John William White (25 April 1937 – 16 August 2023) was an Australian chemist who was Professor of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Research School of Chemistry, at the Australian National University.

He held the Argonne Fellowship (U. of Chicago) and was for many years a Fellow of St John's College, Oxford.

He was a founding member of the International Society for Science and Religion[2] White died on 16 August 2023, at the age of 86.

[3] White and his team have developed a simple method to produce a stable, thin (~90 Å) oil film on the surface of pure water, suitable for direct measurements of the oil-water interface using ellipsometry, X-ray or neutron reflectometry, or other experimental methods.

[4] Related research investigates nanoparticle interactions with protein.