Paul is the Executive Director of the Wisconsin Institute for Sustainable Technology at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. With a PhD in organic chemistry, he has over 20 years of experience in contract research and development of new products and opportunities from bio-based materials. With a keen focus on commercialization potential, Paul explores new applications of underutilized natural resources to add value to current industrial processes along with the possibility to implement new disruptive technologies. Core competencies support two major themes: value-added applications in Wisconsin’s potato and vegetable processing sector and activities to support Wisconsin’s pulp and paper sector. Paul speaks regularly at conferences addressing matters of sustainability, paper-based packaging, bio-based plastics and compostability.

Paul Fowler, Executive Director
Wisconsin Institute for Sustainable Technology
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
D272 Science Building Stevens Point, WI 54481 USA
Office phone: 715-346-3767
Fax: 715-346-3991
Paul.Fowler@uwsp.edu