Jason C. White
Director, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Elected to the Academy in 2021
Education
Juniata College, 1992, BS, Ecology/Environmental Science; Cornell University, 1997, PhD, Environmental Toxicology.
Professional Area
Expertise in the areas of food safety, environmental toxicology, analytical chemistry, nanotechnology and environmental chemistry.
Citation
Internationally recognized for contributions to the application of nanotechnology in agriculture for sustainably combating global food insecurity, as well as for contributions to the fields of nanotoxicology and the phytoremediation of organic contaminants; currently Director of a multidisciplinary research institute addressing problems critical to Connecticut and the world.