Starting Your Own Company

Dr. Scott Allen, Co-Founder/Vice President of Catalyst Development, Novomer

Dr. Allen is Co-Founder and Vice President of Catalyst Development at Novomer, an emerging sustainable chemistry company. He earned his doctorate at Cornell in 2004, working with Dr. Geoffrey Coates. His research included catalyst design for the ring-opening polymerization of heterocycles and upon graduating, he co-founded Novomer with his advisor. Novomer is able to produce polymers and other chemicals in an environmentally responsible way, using carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide as starting materials.