John Briggs received his Ph.D. in 1981 from the University of Leeds, UK under the guidance of Professor Bernard L. Shaw working on the activation of small molecules by late transition metal complexes. In 1982, he joined Union Carbide at the South Charleston Technical Center in the Catalyst Skill Center where he worked on the discovery and development of a variety of transition metal catalyzed technologies particularly olefin chain chemistry such as oligomerization and hydroformylation. In 2001, Briggs joined The Dow Chemical Company first in South Charleston, then moved to Midland Michigan in 2005, where he achieved the position of Dow Fellow in Core R&D. He has continued to work primarily in homogeneous catalysis and has recently become interested in the development of new catalysis for the conversion of renewable feedstocks to specialty and commodity chemicals.
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