Christopher N. Bowman (born March 9, 1967) is an American chemical engineer, and the James and Catherine Patten Endowed Chair at

University of Colorado Boulder The University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder, CU, or Colorado) is a public research university in Boulder, Colorado. Founded in 1876, five months before Colorado became a state, it is the flagship university of the University of Colorado syst ...

. He earned a bachelor's degree and doctorate from

Purdue University Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and money ...

. Bowman began teaching at the University of Colorado Boulder in 1992, and was named a distinguished professor in 2012. He became a member of the

National Academy of Medicine The National Academy of Medicine (NAM), formerly called the Institute of Medicine (IoM) until 2015, is an American nonprofit, non-governmental organization. The National Academy of Medicine is a part of the National Academies of Sciences, En ...

in 2018 and received the Roy W. Tess Award in Coatings from the

American Chemical Society The American Chemical Society (ACS) is a scientific society based in the United States that supports scientific inquiry in the field of chemistry. Founded in 1876 at New York University, the ACS currently has more than 155,000 members at all d ...

's Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering that same year. He became a member of the

National Academy of Engineering The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) is an American nonprofit, non-governmental organization. The National Academy of Engineering is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, along with the National Academy ...

in 2021. Bowman married

Kristi Anseth Kristi S. Anseth is the Tisone Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, an Associate Professor of Surgery, and a Howard Hughes Medical Investigator at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Her main research interests ...

in 2003.

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1967 births Living people University of Colorado Boulder faculty American chemical engineers Purdue University College of Engineering alumni Place of birth missing (living people) Members of the National Academy of Medicine {{US-engineer-stub