Department of Biology

Dr. Watts began his career as a natural products chemist in new antibiotics research for the Squibb Institute for Medical Research, in resource recovery research at the Princeton Research Laboratory of the American Can Company. He worked for 25 years at New Jersey Institute of Technology, retiring as the Panasonic Professor of Sustainability and the Executive Director of the Otto H. York Center for Environmental Engineering and Science.

His research interests include environmental impacts of manufacturing, sustainability, and the interactions of science, technology, and public policy.