Paul Anastas trained as a synthetic organic chemist, earning his Ph.D. at Brandeis. Focusing on sustainability science and moving among academia, industry and government, he established the field of green chemistry, articulating its principles in books that include Benign by Design and Green Chemistry: Theory and Practice (John Warner, co-author). A Yale faculty member since 2007, he served in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy 1999-2004. He served as the Assistant Administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Research and Development and Science Advisor to the EPA beginning in 2009, returning to Yale in 2012.