Kathleen Collen Gisser ’83

Staff Scientist • The Sherwin-Williams Company

B.S., Chemistry and Classical Civilization, Yale University 1987

Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison 1992

Making her mark in STEM:

Identifies university, start-up and small company partners that have technology useful for paints and coatings
Twelve US patents in the areas of paint and film technology
Best known as the program leader for “PaintShield, Protection from Microbial Threats,” a multi-year Sherwin-Williams innovation project to develop an EPA-registered paint that kills bacteria
Two-time winner of the Percy Neyman Award (the most prestigious technical award at Sherwin-Williams, 2018 and 2021)
Mentor of The Year Award for Global Supply Chain R&D at Sherwin-Williams (2014)
Sherwin-Williams Corporate Technical Achievement Award for the development of Sherwin-Williams Enhanced Harmony® Paint with Formaldehyde Reduction Technology (2013)
Author of the award-winning application for the Scientific/Engineering Award for Premier Color Print film from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (2003)
New Product Development Professional certification from the Product Development and Management Association (PDMA)
Profiled in Find Your Path: Unconventional Lessons from 36 Leading Scientists and Engineers by Daniel Goodman (MIT Press, December 2019)

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