Albert Ness

Albert Ness is a seasoned Process Safety specialist with 27 years of experience, having authored several key books on process safety and led numerous hazard analyses and incident investigations. From 2013 to the present, they serve as a Lead Process Safety Specialist at the Center for Chemical Process Safety, developing critical written products to improve safety standards. Prior to that, Albert held positions at companies including Rohm and Haas, where they maintained a corporate safety incident database, and at The Dow Chemical Company, where they focused on process hazard analysis and risk assessment. Albert earned a BS and MS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Arizona and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, respectively. They are a CCPS Fellow and have contributed extensively to various safety committees and standards.