Dr. James C. Stevens is a Corporate Fellow in the Core Research and Development Department of The Dow Chemical Company, where he has worked for 33 years. Jim’s primary field of research is in the area of new catalysts and the high-throughput discovery of organometallic single-site catalysts. He has been involved with the discovery and commercial implementation of Dow's INSITE* Technology and Constrained-Geometry Catalysts, which are used in the production of over 2 billion pounds of polyolefins and elastomers per year. Since 2008 Dr. Stevens has been working to develop solar energy products and is involved in the development of Dow’s POWERHOUSE Solar Shingle, which is the first building-integrated photovoltaic product that can be installed by regular roofing contractors.
Jim received a B.A. in Chemistry from The College of Wooster in 1975. He obtained a Ph. D. in Inorganic Chemistry from The Ohio State University in 1979. Jim is an advisor on the NSF Center for Chemical Innovation, Solar Fuels based at Caltech. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas, and is a Fellow of the AAAS.