Plenary Speakers Prof Fran Kerton
Francesca Kerton is a professor of Green Chemistry at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada and has a global reputation for her innovative research on sustainable chemistry related to the oceans. She currently chairs the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry’s standing committee on Chemical Research Applied to World Needs (CHEMRAWN). She is an Associate Editor for the journal RSC Sustainability and an Advisory Board member for Reaction Chemistry & Engineering. She recently chaired the 27th Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference and will chair the 2027 IUPAC World Chemistry Congress and General Assembly, which will be held in Canada. She received the 2019 Canadian Green Chemistry and Engineering Award, the 2023 SCI-Canada Kalev Pugi Award for exceptional achievements in research and development. More recently she was recognized as one of 3M’s 25 Women in Science – 2024’s program focused on environmental sustainability. Upon arriving in Newfoundland in 2005, her experiences in the field of renewable chemicals led her to question whether there were overlooked feedstocks available in the oceans that could solve the debate of ‘food vs. fuel’ or reduce waste streams associated with seafood production. She is a member of the established Atlantic Canada Environmental and Sustainable Chemistry Centre and collaborates with local companies and the NRC (National Research Council Canada) on ocean bioeconomy related research. She also performs research in the area of carbon dioxide utilization and is part of an NSERC-funded training network “Centre for Innovation and Research on Carbon Dioxide Utilization in Industrial Technologies”.
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