Isiah M. Warner

Vice President for Strategic Initiatives, Boyd Professor and Philip W. West Professor Analytical & Environmental Chemistry, Professor Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Louisiana State University, USA.

Motivation
I enjoy helping people achieve their goals and find their path in life.

What makes a good mentor?
Someone who genuinely enjoys helping people.

Nominator comment: “Isiah is one of the top recognized mentors in the US. The LSU graduate program in chemistry is the nation’s largest producer of African-American PhDs in chemistry, largely due to the efforts of Isiah in encouraging and mentoring these students. His outstanding mentoring achievements have been recognized by his receipt of a Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring in 1998, the 2000 AAAS Mentor Award for Lifetime Achievement, the 2003 ACS Award for Encouraging Disadvantaged Students into Careers in the Chemical Sciences, and the 2003 CCR Diversity Award. He is also an internationally recognized researcher in analytical chemistry, recently receiving the ACS Award in Analytical Chemistry and serving as Chair of the ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry.”

Part of the Power List 2017

The Magnificent Tens
After 2016’s celebration of women in analytical science, we return to the Top 100 for 2017.
But there’s a twist. This summer, we asked you to nominate scientists in ten categories – from the stars of separation science, to omics explorers, to the mentors training the next generation.

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