Dr. Francesca Kerton

Professor, Department of Chemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Chemistry, sustainable development, environmentally friendly materials, energy efficiency, green chemistry, carbon dioxide, plastics, catalysis, green solvents

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Biography

Dr. Francesca Kerton is a professor in the Department of Chemistry at Memorial University of Newfoundland, and is the co-founder of the Centre for Green Chemistry and Catalysis. She was awarded the Canadian Green Chemistry & Engineering Award in 2019, and received two Canada Foundation for Innovation Leaders Opportunity Fund (John Evan's Leadership Fund) Awards for her research in the field of green chemistry. Prior to joining Memorial, Kerton was a Royal Society University Research Fellowship at the University of York in the UK and was associated with the well-known Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence there. She is co-editor of Chemicals, Materials and Fuels from Ocean and Aquatic Sources, part of the Wiley Renewable Resources Series.

Expertise

  • Chemistry
  • Sustainable development
  • Environmentally friendly materials
  • Energy efficiency
  • Green chemistry
  • Carbon dioxide
  • Plastics
  • Catalysis
  • Green solvents