New Gift to U of G to Fund Research Chair in Sustainable Materials

2023-09-14


Competitive Green Technologies (CGTech) company announced that they will provide a new $1-million, 10-year gift to the University of Guelph for an inaugural Distinguished Research Excellence Chair in Sustainable Materials. 

The Chair will be held by Dr. Amar Mohanty, Director of U of G’s Bioproducts Discovery and Development Centre (BDDC), which uses plant-based sustainable materials to create renewable, eco-friendly alternatives to petroleum-based products for automotive, consumer and various other industrial uses.  

For more information, please visit the U of G news. 

Dr. Amar Mohanty headshot