Joseph DeSimone Net Worth

Publish date: 2024-05-17


Joseph DeSimone net worth is
$1.3 Million

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Joseph M. DeSimone (born May 16, 1964) is an American chemical engineer, and the 2008 recipient of the $500,000 Lemelson–MIT Prize.He is the Chancellor's Eminent Professor of Chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and William R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering at North Carolina State University and of Chemistry at UNC. DeSimone is also an adjunct member at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.DeSimone has published over 300 scientific articles and has over 140 issued patents in his name with over 80 patents pending.DeSimone is a member of the both the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (2012) and the U.S. National Academy of Engineering (2005). He is also a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2005). DeSimone has received over 50 major awards and recognitions. In addition to the Lemelson–MIT Prize, his honors include the 2014 IRI Medal, the 2014 American Chemical Society Kathryn C. Hach Award for Entrepreneurial Success; the 2012 Walston Chubb Award for Innovation, presented by Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, to honor and promote creativity in science and engineering; the 2010 AAAS Mentor Award in recognition of his efforts to advance diversity in the chemistry PhD workforce; the 2009 NIH Director's Pioneer Award; the 2009 North Carolina Award, the highest honor the State of North Carolina can bestow to recognize notable achievements of North Carolinians in the fields of Literature, Science, the Fine Arts and Public Service; the 2008 Tar Heel of the Year by the Raleigh News & Observer; the 2007 Collaboration Success Award from the Council for Chemical Research; the 2005 American Chemical Society Award for Creative Invention; the 2002 John Scott Award presented by the Board of Directors of City Trusts, Philadelphia, given to "the most deserving" men and women whose inventions have contributed in some outstanding way to the "comfort, welfare and happiness" of mankind; the 2002 Engineering Excellence Award by DuPont; the 2002 Wallace H. Carothers Award from the Delaware Section of the American Chemical Society; and the 2000 Oliver Max Gardner Award from the University of North Carolina.Among DeSimone’s notable inventions is an environmentally friendly manufacturing process that relies on supercritical carbon dioxide instead of water and bio-persistent surfactants (detergents) for the creation of fluoropolymers or high performance plastics, such as Teflon. In 2002, DeSimone, along with Dr. Richard Stack, a cardiologist at Duke, co-founded Bioabsorbable Vascular Solutions (BVS) to commercialize a fully bioabsorbable, drug-eluting stent. BVS was acquired by Guidant Corporation in 2003 and these stents are now being evaluated in a series of international clinical trials for the treatment of coronary artery disease.DeSimone’s research group is now heavily focused on learning how to bring the precision, uniformity and mass production techniques associated with the fabricat 
Net Worth$1.3 Million
Date Of Birth1964-05-16
ProfessionAmerican chemical engineer
EducationUrsinus College
NationalityUnited States
NicknamesJoseph DeSimone, Joseph M. DeSimone, Desimone, Joseph, Joseph Desimone

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