Skip to Main Content
Yale Superfund Research Center
YSPH Home

INFORMATION FOR

Paul Anastas

Professor of Epidemiology (Environmental Health Sciences); Teresa and H. John Heinz III Professor in the Practice of Chemistry for the Environment; Professor in the Practice of Management; Senior Research Scientist in Chemical and Environmental Engineering
DownloadHi-Res Photo

Additional Titles

Co-Director, Environmental Health Sciences Track, Executive MPH

About

Titles

Professor of Epidemiology (Environmental Health Sciences); Teresa and H. John Heinz III Professor in the Practice of Chemistry for the Environment; Professor in the Practice of Management; Senior Research Scientist in Chemical and Environmental Engineering

Co-Director, Environmental Health Sciences Track, Executive MPH

Biography

Paul T. Anastas is the Teresa and H. John Heinz III Professor in the Practice of Chemistry for the Environment. He has appointments in the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Department of Chemistry, and Department of Chemical Engineering. In addition, Prof. Anastas serves as the Director of the Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering at Yale. Anastas took public service leave from Yale to serve as the Assistant Administrator for the US Environmental Protection Agency and the Agency Science Advisor from 2009-2012. From 2004 -2006, Paul Anastas served as Director of the ACS Green Chemistry Institute in Washington, D.C. He was previously the Assistant Director for the Environment in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy where he worked from 1999-2004. Trained as a synthetic organic chemist, Dr. Anastas received his Ph.D. from Brandeis University and worked as an industrial consultant. He is credited with establishing the field of green chemistry during his time working for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as the Chief of the Industrial Chemistry Branch and as the Director of the U.S. Green Chemistry Program. Dr. Anastas has published widely on topics of science through sustainability including eleven books, such as Benign by Design, Designing Safer Polymers, Green Engineering, and his seminal work with co-author John Warner, Green Chemistry: Theory and Practice.

Last Updated on April 07, 2025.

Appointments

Other Departments & Organizations

Research

Overview

Public Health Interests

Environmental Health; Infectious Diseases

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Paul Anastas's published research.

Publications

2025

See All Publications

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

Honors

  • honor

    August Wilhelm von Hofmann Commemorative Medal

    09/12/2022International AwardGerman Chemistry Society

Get In Touch

Contacts

Email