Noted Environmental Chemist to Speak at Florida State in Honor of Earth Day
In honor of Earth Day, the Florida State University Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry is hosting a public lecture by noted environmental chemist Joseph J. Bozell, an internationally recognized expert on renewables for chemical production.
The lecture will take place:
FRIDAY, APRIL 13
3:30 P.M.
ROOM 1003
CHEMICAL SCIENCES LABORATORY
102 VARSITY WAY
TALLAHASSEE, FLA.
Bozell’s lecture, “Biomass Conversion for Renewable Resources of Energy and Feedstocks,” is intended to appeal not only to chemists, but anyone interested in understanding how chemistry will help to shape a sustainable environmental future throughgreen manufacturing processes.
The lecture is the first annual Katherine B. Hoffman Endowed Lecture in Environmental Chemistry, made possible by a $50,000 gift from Florida State Professor Emerita Kitty Hoffman, who taught chemistry from 1940 to 1984. Each spring around Earth Day, the Hoffman Lecture will bring to campus a scientist of international renown to deliver a talk on environmental or sustainable chemistry.
“Dr. Bozell is an ideal choice for this first Hoffman lecture,” said Professor Bill Cooper, associate chair of the department. “He was trained as a classical synthetic organic chemist and has devoted his professional career to developing technologies for converting renewable, biomass-based materials into value-added products.”
In 1999, Bozell was a co-recipient of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Presidential Green Chemistry Award.
The lecture will be followed by a reception in the atrium of the Chemical Sciences Laboratory.
CONTACT: William Cooper, professor of chemistry and biochemistry
(850) 644-6875; cooper@chem.fsu.edu
