Isao Noda

Dr. Isao Noda serves as Vice President, Innovation Solutions at Meredian. He also is an Angel Investor. Dr. Noda joined Meredian in 2013, after a distinguished career extending over three decades at Procter & Gamble. Following his retirement from P&G, Dr. Noda accepted a position as an Adjunct Professor at The University of Delaware which he maintains. Dr. Noda is recognized as one of the world's leading authorities in the field of polymer science including the field of biopolymers known as polyhydroxyalkanoates. Dr. Noda pioneered development of a specific type of PHAs known as medium-chain-length polyhrdroxylalkanoates (mcl-PHA). Meredian recently announced startup of the world's largest production facility for mcl-PHAs, and the addition of Dr. Noda to the Meredian team will enable Meredian customers to benefit from the expertise of one of the most knowledgeable individuals in the world. Dr. Noda was graduated from Columbia University in the City of New York in 1974 with B.S. degree in chemical engineering. He also received his M.S. in bioengineering (1976), as well as M.Phil. (1978) and Ph.D. (1979) in chemical engineering from Columbia. In 1997 he received D.Sc. degree in chemistry from the University of Tokyo. Dr. Noda has been repeatedly recognized for his contributions and currently holds ninety (90) patents granted in the US and the EU, published over three hundred (300) articles, co-authored three (3) books and received a number of industry wide awards and recognition for his contributions to these fields of interest.