Richard M. Berry is a

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who specializes in the production of

nanocellulose Nanocellulose is a term referring to nano-structured cellulose. This may be either cellulose nanocrystal (CNC or NCC), cellulose nanofibers (CNF) also called nanofibrillated cellulose (NFC), or bacterial nanocellulose, which refers to nano-struc ...

. He is Vice-President, Technology & Chief Technology Officer at the CelluForce company in

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, Canada. He is a member of the Board of Directors (2016-2018) for

TAPPI TAPPI is a registered not-for-profit, international Non-Governmental Organization of about 14,000 member engineers, scientists, managers, academics and others involved in the areas of pulp, and paper. In addition to pulp and paper, the TAPPI membe ...

where he has been a fellow since 2005. Berry has published more than 100 articles and holds 24 patents.

Early life and education

Berry was raised in the United Kingdom where his father was a member of the

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. He earned an undergraduate degree in geology and chemistry from

Keele University Keele University, officially known as the University of Keele, is a public research university in Keele, approximately from Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England. Founded in 1949 as the University College of North Staffordshire, Keele ...

. He received a PhD in chemistry at

McGill University McGill University (french: link=no, Université McGill) is an English-language public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1821 by royal charter granted by King George IV,Frost, Stanley Brice. ''McGill Universit ...

. Following his studies, Berry took a research position at the

FPInnovations FPInnovations is a not-for-profit R&D private organization which spans the pulp and paper industry, forest operations, wood products, and bio-sourced products. FPInnovations employs more than 400 specialists throughout Canada and has an annual op ...

company.

Awards

In 2014 Berry was named the first recipient of

's International Nanotechnology Division's Technical Award for his work on the industrial development of Cellulose nanocrystals (CNC). In 2012, Berry was honored with the Purvis Memorial award. Berry was a co-recipient with Luc Lapierre and Jean Bouchard of the 2012 Howard Rapson Memorial Award for their paper ''Assessment of Pulp Machine White Water Quality of Market Kraft Pulp Mills''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Berry, Richard Living people English chemists English biochemists Canadian biochemists Year of birth missing (living people)