Katrina Cornish

Director, Program of Excellence in Natural Rubber Alternatives

Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineers, and  American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Katrina Cornish, Ph.D., is a global expert on alternate rubber and latex production, processing and products with >30 years in rubber biosynthesis, physiology, germplasm improvement, production systems innovation, and alternative feedstocks in the Government, Commercial and University sectors. Her inventions and leadership provide the foundation of the current world wide efforts to develop alternative natural rubber crops. Currently, she is Ohio Research Scholar/Endowed Chair Bioemergent Materials at The Ohio State University, a fellow of the National academy of Inventors and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and founder and CEO of EnergyEne, Inc, and several other start up companies.  She leads a program on alternate rubber production, bio-based fillers, and exploitation of opportunity feedstocks from agriculture and food processing wastes for value-added products and biofuels. She has >250 papers and ~20 patents.

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