[neact] Green Chemistry Lecture
- From: Jerusha Vogel <jj@xxxxxxxx>
- To: neact@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 16:14:31 -0400
The Department of Chemistry at Gordon College will welcome a speaker to
campus on Monday, September 29, 4:30 PM, KOS 104. This is our 12th annual
Distinguished Green Chemistry Lecturer and she is going to be a very, very
good one. The topic will be accessible to a wide audience.
We would love to have a lot of high school educators and their students -
AP students, Environment club, Chemistry club, etc.
I hope you might be able to join us.
Abstract and bio are found below. I'm happy to answer additional questions.
Best wishes,
Irv Levy
Irv.Levy@xxxxxxxxxx
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*2014–15* *Green Chemistry Lecture, September 29, 2014*
*Liz Gron, Hendrix College, Conway, AR *
*"Southern Greens For Healthy Scientists and Citizens"*
Green things thrive in the south; this is true of both plants and
chemistry. Research has proven green plants are good for our diet and green
chemistry is good for our planet. While we all “know” this is on an
abstract level, applying green in our daily lives is hard when the ever
expedient potato-chip, or chlorinated solvent, beckons.
Although the importance of green chemistry is clear, it has been over 15
years since Anastas and Warner described the obvious benefits of designing
around green chemical principles and this philosophy is still not the
standard across industrial fields or in academia. A real barrier to
adoption is understanding that adding a green design criteria is an initial
investment that results in a superior process or product in the future.
Sadly, none of us are good with delayed gratification.
This talk will discuss green chemistry from an analytical perspective (the
view from the kitchen). While analytical chemists are responsible for
acquiring the essential data necessary to assess the health of ourselves
and our environment, the greening of standard methods has lagged. This talk
will also describe routes to spreading green analytical chemistry into
education, and some green hopes and challenges for the future.
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Liz U. Gron is professor of Chemistry and interim Coordinator of Academic
Advising with concurrent membership in the Environmental Studies and
Chemical Physics Programs at Hendrix College. Gron’s scholarly work
includes research papers on organic reactions in high temperature water,
green analytical chemistry, undergraduate laboratory development, and
undergraduate science education. Gron was raised on Boston history and
culture and journeyed westward for her education with stops in the states
of New York (Colgate University, B.A.) and Wisconsin (University of
Wisconsin-Madison, Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry). Gron returned to the
eastern seaboard for a post-doctoral work (University of Delaware in
Chemical Engineering) before settling in the south where green things grow.
Gron joined Hendrix College in 1994 where her teaching areas include
general chemistry, analytical and inorganic chemistry. During her tenure at
Hendrix, Gron has been a visiting professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT
(2000-2001), received the 2007 Pfizer-St. Louis Green Chemistry Research
and Education Award, been the conference organizer and chair for the 13th
Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference, Washington, D.C., June
2009, and received the 2010 Arkansas Professor of the Year awarded by the
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for
Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). Since 2000 Gron has acquired
more than $360 K in competitive grants. Her most recent science education
research efforts are supported as co-PI on a $1.1M NSF grant “Noyce-STEM
Teacher Education in the Arkansas” with Dionne Jackson (PI), James Jennings
(co-PI), and Todd Tinsley(co-PI).
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