Speaker Bio

Tomonori Saito is a senior scientist in the Chemical Sciences Division. He leads multiple polymer science projects at ORNL, and his team has developed multiple technologies related to plastic recycling. Because of his inventions, he was named ORNL Inventor of the Year by Battelle in 2023. He has published more than 120 peer-reviewed articles, holds 13 patents, has had several technologies licensed to industry, and has won R&D 100 Awards in 2012, 2016, 2019, and 2021.