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SUMMARY:Landolt Public Lecture - "Green Chemistry: From Need to Market"
DTSTART:20141112T181500
DTEND:20141112T193000
DTSTAMP:20260506T080329Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Philip Jessop\, Queen's University\, Canada\nBio: Dr. Ph
 ilip Jessop\, is a Canada Research Chair of Green Chemistry at Queen’s U
 niversity in Kingston\, Canada. He also serves as the Technical Director o
 f GreenCentre Canada.  After his Ph.D. (British Columbia\, 1991) and a po
 stdoctoral appointment (Toronto)\, he did contract research in Japan with 
 Nobel laureate R. Noyori.  As a professor at the University of California
 -Davis (1996-2003) and then at Queen’s\, he has studied green solvents a
 nd the chemistry of CO2.  Recent distinctions include the Eni Award for N
 ew Frontiers for Hydrocarbons (2013)\, Fellowship in the Royal Society of 
 Canada (2013)\, and the Canadian Green Chemistry & Engineering Award (2012
 ). He helped create GreenCentre Canada\, a centre of excellence for the co
 mmercialization of green chemistry technologies. Switchable Solutions Inc.
  and Forward Water Technologies Inc. are two spin-off companies based upon
  Dr. Jessop's switchable solvents.\nThe old way to prevent pollution was t
 o capture pollutants before they left the factory\, which is always a fina
 ncial burden. The Green Chemistry approach — “Design the process so po
 llutants aren’t made” — can reduce environmental impact while making
  industries more economically competitive. Economic benefits occur because
  designing processes to reduce pollution requires minimizing wasted energy
  and materials. What’s the catch? The right chemistry and societal condi
 tions are necessary to bring these green processes to market.  This layma
 n-level presentation will introduce the concept of green chemistry and the
 n follow the path of one new technology from its origin through to the cre
 ation of a company.
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