Tony Ryan
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 17 years ago |
Date of birth | February 2,1936 |
Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
Born | Leeds |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | October 3,2007 |
Died | Celbridge |
Ireland | |
Net worth | Estimated at €800m–1bn |
Children | Cathal Ryan |
Founded | Ryanair |
Guinness Peat Aviation | |
Job | Entrepreneur |
Movies/Shows | Blacktown |
Two/Out | |
Nationality | Irish |
Education | Trinity College Dublin |
The University of Manchester | |
University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology | |
Known for | Ryanair |
Tiger Airways | |
H index | 92 |
Interests | Polymers |
Crystallisation | |
Block Copolymers | |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 468482 |
Tony Ryan Life story
Anthony John Ryan OBE FRSC is an English polymer chemist and sustainability leader at the University of Sheffield. He was Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the university's Faculty of Science from 2008 until 2016, and is currently Director of the Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures.
Sheffield professor urges dentists to ditch single-use plastic
A chemistry professor is working with dentists in Yorkshire to cut down on the amount of single-use plastic used during appointments.
Tony Ryan , a professor of polymer chemistry at the University of Sheffield, has worked with plastics all his life and is leading a research project looking at how dentists could make better use of it.
He is working with industry professionals, including Dr Steve Mulligan, an NHS dentist in Rotherham.
You can see this story in full on BBC Inside Out Yorkshire and Lincolnshire at 19:30 GMT on Bbc One on Monday 2 September, or via iPlayer for Seven Days Afterwards .
Source of news: bbc.com