Biography

James Clark is Professor of Chemistry and Director of the internationally renowned Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence (GCCE) at the University of York. He has published over 400 articles and edited over 20 books. He has won numerous national and international awards, including the RSC Environment Prize, the SCI Chemistry for Industry award and an honorary doctorate from Gent University as well as prizes for his work on green chemical education from the US and UK. He also sits on the UK government Chemical Stakeholder Forum and the EU Bio-based Standards Plenary and Bio-based Experts Committees as well as the Eni Scientific Commission. He currently leads on research grants with value over €12M. Clark has led the green chemistry movement in Europe for 15 years and established the worlds leading journal Green Chemistry and the Green Chemistry Network. He recently established the Global Green Chemistry Centres (G2C2) and the EU COST Action Food Waste Valorisation networks.

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Research Interest

Green Chemistry, Green Chemistry metrics, Chemicals from Biomass, Green Chemical Technologies including microwave processing, Green solvents, Heterogeneous catalysis, Bio-based materials