Energy: Beyond Fossil Fuels

11:00 am - 12:00pm

Stephen's Lounge (3rd Floor)

Beyond fossil fuels: Learn about emerging renewable technologies and the role of energy efficiency in meeting our energy demand.

Speakers:

Daniel M. Kammen:

Daniel M. Kammen is the Class of 1995 Distinguished Professor of Energy at the University of California, Berkeley, where he holds appointments in the Energy and Resources Group, the Goldman School of Public Policy, and the department of Nuclear Engineering.  Kammen is the founding director of the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL).  Kammen is also the Co-Director of the Berkeley Institute of the Environment (http://bie.berkeley.edu).

Kammen received his undergraduate (Cornell A., B. ’84) and graduate (Harvard M. A. ’86, Ph.D. ’88) training is in physics After postdoctoral work at Caltech and Harvard, Kammen was professor and Chair of the Science, Technology and Environmental Policy at Princeton University in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs from 1993 – 1998.  He then moved to UC Berkeley.

Through RAEL (http://rael.berkeley.edu) Kammen works with faculty colleagues, postdoctoral fellows, and roughly 20 doctoral students on a wide range of science, engineering, economics and policy projects related to energy science, engineering and the environment.  The focus of Kammen’s work is on the science and policy of clean, renewable energy systems, energy efficiency, the role of energy in national energy policy, international climate debates, and the use and impacts of energy sources
and technologies on development, particularly in Africa and Latin America. His work is interdisciplinary, and extends from theoretical studies to highly practical field projects and the design and development of specific policy initiatives and pieces of legislation.  Kammen has published five books, over 200 journal articles and 30 research reports.  He has testified many times to the U. S. House and Senate, and to the legislatures in California, Connecticut, Minnesota, New York, and Washington.

Daniel Kammen serves on the National Advisory Board of the Union of Concerned Scientists, on the Technical Review Board of the Global Environment Facility is on the advisory board of the Union of Concerned Scientists, and was a coordinating lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007.

Kammen is a primary author and serves on the executive committee of the $500 million Energy Biosciences Institute funded by BP.

Kameron Kitajima

Kameron Kitajima is a 4th Year Undergraduate Student majoring in Environmental Science and minoring in Energy and Resources. Kameron has been a Green Campus Program Coordinator for three years, working on projects such as the CFL exchange, the Energy DeCal course, and others.  Kameron enjoys sketching, photography, hiking, organics, fair trade, and overflyeration prevention.