 2007 with a clear mission: to design, develop, and commercialize high-performance, cost-effective, and sustainable technology solutions across all industries touched by chemistry.

Jim Babcock
Co-Founder & Board Chairman

Jim Babcock

Jim Babcock founded what is now Cthulhu Ventures in 2007, and during the same year collaborated with John Warner to found the Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry. Prior to this, he was a co-founder (in 1977), CEO, and ultimately Chairman of Babcock & Brown Limited, a global investment-banking and funds-management firm listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) in 2004.

Before founding Babcock & Brown, Jim practiced corporate and tax law, having graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College and Harvard Law School, where he was a member and officer of the Harvard Law Review. He served as a law clerk to Judge James R. Browning on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Jim serves on the boards of several Cthulhu Ventures companies, including the Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry, Collaborative Medicinal Development, Collaborative Aggregates, and Advantage for Analysts.

John Warner
Co-Founder

John Warner

John Warner received his BS in Chemistry from UMass Boston and his PhD in Chemistry from Princeton University. After nearly a decade at the Polaroid Corporation, he served as a tenured full professor at UMass Boston and Lowell in Chemistry and Plastics Engineering.

While at Polaroid, Warner co-authored the defining text for the field of Green Chemistry with Paul Anastas and codified the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry. He is editor of the journal Green Chemistry Letters and Reviews, and has served as sustainability advisor for several multinational companies. His research in synthetic organic chemistry, noncovalent derivatization, polymer photochemistry, and low-temperature metal oxide semiconductors underpins his theories of "entropic control in materials design."

John has received awards across academia (PAESMEM, 2004), industry (Perkin Medal, 2014 — the most prestigious award in applied chemistry), and invention (Lemelson Ambassadorship). In 2011 he was elected a Fellow of the American Chemical Society and named one of "25 Visionaries Changing the World" by Utne Reader. He serves as Distinguished Professor of Green Chemistry at Monash University in Australia.

Joe Pont
Chief Executive Officer

Joe Pont

Joe Pont was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry on June 1, 2011. Prior to his appointment, Joe served in senior R&D and commercial roles in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries in the US and Europe, including ten years with Lonza — where he served as Head of Research & Development (2008–2009) and Vice President of Marketing & Key Account Management (2010–2011).

He has extensive experience leading diverse, global organizations and a substantial track record in sales and marketing. Joe holds a BS in Chemistry from Yale University and a PhD in Organic Chemistry from Princeton University.

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