Selected Presentations and Articles

by Mark Jones

Technology Related

Science Rendevous in Toronto, "Manmade Microparticles in Water",  10 May 2024 coming
R&D World, "Microplastics are bad, but ignoring science is worse", 20 March 2024. This article follows the genesis of the widely reported plastic consumption of 5 grams per week, where errors were made and how, even though wrong, it is still being reported. A credit card in 7 liters of water
link | pdf | LinkedIn
ACS New Orleans National Meeting, PAPER: 4003833 "Scientific facts in the meme age", Division of Chemical Information, 21 March 2024 National Meeting graphic
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ACS New Orleans National Meeting , PAPER: 3988102 "Catalysis made plastics. Can catalysis unmake them too? " for Division of Catalysis Science and Technology, 17 March 2024 National Meeting graphic
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Mid-Michigan AIChE Monthly Meeting, "Scientific Facts in the Meme Age", 23 January 2024, in-person and web. MidMichigan AIChE
pdf with links  | announcement | poster
R&D World, "PFAS — the collateral damage begins", 15 January 2024 bottles
link | text | LinkedIn
Upper Penninsula ACS on 6 September 2023, "'Avoid Foam' and Other Consequences of Living in a World with PFAS"  Upper Peninsula Local Section
about the talk | pdf
Texas A&M lecture in John Gladysz's CHEM 470 Industrial Chemistry on 5 September 2023 Texas A&M title page
pre-work | slides |  stream video of scale demo
R&D World, "COVID: the sequel", 29 August 2023 COVID
link | pdf
Edison Awards Webinar, "Writing an Effective Edison with Tiffany Otten and Susan Turkell. 16 August 2023 Edison Awards Logo
link to webinar
ACS National Meeting in San Francisco, 14 August 2023, "We’d Likely Make the Same Mistakes Again:  What have we learned from Thomas Midgley? "; talk 3921690-HIST. 9:35 AM PDT ACS 2023Fall National  Meeting
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Queens University, "Exceptional Presentations In Spite of PowerPoint" (virtural), 31 May 2023 Queens University logo
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R&D World, "The pizza box problem — and why it might kill everything from Teflon to drugs", 26 April 2023 pizza box picture
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| text | pdf | LinkedIn
Central Michigan University,  "Chicken and Broken Glass",  16 March 2023 CMU logo
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University of Illinois, "Effective Communication of Scientfic Data" for Chemistry 593, Advanced Professional Development Monday, February 27, 2023 from 1-2:20PM Eastern Illinois I
pdf  |  intro | class homework | example
Central Michigan University,  "“Avoid Foam” and Other Consequences of Living in a World with PFAS",  16 February 2023 CMU logo
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Mid-Michigan AIChE Monthly Meeting, "Tradeoffs on the Road to Sustainability", 31 January 2023, virtual meeting. MidMichigan AIChE
pdf  | announcement
Kalamazoo ACS "“Avoid Foam” and Other Consequences of Living in a World with PFAS", 29 November 2022 at Bell's Eccentric Cafe Kalamazoo ACS logo
pdf with links and references  | page
ACS Webinar "Before You Press Send!", more effective email communication, 3 November 2022 (rebroadcast) ACS webinars
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SciencePalooza 2022 virtual seminar, 30 September 2022 for ACS Wooster, Lorain Community College and Ashland University flyer
pdf  | flyer
ACS Houston seminar, "Development of a New Pasta: Product development lessons for the chemical industry" , co-presented with Steve Hahn, 29 September 2022 Cascatelli pasta
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University of South Carolina seminar, 16 September 2022 University of South Carolina
link  | for fun
Texas A&M lecture in John Gladysz's CHEM 470 Industrial Chemistry on 8 September 2022. Texas A&M title page
slides   |  stream video of scale demo
"Glowing rocks, a new sport, and what we can learn about different approaches", R&D World, 8 August 2022 https://www.rdworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/YooperliteSideBySide.jpg
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"New dangers in the woods — and the hope that research offers us", R&D World, 29 June 2022 Morels
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"Why There's A Neon Shortage and Why It Matters", R&D World, 19 April 2022. Neon shown on the periodic table with the word "shortage" in red overlaid
link  |  text  |  pdf
MSU Organic Seminar.  "Chicken and Broken Glass"
30 March 2022
helmet
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"Curling stones: Circular, but not part of the circular economy" ,  R&D World, 24 March 2022 A curling stone
link  |  text  |  pdf
"The chemical cost of salting our roads ", R&D World, 4 March 2022 Snow plow
link  |  text  |  pdf
University of Wisconsin CHEM 505/CBE505: Aspects of Industrial Chemistry and Business Fundamentals lecture on 3 March 2022.  Topic:  Sustainability and the Chemical Industry University of Wisconsin lecture
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ACS Webinar "Before You Press Send!", more effective email communication, 26 January 2022 ACS webinars
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ACLCA webinar on more effective communications, 10 December 2021 ACLCA logo
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"Can We Ever Get The Lead Out", R&D World, 1 November 2021
R&D World  | text
 
AIMCAL keynote on 18 October 2021, "The Journey to 'More Sustainable'.  Orlando meeting, given via Zoom AIMCAL 2021
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Texas A&M lecture in John Gladysz's CHEM 470 Industrial Chemistry on 17 September 2021. Texas A&M title page
slides   |  stream video of scale demo
 
ACS Atlanta National Meeting, "Invention of Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry", Abstract ID: 3594497, August 23, 2021 Atlanta talk title page
slides
 
ACS Webinar; hosted "Designing Bio-Sourced Polymers that Enable Recycling", 1 July 2021 with Stefan Mecking. ACS webinars
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NTRO presentation on 25 March 2021.  "Effective Communication of Scientific Data". NTRO
slides  |  for fun activities
 
Cabot Corp. discussion on sustainability on 19 25 January 2021. Cabot talk
slides
 
Mid-Michigan AIChE meeting on 12 January 2021.  "Effective Communication of Scientific Data". MidMichigan AIChE
slides  |  for fun activities
 
Texas A&M lecture in John Gladysz's CHEM 470 Industrial Chemistry on 17 September 2020. Texas A&M lecture
slides   |  stream video of scale demo 
 
ACS Webinar "Grateful for Chemistry" with Matt Grandbois on 15 July 2020. Grateful for Chemistry Webinar
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ACS Webinar "Better Communication in the Digital Age:  Writing with Brevity and Clarity" on 23 June 2020. Brevity and Clarity Webinar
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ACS Webinar "Better Communication in the Digital Age" on 29 April 2020. 29 April 2020 Webinar
link  |  pdf
University of Wisconsin guest lecture on 30 January 2020: "Sustainability and Its Impact on the Chemical Industry" University of Wisconsin lecture
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R&D 100 conference on 4 December 2019 in San Mateo:  "Writing an Effective R&D 100 Nomination" R&D 100 2019
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Texas A&M lecture in John Gladysz's CHEM 470 Industrial Chemistry on 17 September 2019. Texas A&M lecture
slides   |  stream video of scale demo  | download
Celebrating the invention of the GC-MS.  Chemicals Knowledge Hub magazine, August/September 2019 issue, page 52. Aug/Sept Cover of Chemicals Knowledge Hub magazine
Chemicals Knowledge Hub magazine  | pdf
"Present your data more effectively to management", part of Essential Workplace Skills for STEM Industry Professionals presented by ACS Industry Member Programs,  San Diego ACS Meeting, August 27, 2019 San Diego ACS National Meeting 2019

slides for printingbad animation video

pre-work for participants  |  printing
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"What I Learned" interview on ACS Industry Site, 1 July 2019 acs.org/content/acs/en/industry/industry-matters/

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Celebrating the invention of the GC-MS.  Chemicals Knowledge website, July 2019 Chemicals Knowledge

chemicalsknowledgehub.com  | text
"Present your data more effectively to management", part of Essential Workplace Skills for STEM Industry Professionals presented by ACS Industry Member Programs,  Philadelphia, June 18, 2019 ACS Presentation Skills 190618
slides as pdf  |  bad animation video

pre-work for participants
Development of the GC-MS started right here in Midland, CERM History Symposium, 7 June 2019 CERM2019
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National Historic Chemical LandmarkDedication and Reception in the Midland Chemist newsletter, June 2019, Vol. 56, No. 6 link  page 24
"Celebrating the Invention of Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry", R&D magazine, 3 June 2019 R&D magazine
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ACS Webinar; hosted "Is Biodegradability a Solution to Plastic Waste Pollution in the Ocean and on Land?" , 14 March 2019 with Ramani Narayan. ACS webinars
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Presentation Skills Workshop, 17 February 2019 at the AAAS Meeting in Washington, D.C. AAAS February 2019
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Keynote for Chemicals America / SOCMA meeting in Fort Worth, TX, 13 February 2019: "Sustainability Initiatives: How Expectations of a Circular Economy Strain the Chemical Industry: Chem Americas/SOCMA
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R&D Magazine Story: "R&D Efforts to Make Plastic More Sustainable" with Bob Maughon,  29 January 2019 R&D Magazine
link  | captured page
Industrial Chemistry Graduate Class Invited Speaker, 23 January 2019
Going in Circles
MSU Industrial Chem Class
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R&D 100 Conference November 16, 2018.  Exceptional Presentations In Spite of PowerPoint R&D100 Conference
pdf with links to videos
MSU 21 Sept 2018 helmet
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SPE Medical Division Webinar "Exceptional Presentations In Spite of PowerPoint" on June 7, 2018 SPE Webinar
link  |  pdf  | animation
ACS Webinar "Exceptional Presentations In Spite of PowerPoint: The Sequel" on 17 May 2018 ACS Webanar
link | pdf
Edison Award  Symposium on 11 April 2018 in New York.  Materials Innovation. Edison Awards Logo
slides used  |  video
ACS meeting New Orleans  "Promoting safety culture through sharing–a Dow perspective" on 19 March 2018 safety is easy
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ACS Webinar "Exceptional Presentations In Spite of PowerPoint: How to Communicate in the Digital Age" on 15 March 2018 webinar promo
link
pdfbad animation video
streaming video
Panelist at Joseph Priestley Society Symposium March 8, 2018 on “Exploring the Public Perception of the Chemical Enterprise.”  Science History Institute, 315 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.  Missed due to Nor'easter.  link
National Academies Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology Meeting on March 1, 2018 in a session on ocean plastics; overview of industrial production and efforts BCST
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Local ACS Section/ Young Researchers Committee, 11 December 2017:  Say What? Questions, Answers and Rules for an Industrial Career Industrial Chemistry
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R&D 100 Conference, 16-17 November 2017 in Orlando, FL.  Invited talk:  Robotics and Artificial Intelligence: Can They Make Today’s Researchers Obsolete? 2017 R&D 100 Conference
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Keynote at the Southern Aerosol Technical Association (SATA) Fall Meeting, 20-22 September 2017 in Hilton Head, SC.  Invited talk:  The good, The bad and the uncertain: Public perception of the chemical enterprise SATA logo
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Randolph-Macon College on 15 September 2017:  Shale and Sustainability Are Creating Change RMC logo
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ACS National Meeting on 22 August 2017  CHAS 20: The good, The bad and the uncertain: Public perception of the chemical enterprise ACS National Meeting Fall 2017
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ACS National Meeting on 21 August 2017 PRES 12: Improving safety in the chemical enterprise through transparent sharing of best safety practices: The Dow Laboratory Safety Academy delivers safety information to all ACS National Meeting Fall 2017
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ACS Webinar on 13 April 2017 The Good, The Bad and the Uncertain: Public Perception of the Chemical Enterprise ACS Webinar
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AAAS 2017 Annual Meeting in Boston.  Advancing Your Scientific Career With Personal Branding and Social Media Savvy. AAAS Boston Meeting Session
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CalTech Invited Lecture, 14 February 2017.  Going in Circles:  Implications for Individuals, Industry and the Ecosystem. CalTech Talk in 2017
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R&D 100 Conference, November 2-4 in Washington, D.C.  Thought Leadership Session 4-C Forces Shaping Industry: Shale and Sustainability Are Creating Change R&D 100 Conference 2016
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August 2016 Fall ACS National Meeting MPPG: Multidisciplinary Program Planning Group, session 18 - Chemical industry communication efforts panel discussion, 23 August 2016 communicating science
slides (pdf)
Article on Sustainable Manufacturer Network Yikes! I just increased my platinum footprint on 8 August 2016 Platinum disk
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University of Michigan Department of Chemistry Karle Symposium opening keynote, 25 July 2016, Forces Shaping the Chemical Industry: Shale and  Sustainability are Creating Change Karle Logo
link  |  pdf
REFOCUS Recycling Summit and Expo, an SPI event.  Spoke in "Design for recycling: A practical ‘how to’ discussion from an organizational perspective", Wednesday, April 27th - 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Steve Alexander, Executive Director of The Association of Postconsumer Plastics Recyclers

Mark Jones, Research Fellow at The Dow Chemical Company

Moderator: Kari Bliss, Sales Executive at Padnos
Refocus Logo

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Talk PROF 7: Presentations in the digital age: How to make exceptional presentations in spite of PowerPoint, presented in the Division of Professional Relations, cosponsored by the Younger Chemists Committee, session Enough to be Dangerous: A Chemist’s Handbook to Cross-Functional Development, 13 March 2016 at the ACS Spring National Meeting, Marriott Marquis, San Diego. Presentations in the Digital Age
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Opening plenary talk at The Changing Landscape of Hydrocarbon Feedstocks for Chemical Production:  Implications for Catalysis, A Workshop sponsored by the National Academy's Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, 7-8 March 2016 at the National Academy, Washington, D.C. NAE Methane workshop
pdf  | study  |  agenda
Interview from R&D 100 Awards & Technology Conference, held Nov. 12 to 13, 2015 in Las Vegas video
Interview from R&D 100 Awards & Technology Conference, held Nov. 12 to 13, 2015 in Las Vegas where I replaced David Bem.  Published in the January/February 2016 issue of R&D magazine. R&D magazine cover from Jan/Feb 2016
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Discussion lead at joint DOE, United States Energy Association (USEA), Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute (RASEI) "Modular Systems Dialogue", Boulder, CO, 16 February 2016. graphic from event
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USC seminar on chemical industry and sustainability, 10 February 2015:  "Chicken and Broken Glass" USC seminar on sustainability
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CalTech class lecture on sustainability, 9 February 2015:  "Reducing My Platinum Footprint" CalTech lecture
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ACLCA LCA XV
Vancouver, 6 October 2015
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Keynote at 2015 Chemicals American, Charleston, SC, 10 September 2015:  "No Respect:  American Manufacturing" Chemicals Americas
conference link  |  pdf
Speaker at 2015 Sustainable Manufacturer conference, Naperville, IL.  May 18-19.  "The Four Dimensional Product" Sustainable Manufacture Network
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Spring ACS meeting, Denver, CO.  Cellulosics session Research on Renewable Materials: US and EU Perspectives Plenary Talk, Thursday, 26 March 2015. "4D product: Integration over time is the only way to understand sustainability" Denver ACS
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University of Wisconsin CHEM 505/CBE505: Aspects of Industrial Chemistry and Business Fundamentals lecture on 3 March 2015.  Topic:  Integration:  Critical at the Start of the Chemical Industry, Not So Much Now…. University of Wisconsin lecture
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Plenary speaker at Plastics Recycling Conference (Plenary Session 5), 25 February 2015, Dallas, TX.  "Sustainability is More Than Just End of Life" Plastics Recycling 2015
link  |  conference link
Speaker at 2014 GTC 5th Biobased Chemicals:  Commercialization & Partnering, 18 September 2014, San Francisco, CA. GTC Bio 2014
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Keynote at 2014 Chemicals American, Charleston, SC, 8 September 2014:  "Chemical Industry Sustainability and Shale Gas Trends" Chemicals Americas
conference link  |  pdf
Dow TV commercial showing nationwide for The Human Element at Work campaign.  I am in Traveling at the Speed of Light at about 35 seconds.
see it on Youtube
(very similar to the Generic Brand Video )
Invited viewpoint requested on synthetic biology.  Mark E. Jones and William F. Banholzer; "Solar flux, water, and land impose limits on biology", Biotechnology and bioengineering, 111(6), June 2014, pages 1059-1061. Biotechnology and Bioengineering
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"The Four Dimensional Product: Integration Over Time is the Only Way to Understand Sustainability", presented at The Society of Plastics Engineers' (SPE) Plastics Environmental Division is excited to present this year’s Global Plastics Environmental Conference (GPEC®). Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando, FL from March 12-14. Talk occured on 14 March 2014 because of travel delays due to snow. GPEC 2104 logo
conference link slides(pdf)
Plastics News article  |  pdf

P&G Sustainability Symposium, Cincinnati, 13-14 November 2013.

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AIChE talk on sustainability:
Banholzer, W.F. and Jones, M.E.; "The Four Dimensional Product: Integration Over Time is the Only Way to Understand Sustainability", Proceedings of the AIChE, 2013 Annual Meeting (San Francisco), Sustainable Engineering Forum, 4 November 2013.
AICHE logo
pdf  |  proceedings  link  pdf

ChemInnovations Keynote (in place of David Bem) 25 September 2013, Galveston, TX:
The Shale Gale Is Blowing: Plotting a Course That Avoids the Shoals and Rocks


link | pdf

Excerpt from AIChE Journal Perspectives
William Banholzer and Mark Jones, "Possible versus practical", Chemistry World, October 2013, page 41 and on-line
19 September 2013.


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Origami and the Importance of Scale
Jones, Mark E.;"Why Big Always Wins: Examining the Economies of Scale", Chemical Enginereering, 10 September 2013.
Offshore Communications
link  |   pdf
Chemical Engineering Progress excerpt
William F. Banholzer and Mark E. Jones; "Needed: ChEs to Solve Global Problems",  Chemical Engineering Progress,  August 2013, page 15.


link  | pdf
AIChE Journal Perspectives.
William F. Banholzer and Mark E. Jones; "Perspective: Chemical engineers must focus on practical solutions", AIChE Journal, Volume 59, Issue 8, August 2013, pages 2708–2720. Article first published online: 15 JUL 2013 |
AIChE Journal
DOI: 10.1002/aic.14172  |  link  | pdf
Central Regional ACS Meeting, Mt. Pleasant, MI, 16 May 2013.  Keynote.      bent nail
conference | announcement  | Sustainable Decision Making  (pdf)
Central Regional ACS Meeting, Mt. Pleasant, MI, 16 May 2013.  Green Chemistry Symposium. mining truck
conference | Scale Creates Challenges for Chemicals from Biomass  (pdf)
International Biomass Conference, Minneapolis, MN  10 April 2013.  Session:  Tracking Investment Trends and Biofuels Economics to Understand Which Deals Get Done and Why (travel cancelled at last minute; presented by Chris Sacksteder) stepping stone to the future
conference | Scale Creates Challenges for Chemicals from Biomass (pdf)
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) National Meeting in Boston, 16 February 2013.
Session:  Sustainable Chemical Manufacturing in a Resource-Limited World
      bent nail
conference  |  session  | Sustainable Chemical Manufacturing Is a Competitive Advantage (pdf)
National Advanced Biofuels Conference, Houston, 28 November 2012          stepping stone to the future
conference  |  link  | Scale Creates Challenges for Chemicals from Biomass (pdf)
Webinar on the National Research Council report Sustainable Development of Algal Biofuels in the United States hosted by Dr. Jennie Hunter-Cevera, chair, and member, Dr. Mark Jones, of the report-authoring committee, 27 November 2012                    algae report cover    
http://dels.nas.edu/Report/Sustainable-Development-Algal-Biofuels-2012/13437
University of California, Berkeley; Berkeley Center For Green Chemistry Seminar, 29 October 2012 too little too late
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Platt's Biofuels and Biomaterials Conference, Houston, 18 October 2012 looking for compelling options
conference link  |  pdf
NPR interview with Richard Harris aired on 25 October 2012 link to audio and transcriptaudio
Congressional Staff Briefing 24 October 2012  
DOE Leadership Briefing  23 October 2012  
National Research Council of the National Academies report on Sustainability of Algal Biofuels                     algae report cover      link
Joseph Priestley Society Panel, The Future of Biobased Chemicals,  20 September 2012 link
ACS Meeting in Philadelphia, 19 August 2012, Polymer Science of Everyday Things Symposium, Virtual tour: Dow's InVison zero home    what is sustainable?
symposiumpdf  | pptx

Energy Policy Institute of Chicago, Chicago-Booth, June 2012
two-headed dragon

site| pdf | pdf
Local Midland AIChE - January 2012
sweetener cost
link  |  slides
DOE Office of the Biomass Program, Biomass 2011 Conference in Washington, D.C., July 2011 It's Alive graphic
link  |  pdf
   

Other

 
Quoted by Faye Flam in Bloomberg on 11 December 2023, "FDA Needs to Get to the Root of Hair-Straightener Carcinogens" Bloomberg logo
Bloomberg hair straighteners
letter to the editor of the Midland Daily News on 12 December 2023 on PFAS in fish. "Recent story did not do Michigan’s Eat Safe program justice " Midland Daily News
PFAS and fish
Quoted by Mario Lee on 23 August 2023 in Fact Check: NO Evidence Walking Barefoot Changes pH Of Body Lead Stories Logo
barefeet changing blood pH
Quoted by Sarah Thompson on 9 August 2023 in Fact Check: pH Of Soda Is NOT Toxic, Does Not Alter pH Of Human Body Lead Stories Logo
soda toxicity
Quoted by Charles Q. Choi on LiveScience, July 30, 2023 Why is gold so soft? LiveScience logo
why gold is soft
Quoted by Dayimar Ayala Altuve in Univision on 24 June 2023, Llenar completo el tanque de gasolina en días de calor no hará que explote, como circula en redes (Full filling the gas tank on hot days won't make it explode) Univision logo
gasoline tank safety
Letter to the editor of the Midland Daily News: Roundabouts are good for safety, the environment
May 24, 2023
Midland Daily News
roundabouts
Quoted by Nicole Karlis in Salon on 22 February 2023, How non-scientists can assess the danger of mystery chemicals Salon logo
chemical safety
Quoted by F.D. Flam on 17 February 2023, We Shouldn’t Need Body Bags to Learn From Ohio’s Train Disaster Bloomberg logo
train wreck
Quoted by Craig Jones on 14 February 2023 in Newswise, Fact-checking the reporting of the explosion in East Palestine, Ohio
more train wreck
Quoted by Andrew Mullin in the Midland Daily News, 26 January 2023, New study shows high amount of harmful PFAS substances in fresh water fish Midland Daily News
PFAS
Quoted by Adam Kovac on 19 December 2022 in Forward, 5th grade scientists conduct a Hanukkah experiment to answer a burning question Forward logo
Hanukkah oil
Watson Goodbye, 30 October 2022 Watson Goodbye
Letter to the editor of the Midland Daily News, 26 October 2022. Midland Daily News
In defense of the editor
Quoted in Matilda Handsley-Davis, "Explainer: what are PFAS?", Cosmos, 12 May 2022. link
Quoted in Jansen, Kerri; "Orange you glad it wasn't CO", Chemical And Engineering News, 7 March 2022, 100:9, back page. link
Quoted several times in Wilke, Carolyn; "Materials of the last century shaped modern life, but at a price", Science News,  29 January 2022 print edition cover story. ScienceNews cover for 29 January 2022
ScienceNews cover story
Quoted several times in Wilke, Carolyn; "Materials that made us", Science News, 7 December 2021. ScienceNews web article
Midland Daily News Letter to the editor on Dow flying the rainbow flag on 11 June 2019 Midland Daily News
Glad to see flag fly
Midland Daily News Letter to the editor: Press should not give Schuette a pass, 12 January 2018. Midland Daily News
Midland Daily News Letter to the editor: The law protects our public dissent, 23 October 2017. Midland Daily News
Midland Daily News Letter to the editor: Editorial cartoon was inappropriate, 19 September 2017. Midland Daily News
Midland Daily News Letter to the editor: Use facts to inform decisions, 24 January 2017. Midland Daily News
Penn State Energy Days, 22-23 May 2017; interviewed by local TV  
Quoted in Investors Business Daily on 2 Sept 2016 investors.com
Midland Daily News Letter to the editor on the Flint Water Crisis published in print on 10 August 2016 Midland Daily News
Safety for All
Penn State Energy Days, 19-20 May 2016  
World Congress on Industrial Biotech, San Diego, April 2016 - Board of Directors  
World Economic Forum Session on Biotech, Montreal, 22 July 2015  
DOE Proposal Review in Golden, CO, 26 February 2015  
World Economic Forum Boston Meeting on Energy, 15 April 2014  
BIO Industrial Biotech Board
White House's Advanced Manufacturing Partnership  
American Chemical Society, Indianapolis National Meeting, Panel Discussion: Role and Value of Social Networking in Advancing the Chemical Sciences, 9 September 2013. http://cen.acs.org/content/cen/articles/91/i40/ReadersChoice-Asked-CEN-Cover-ACS/_jcr_content/articlebody/subpar/articlemedia_9.img.jpg/1380816079750.jpg
I have been asked to serve on the Advisory Board of the NSF Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology - first meeting 17 January 2013 link
I was quoted in Waltz, Emily. "Algal biofuels questioned." Nature Biotechnology 31, no. 1 (2013): 12-12.  Perhaps the only time I'll be quoted in the same article as the great Craig Venter. linkdoi:10.1038/nbt0113-12a
DOE Office of the Biomass Program 2011 Biennial Review Report, February 2012 (review conducted 27-28 June 2011) - steering committee co-chair

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DOE Office of the Biomass Program 2009 Biennial Platform Review, December 2009 - review panel chair link
Thermochemical Conversion Reviewers Report, 15 July 2009 - review panel chair link
DOE Office of the Biomass Program 2007 Biennial Platform Review, December 2007 - review panel chair link
   
   
   

 

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