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Soydan Ozcan

Soydan Ozcan is Distinguished Research Scientist and the Group Leader for the Sustainable Manufacturing Technologies Group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). His research aims to addresses the broad and vital issue of identifying novel, high-value biomaterials from renewable sources and viable processes for preparing composite and additive manufacturing applications for zero waste, and develop manufacturing techniques and exploring new materials to improve energy efficiency during composite manufacturing, decrease material waste, and improve material cost and performance. Ozcan is also a prolific researcher who has published over 100 papers, holds 24 issued and pending patents, has published 11 book chapters, and has been an active speaker with over a hundred presentations and short courses on sustainable manufacturing materials-related topics and research. Ozcan is also the recipient of 2023 TAPPI Nano Technical Award, two R&D 100 awards (2020 and 2021), 2021 Battelle Memorial Institute Distinguished Inventor.
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