The next Environmental Initiative Colloquium will explore the subject of “Plant Sciences: The Environment and Sustainability,” on Thurs., Feb. 26. From 2 – 5 p.m. in the Laboratory Science Building, Room 300, four eminent scientists will cover topics ranging from phytoremidiation, the inorganic carbon cycle, carbon sesquestration, the impact of genetically modified crops on the environment, and the issue of sustainability.
Presenters will include Aaron Kaplan, professor of plant sciences at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and an expert in the field of photosynthetic aquatic microorganisms; Ganesh Kishore, vice president of technology for DuPont Agriculture and Nutrition; Francois M. M. Morel, professor of geosciences at Princeton University and director of its Environmental Institute, who has conducted extensive research in the new fields of bioinorganic and environmental chemistry; and Jerald L. Schnoor, the Allen S. Henry Chair of Engineering and co-director of the Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research at the University of Iowa.
This program is part of a year-long series of colloquia concerning the role that research universities can play in addressing environmental issues as is part of the University’s Sesquicentennial celebration.
For more information call 314-935-5285 or visit the Washington University 150th celebration Web site at 150.wustl.edu.