Charles Cooney

Robert T. Haslam (1911) Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

As a chemical engineer, Charles has always been interested in reaching new frontiers and tackling unresolved issues within the remit of his field. However, over the past five years he has greatly diversified his reading of both scientific and nonfiction literature. “I came to the realization that innovation takes place more often at the interfaces of multiple scientific disciplines, policy, business and society, and that without a deeper understanding of history as the context one cannot appreciate the implications of discovery.”

Part of the Power List 2019

Breakthroughs at the bench, novel technologies and groundbreaking policies and regulation have helped the pharma industry grow from strength to strength. After months of collating reader nominations and judging overseen by a panel of industry experts, we proudly present The Medicine Maker 2019 Power List, featuring 100 of the industry’s pioneers across four categories: Industry Influencers, Business Captains, Masters of the Bench, and Champions of Change.

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