Rodney H. Banks

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Full Name	Rodney H. Banks
Occupation	Chemist
Date Of Birth	Jan 14, 1953(1953-01-14)
Age	71
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Capricorn

Rodney H. Banks Biography

Rodney H. Banks is one of the most popular and richest Chemist who was born on January 14, 1953 in California, United States. The invention of TRASAR by a chemist won the United States Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award. It helped improve industrial water treatment.

While pursuing his Ph.D. he worked as a chemist While pursuing his Ph.D., he worked for chemist Glenn T. Seaborg..

Rodney H. Banks (born January 14, 1953) is an American industrial chemist and a research fellow at Nalco Holding Company in Naperville, Illinois now a wholly owned subsidiary of Ecolab Inc. His inventions have greatly improved the control of industrial water treatment. In 2011, Banks received the Perkin Medal for his work from the American section of the Society of Chemical Industry, the highest award for applied chemistry in the United States.

In the mid-1980s, Banks and other Nalco researchers identified opportunities for improved monitoring and control of water used in many industrial systems, especially in cooling towers, for both commercial and office buildings and in industrial plants such as paper mills, oil refineries, automotive plants and steel mills. He and colleague John Hoots subsequently led the invention and commercialization of fluorescent tracing technology, trade-named TRASAR. Banks’ work involved using chemical and mechanical sensors for improved monitoring and control. The 3D TRASAR version of this technology won a United States Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award for its cooling water application in 2008.

His father, Mark Banks (a chemist who served the U.S. Defense Department), was his father.

Rodney H. Banks Net Worth

Rodney H. Banks is one of the richest Chemist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Rodney H. Banks 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He received a bachelor’s in chemistry degree from Johns Hopkins University in 1975.

For his contributions to water treatment, he was presented with a Perkin Medal from the American Section of the Society of Chemical Industry.

Banks was born in Long Beach, California on January 14, 1953 and later moved with his family to Maryland. His father Mark worked as a chemist for the U.S. Defense Department in Washington, D.C., inspiring the younger Banks to pursue the same field. Banks attended Johns Hopkins University, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry in 1975. In 1980, he received his Ph.D. in inorganic/physical chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley, where he worked for Nobel laureate and fellow Perkin medal winner Glenn Seaborg on the synthesis and characterization of volatile actinide compounds.

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Rodney Ranked on the list of most popular Chemist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Rodney H. Banks celebrates birthday on January 14 of every year.