About Joe Sabol

Joseph "Joe" Sabol, PhD, is a chemist and chemical engineer, a consultant to the chemical, semiconductor, metal/oxide, polymer, and related industries, specializing in technical and business development services, see Chem-Consult.

Joe Sabol is a second generation fruit and vegetable grower Sabol Farm in Racine County, Wisconsin.

B.S. (chemistry) from Carroll College (now Carroll University, Wisconsin) and Ph.D. (chemistry) from Oklahoma State University (Stillwater.)

Postdoc in chemical engineering at University of Minnesota, Sabol taught analytical, physical, and environmental chemistry and studied the transport, magnetic, and crystallographic properties of transition metal oxides. Here's a recent publication, 

Correlation between magnetism and the Verwey transition in magnetite

Phys. Rev. B 111, 245161 – Published 30 June, 2025

https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/yn1s-3hv3

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Sabol joined American Chemical Society (ACS) in 1976, was named ACS Fellow in 2018, and has served in ACS: Division of Small Chemical Businesses (SCHB) Councilor (2016-2024) and Program Chair (2007-2022), Upper Peninsula Local Section Treasurer (2008-2027), Great Lakes Region (GLR) Director (2011-2026) and Treasurer (2019-2025), Committee on Chemistry and Public Affairs CCPA (2015-2021), and Committee on Environment and Sustainability CES (2022-2028).

In 2003 Sabol was appointed to Marquette County [MI] Local Emergency Planning Committee and has been Chair since 2017. Sabol serves on Board of Directors, Friends of Peter White Public Library [Marquette, MI] (2022-2026).

Recent activity,

American Chemical Society
ACS Spring 2026
Atlanta. GA March 22-26
ENFL & GEOC Methane: Chemistry of a Greenhouse Gas

Monday, March 23, 2:00-5:30 pm (in-person) and Tuesday, March 24, 3:00-4:30 pm (virtual.)

ACS Spring 2026

American Chemical Society
ACS Fall 2025
Washington DC, August 17-21
ENFL & GEOC Methane: Policy for a Greenhouse Gas
The global market value of methane (natural gas) is projected to be $120 billion in 2025 and grow 5-10 % per year. Use of coal, oil, and gas contribute 120 million tons (Mt) of methane emission into the atmosphere each year. The United States is the largest emitter of methane (>10%) and closely followed by the Russian Federation. In terms of contribution to the greenhouse gas inventory (excluding water vapor) methane is second, between carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide, and accounts for about 1/3 of the recent increase in Earth's surface temperature. The atmospheric concentration of methane is increasing faster than at any time since record keeping began in the 1980s, but its savior is a mean atmospheric lifetime of about ten years. Methane won’t disappear from the market anytime soon, but control of emission is a near-term opportunity to mitigate Earth’s atmospheric warming and climate change. This symposium includes methane sources and sinks, measurement, control, and use technology, climate modeling, regulatory impacts, and market supply and demand. Aligned with U.N. Sustainable Development Goals 7, Affordable and Clean Energy and 13, Climate Action.

ACS

American Chemical Society
Great Lakes Regional Meeting 2025
Chemical Business: Resources and Best Practices
Appleton, Wisconsin
June 4-6, 2025
GLR ACS