Collaboration Aimed to Advance Transformation of Chemicals and Materials Industry

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 27, 2023 – Renowned green chemistry pioneer John Warner has joined Kebotix to amplify the material innovation company’s efforts to integrate methods that put the world’s environmental and societal health first.

Driven by artificial intelligence and machine learning, Kebotix, a Cambridge, Mass.-based technology platform company for new chemicals and materials, is bringing Warner on as an advisor on innovation, sustainability and green chemistry. A prolific chemistry inventor and researcher who has had an enormous impact in a variety of fields, Warner will work closely with Kebotix’s scientists to integrate the “12 Principles of Green Chemistry” that he codified into the breakthrough company’s AI and ML methods.

“It is a global imperative for the chemical industry to create materials that are higher-performing, economical and healthier for humans and the planet,” said Warner, who in 1998 coauthored the defining text, “Green Chemistry: Theory and Practice,” which articulated the 12 principles of green chemistry. “Since helping to introduce the concept of green chemistry 25 years ago, some of the biggest companies on the planet are now using the principles to make more sustainable, safer, lower toxicity products.”

In addition to bolstering Kebotix’s cutting-edge AI/ML capabilities, Warner will advise the company’s customers and partners on ways to resolve sustainability and other issues associated with new chemistry while simultaneously addressing cost and performance requirements. Warner also is collaborating with Kebotix to lead the industry transformation of chemistry and materials development through joint participation in events, media engagements and academic contributions.

“John is a powerhouse of chemistry and a real force for creating better and safer products,” said Dr. Ashish K Kulkarni, chairman and CEO of Kebotix. “His expertise, network and passion will help strengthen and grow Kebotix’s ecosystem of innovative partner companies to rapidly deliver on the promise of green chemistry. We look forward to working closely with John to advance the transformation of the chemicals and materials industry as guided by powerful AI/ML and green chemistry principles.”

About Kebotix

Kebotix (www.kebotix.com) is a platform company for chemicals and materials that is ushering in a new age of high-speed innovation through artificial intelligence and robotic automation. Kebotix uses a proprietary AI/ML-based closed-loop process to predict and produce new chemistries as well as optimize existing processes and formulations, and build automation methodologies for materials innovation. Kebotix’s digital platform, AutomusTM, empowers lab researchers and increases R&D productivity. Kebotix, founded in 2017, is accelerating the exploration, discovery, use and production of new molecules and materials that can solve some of the world’s most urgent problems.

About John Warner

John Warner (www.johnwarner.org) is a chemistry inventor who works to design and create commercial technologies inspired by nature consistent with the principles of green chemistry. He is one of the co-founders of the field of green chemistry, coauthoring the defining text “Green Chemistry: Theory and Practice” and articulating the 12 principles of green chemistry with Paul Anastas. With over 300 patents, he has invented solutions for dozens of multinational corporations. Warner’s inventions have also served as the basis for several new companies. He has received numerous prestigious awards as an academic and industrial chemist, and for governmental chemicals policy. After working at the Polaroid Corporation for nearly a decade, he served as a tenured full professor at UMASS Boston and Lowell (chemistry and plastics engineering). He is co-founder of the Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry, a research organization developing green chemistry technologies; and Beyond Benign, a non-profit dedicated to sustainability and green chemistry education.