Harvest Collier is a Professor of Chemistry at the Missouri University of Science and Technology and President of the Alliance for Advanced Coatings Research (AACR), a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the improvement of the application of coatings technology. For over 20 years, he has instructed in a series of polymer and coatings science short courses including “Basic Composition of Coatings”, “Paint and Coatings Formulation”, “Physical Testing of Paint and Coatings”, “Polymer Chemistry” and “Basic Coatings for Sales, Marketing and General Personnel”.

In 2001 he established the Missouri S&T Institute for Environmental Excellence and served as its director until 2008. During this period, he provided leadership for the organization of a campus wide environmental management system (EMS) and led one of the nation’s eleven EPA Public Entity EMS Resource (PEER) Centers. As a Local Resource Center, the PEER Center provided support, guidance and resources for public entities, including local, county and state governments looking to develop and implement management and sustainability practices in their organizations.

Professor Collier conducts research in areas of polymer synthesis and polymer and coatings applications. His work includes the development and evaluation of polymers for coatings applications with emphasis in the area of new metal binding polymer systems.