Richard M. Berry is a British–Canadian

chemist A chemist (from Greek ''chēm(ía)'' alchemy; replacing ''chymist'' from Medieval Latin ''alchemist'') is a graduated scientist trained in the study of chemistry, or an officially enrolled student in the field. Chemists study the composition of ...

who specializes in the production of

nanocellulose Nanocellulose is a term referring to a family of cellulosic materials that have at least one of their dimensions in the nanoscale. Examples of nanocellulosic materials are microfibrilated cellulose, cellulose nanofibers or cellulose nanocry ...

. He is Vice-President, Technology & Chief Technology Officer at the CelluForce company in

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, Canada. He is a member of the Board of Directors (2016-2018) for

TAPPI TAPPI is a registered not-for-profit, international Non-Governmental Organization of about 14,000 member engineers, scientists, managers, academics and others involved in the areas of pulp, and paper. In addition to pulp and paper, the TAPPI memb ...

where he has been a fellow since 2005. Berry has published more than 100 articles and holds 24 patents.

Early life and education

Berry was raised in the United Kingdom where his father was a member of the

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. He earned an undergraduate degree in geology and chemistry from

Keele University Keele University is a Public university#United Kingdom, public research university in Keele, approximately from Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England. Founded in 1949 as the University College of North Staffordshire, it was granted uni ...

. He received a PhD in chemistry at

McGill University McGill University (French: Université McGill) is an English-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1821 by royal charter,Frost, Stanley Brice. ''McGill University, Vol. I. For the Advancement of Learning, ...

. Following his studies, Berry took a research position at the FPInnovations company.

Awards

In 2014 Berry was named the first recipient of

's International Nanotechnology Division's Technical Award for his work on the industrial development of Cellulose nanocrystals (CNC). In 2012, Berry was honored with the Purvis Memorial award. Berry was a co-recipient with Luc Lapierre and Jean Bouchard of the 2012 Howard Rapson Memorial Award for their paper ''Assessment of Pulp Machine White Water Quality of Market Kraft Pulp Mills''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Berry, Richard Living people English chemists English biochemists Canadian biochemists Year of birth missing (living people)