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Dr. Isao Noda

Dr. Isao Noda was born in Tokyo, Japan [[1]] on January 29, 1951. He came to the United States in 1969 and was graduated from Columbia University [[2]] in the City of New York [[3]] in 1974 with B.S. degree in chemical engineering. He subsequently received his M.S. in bioengineering (1976), as well as M. Phil (1978) and Ph.D. (1979) in chemical engineering from Columbia. In 1997, he received D.Sc degree in chemistry from the University of Tokyo. He currently holds ninety (90) patents granted in the U.S. and the E.U., has published over three hundred (300) articles, co-authored three (3) books and received a number of industry wide awards and recognition for his contributions to these fields of interest.

In 1978, Dr. Noda joined Procter & Gamble [[4]] [5], where he gained recognition as one of the world's leading authorities in the field of polymer science, specializing in the field of biopolymers know as polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) [[6]]. Dr. Noda pioneered development of a specific type of PHAs known as medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoates (mcl-PHA). The most promising PHA product developed during this time was trademarked as Nodax. Dr. Noda has been granted 57 American patents and 35 European patents for his groundbreaking work.

After retiring from Procter & Gamble in 2012, he accepted a position as Adjunct Professor at The University of Delaware [[7]], where he currently continues to teach and research in the areas of polymer science and spectroscopy. Dr. Noda is known for developing a novel class of bio-based biodegradable plastics and also a versatile analytical technique called two-dimensional infrared (2D IR) correlation spectroscopy. In February of 2013, he became Senior Vice President of Innovation at Meredian Holdings Group, Inc. [8] Meredian recently announced startup of the world's largest production facility for mcl-PHAs, and the addition of Dr. Noda to the Meredian team [9] brings expertise of one of the most knowledgeable individuals in the world to manage PHA production at a global scale.

EDUCATION

D.Sc. (Chemistry), March 1997 The University of Tokyo Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering), February 1979 Columbia University in the City of New York M.Phil. (Chemical Engineering), May 1978 Columbia University in the City of New York M.S. (Bioengineering), May 1976 Columbia University in the City of New York B.S. (Chemical Engineering), May 1974 Columbia University in the City of New York

AWARDS

Outstanding paper at the Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society, Boston, MA, November 27, 1989.

Outstanding poster at the 8th International Conference on Fourier Transform Spectroscopy, Lubeck-Travemunde, Germany, September 2, 1991.

1991 William F. Meggers Award from the Society for Applied Spectroscopy presented at 19th Annual Meeting of the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies, Anaheim, CA, October 8, 1991.

2002 Williams-Wright Award from the Coblentz Society presented at Pittsburgh Conference (Pittcon 2002), New Orleans, LA, March 19, 2002.

2005 Cincinnati Chemist of the Year Award from the Cincinnati Section of the American Chemical Society, Cincinnati, OH, February 16, 2005.

International Academic Cooperation and Exchange Medal from Chinese Chemical Society and Chinese Optical Society presented at 15th National Conference on Molecular Spectroscopy, Beijing, China, October 19, 2008.

2009 Gold Medal from the New York Section of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy presented at Eastern Analytical Symposium and Exposition, Somerset, NJ, November 18, 2009.

2011 Bomem-Michelson Award from the Coblentz Society presented at Pittcon 2011, Atlanta GA, March 15, 2011.

2011 Ellis R. Lippincott Award from the Optical Society of America, the Coblentz Society, and the Society for Applied Spectroscopy presented at FACSS 2011, Reno, NC, October 5, 2011.

BOOKS

1. I. Noda and D. N. Rubingh, Eds., Polymer Solutions, Blends, and Interfaces (Proc. Procter & Gamble UERP Symp.), Elsevier: New York, 1992.

2. Y. Ozaki and I. Noda, Eds. Two-Dimensional Correlation Spectroscopy, AIP Conference Proceedings 503, AIP: Melville, 2000.

3. I. Noda and Y. Ozaki, Two-Dimensional Correlation Spectroscopy — Applications in Vibrational and Optical Spectroscopy, Wiley: Chichester, UK, 2004.