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Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry Marty Mulvihill-Executive Director. The Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry. Applications. Environmental Sustainability. Engineering. Natural Resources. Collaboratively Advancing Sustainable Solutions. Ensuring Human Health. Economic Implications.
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Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry Marty Mulvihill-Executive Director
The Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry Applications Environmental Sustainability Engineering Natural Resources Collaboratively Advancing Sustainable Solutions Ensuring Human Health Economic Implications Innovation Chemistry Business Public Health http://bcgc.berkeley.edu
Graduate Class http://bcgc.berkeley.edu/chem234 - links to webcast and other resources
Continue to Expand Green Chem Labs 1a – all labs incorporation sustainability 4a/b – 4 new experiments and green chemistry projects 15 – new dyes experiment
Systems Approach to Green Energy (SAGE) NSF-IGERT Graduate Education Solar, Biofuels and Storage
Interdisciplinary Graduate Program Business and Government • Policy • Public Health • Business University Applied Research Short-term Payoff Basic Research Long-term Payoff Use Greener Materials and Methods Identify Opportunities EvaluateProgress Emerging Concerns Characterized Concerns • Toxicology • Environmental Science • Public Health • Chemistry • Engineering Confidential
NSF-PIRE Europe Asia Leader in Regulations and Market Drivers Leader in Manufacturing and Technology International Component to SAGE
Recent Research Grants The Public Ethics of Green Chemistry Sustainable Products and Solutions Program Understanding the Impacts of a Biobased economy Safer Oil Dispersants
Press Cover story of On Earth Magazine “Pure Chemistry” http://www.onearth.org/article/pure-chemistry NPR Living on Earth story “New Era, New Curriculum” http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=10-P13-00047&segmentID=4 UC Berkeley New Center “Green chemistry in the lab and beyond” http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/03/22/green-chemistry-conference/
BCGC Consortium • Building a Multi-Stakeholder BCGC Consortium • Official Announcement in November.