Gavin Towler
Corporate Vice President and Chief Scientist for Sustainable Technologies, Honeywell
Dr. Gavin Towler is corporate vice president and chief scientist for sustainable technologies at Honeywell, with broad technical accountability across Honeywell for driving thought leadership in sustainable technologies.
Towler has 32 years of experience in process and product design in the chemicals and fuels industries and 77 U.S. patents. Prior to his current role, Towler served as vice president and chief technology officer of Honeywell UOP and Honeywell Performance Materials and Technologies. He is co-author of “Chemical Engineering Design,” a textbook on process design, and an adjunct professor at Northwestern University and the National University of Singapore, where he helps teach senior design classes.
He earned a B.A. and M.Eng. in chemical engineering from Cambridge University and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. He is a chartered engineer and fellow of the Institute of Chemical Engineers, a fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and a member of the United States National Academy of Engineering.