Dr. Francesca M. Kerton

Prof. Kerton has a global reputation for her pioneering research on sustainable chemistry related to the oceans. She has received several awards incl. the Dean's Distinguished Scholar Medal (2016), the 2019 Canadian Green Chemistry and Engineering Award and the School of Graduate Studies ROCKstar Supervisor Award (2020) due to her excellence in green chemistry research and graduate student training. She is the co-editor of 'Fuels, Chemicals and Materials from the Oceans and Aquatic Sources' for the Wiley Series in Renewable Resources with Ning Yan (National University of Singapore). 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 Utilization in Industrial Technologies".