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SUMMARY:Green Chemistry Connections
DESCRIPTION:Register now to join us! \nBeyond Benign will be hosting monthly Green Chemistry Connections around Green Chemistry education using the Green Chemistry Students Learning Objectives from the Green Chemistry Commitment program as a loose framework. Register to stay in the loop about upcoming speakers. \nEach time we meet\, we will host community leaders who are actively practicing Green Chemistry and/or Toxicology in their courses and/or laboratories. Connections grow through time dedicated to small group discussions\, networking\, and resource sharing. \nWe ask that you BYOR\, bring your own resource or request to the community – share a resource or put a request out to the group for resources you need. \nWe invite you to bring your departmental colleagues\, external collaborators\, graduate teaching assistants\, etc. to the discussion as we will be holding this space and time monthly for the community to come together around Green Chemistry education to advance the field together virtually! \nRegister now to join us! \nAfter registering\, you’ll receive more information about the Green Chemistry Connections via calendar invite and emails as the meeting time approaches as well as access to our Google Site the virtual home of the Connections to stay connected with the community between live meeting times.
URL:https://www.beyondbenign.org/event/green-chemistry-connections-3/2023-02-15/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:General,Higher Education,K-12,Webinar
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SUMMARY:New York Green Chemistry PLT
DESCRIPTION:From ocean plastic to forest fires\, our world needs invention\, innovation\, and creativity to find solutions to our biggest problems. Green chemistry\, also known as the science of solutions\, offers a framework for decreasing hazards within classrooms while promoting sustainability for both human health and the environment. Whether you are new to thinking about sustainability in the classroom or have already implemented green chemistry lesson plans\, we want you to join us. Together\, we will create a community of Green Chemistry educators within the state of NY. \nDuring our time together\, NY teachers will share and collaborate in the creation of NYSSLS Aligned Green Chemistry Labs\, videos of implementing labs\, and lesson plans spotlighting NY Industries practicing green chemistry. We may feature guest speakers who are leaders in sustainable science. Most importantly\, together we will share lessons and labs as we work together to add sustainability into our sciences. Please complete the enclosed short form to join the PLT team. This is a continuation of last year’s PLT\, but new members are welcome! If you have any questions\, please contact Jim Burdick at jburdick@ccsdk12.org. \nThis PLT is for teachers in grades 6 -12.\nOpen to ALL Master Teachers across the state + Invite a friend (non MTs) / OPEN \nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://www.beyondbenign.org/event/new-york-green-chemistry-plt-2023-02-23/
CATEGORIES:K-12
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SUMMARY:Observe\, Wonder\, Think: A Green Chemistry Interactive Webinar Series
DESCRIPTION:Calling all K-12 teachers! Create safer\, more engaging learning environments by integrating green chemistry and sustainable science principles into your classroom. Join your peers at our monthly professional development series: Observe\, Wonder\, Think: A Green Chemistry Interactive Webinar Series to learn how! \nFollowing NGSS best practice techniques\, this webinar series will support K-12 educators to foster “observe\, wonder\, think” with their students using hands-on green chemistry labs and highlighting real-world green chemistry technologies. Each time we meet\, we will host education leaders who are actively practicing green chemistry in their classrooms to walk through their favorite green chemistry labs and experiments. There will be time for Q&A and/or networking at the end of each call. \nThis professional development series will be held on the third Thursday of the month\, October 2022 through May 2023. By registering here\, you will be signed up for all events and have access to all event recordings.  \nOctober\, December\, February\, April 6pm ET  \nNovember\, January\, March\, May 7pm ET  \nWe’ll send reminders ahead of each event. Each participant will receive a certificate of completion at the end of each meeting.
URL:https://www.beyondbenign.org/event/observe-wonder-think-a-green-chemistry-interactive-webinar-series/2023-02-16/
CATEGORIES:K-12,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Green Chemistry Connections
DESCRIPTION:Register now to join us! \nBeyond Benign will be hosting monthly Green Chemistry Connections around Green Chemistry education using the Green Chemistry Students Learning Objectives from the Green Chemistry Commitment program as a loose framework. Register to stay in the loop about upcoming speakers. \nEach time we meet\, we will host community leaders who are actively practicing Green Chemistry and/or Toxicology in their courses and/or laboratories. Connections grow through time dedicated to small group discussions\, networking\, and resource sharing. \nWe ask that you BYOR\, bring your own resource or request to the community – share a resource or put a request out to the group for resources you need. \nWe invite you to bring your departmental colleagues\, external collaborators\, graduate teaching assistants\, etc. to the discussion as we will be holding this space and time monthly for the community to come together around Green Chemistry education to advance the field together virtually! \nRegister now to join us! \nAfter registering\, you’ll receive more information about the Green Chemistry Connections via calendar invite and emails as the meeting time approaches as well as access to our Google Site the virtual home of the Connections to stay connected with the community between live meeting times.
URL:https://www.beyondbenign.org/event/green-chemistry-connections-3/2023-03-15/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:General,Higher Education,K-12,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Observe\, Wonder\, Think: A Green Chemistry Interactive Webinar Series
DESCRIPTION:Calling all K-12 teachers! Create safer\, more engaging learning environments by integrating green chemistry and sustainable science principles into your classroom. Join your peers at our monthly professional development series: Observe\, Wonder\, Think: A Green Chemistry Interactive Webinar Series to learn how! \nFollowing NGSS best practice techniques\, this webinar series will support K-12 educators to foster “observe\, wonder\, think” with their students using hands-on green chemistry labs and highlighting real-world green chemistry technologies. Each time we meet\, we will host education leaders who are actively practicing green chemistry in their classrooms to walk through their favorite green chemistry labs and experiments. There will be time for Q&A and/or networking at the end of each call. \nThis professional development series will be held on the third Thursday of the month\, October 2022 through May 2023. By registering here\, you will be signed up for all events and have access to all event recordings.  \nOctober\, December\, February\, April 6pm ET  \nNovember\, January\, March\, May 7pm ET  \nWe’ll send reminders ahead of each event. Each participant will receive a certificate of completion at the end of each meeting.
URL:https://www.beyondbenign.org/event/observe-wonder-think-a-green-chemistry-interactive-webinar-series/2023-03-16/
CATEGORIES:K-12,Webinar
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SUMMARY:New York Green Chemistry PLT
DESCRIPTION:From ocean plastic to forest fires\, our world needs invention\, innovation\, and creativity to find solutions to our biggest problems. Green chemistry\, also known as the science of solutions\, offers a framework for decreasing hazards within classrooms while promoting sustainability for both human health and the environment. Whether you are new to thinking about sustainability in the classroom or have already implemented green chemistry lesson plans\, we want you to join us. Together\, we will create a community of Green Chemistry educators within the state of NY. \nDuring our time together\, NY teachers will share and collaborate in the creation of NYSSLS Aligned Green Chemistry Labs\, videos of implementing labs\, and lesson plans spotlighting NY Industries practicing green chemistry. We may feature guest speakers who are leaders in sustainable science. Most importantly\, together we will share lessons and labs as we work together to add sustainability into our sciences. Please complete the enclosed short form to join the PLT team. This is a continuation of last year’s PLT\, but new members are welcome! If you have any questions\, please contact Jim Burdick at jburdick@ccsdk12.org. \nThis PLT is for teachers in grades 6 -12.\nOpen to ALL Master Teachers across the state + Invite a friend (non MTs) / OPEN \nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://www.beyondbenign.org/event/new-york-green-chemistry-plt/2023-03-23/
CATEGORIES:K-12
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LAST-MODIFIED:20220720T212833Z
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SUMMARY:Green Chemistry Connections
DESCRIPTION:Register now to join us! \nBeyond Benign will be hosting monthly Green Chemistry Connections around Green Chemistry education using the Green Chemistry Students Learning Objectives from the Green Chemistry Commitment program as a loose framework. Register to stay in the loop about upcoming speakers. \nEach time we meet\, we will host community leaders who are actively practicing Green Chemistry and/or Toxicology in their courses and/or laboratories. Connections grow through time dedicated to small group discussions\, networking\, and resource sharing. \nWe ask that you BYOR\, bring your own resource or request to the community – share a resource or put a request out to the group for resources you need. \nWe invite you to bring your departmental colleagues\, external collaborators\, graduate teaching assistants\, etc. to the discussion as we will be holding this space and time monthly for the community to come together around Green Chemistry education to advance the field together virtually! \nRegister now to join us! \nAfter registering\, you’ll receive more information about the Green Chemistry Connections via calendar invite and emails as the meeting time approaches as well as access to our Google Site the virtual home of the Connections to stay connected with the community between live meeting times.
URL:https://www.beyondbenign.org/event/green-chemistry-connections-3/2023-04-19/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:General,Higher Education,K-12,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230420T180000
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SUMMARY:Observe\, Wonder\, Think: A Green Chemistry Interactive Webinar Series
DESCRIPTION:Calling all K-12 teachers! Create safer\, more engaging learning environments by integrating green chemistry and sustainable science principles into your classroom. Join your peers at our monthly professional development series: Observe\, Wonder\, Think: A Green Chemistry Interactive Webinar Series to learn how! \nFollowing NGSS best practice techniques\, this webinar series will support K-12 educators to foster “observe\, wonder\, think” with their students using hands-on green chemistry labs and highlighting real-world green chemistry technologies. Each time we meet\, we will host education leaders who are actively practicing green chemistry in their classrooms to walk through their favorite green chemistry labs and experiments. There will be time for Q&A and/or networking at the end of each call. \nThis professional development series will be held on the third Thursday of the month\, October 2022 through May 2023. By registering here\, you will be signed up for all events and have access to all event recordings.  \nOctober\, December\, February\, April 6pm ET  \nNovember\, January\, March\, May 7pm ET  \nWe’ll send reminders ahead of each event. Each participant will receive a certificate of completion at the end of each meeting.
URL:https://www.beyondbenign.org/event/observe-wonder-think-a-green-chemistry-interactive-webinar-series/2023-04-20/1/
CATEGORIES:K-12,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Observe\, Wonder\, Think: A Green Chemistry Interactive Webinar Series
DESCRIPTION:Calling all K-12 teachers! Create safer\, more engaging learning environments by integrating green chemistry and sustainable science principles into your classroom. Join your peers at our monthly professional development series: Observe\, Wonder\, Think: A Green Chemistry Interactive Webinar Series to learn how! \nFollowing NGSS best practice techniques\, this webinar series will support K-12 educators to foster “observe\, wonder\, think” with their students using hands-on green chemistry labs and highlighting real-world green chemistry technologies. Each time we meet\, we will host education leaders who are actively practicing green chemistry in their classrooms to walk through their favorite green chemistry labs and experiments. There will be time for Q&A and/or networking at the end of each call. \nThis professional development series will be held on the third Thursday of the month\, October 2022 through May 2023. By registering here\, you will be signed up for all events and have access to all event recordings.  \nOctober\, December\, February\, April 6pm ET  \nNovember\, January\, March\, May 7pm ET  \nWe’ll send reminders ahead of each event. Each participant will receive a certificate of completion at the end of each meeting.
URL:https://www.beyondbenign.org/event/observe-wonder-think-a-green-chemistry-interactive-webinar-series/2023-04-20/
CATEGORIES:K-12,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Observe\, Wonder\, Think: A Green Chemistry Interactive Webinar Series
DESCRIPTION:Calling all K-12 teachers! Create safer\, more engaging learning environments by integrating green chemistry and sustainable science principles into your classroom. Join your peers at our monthly professional development series: Observe\, Wonder\, Think: A Green Chemistry Interactive Webinar Series to learn how! \nFollowing NGSS best practice techniques\, this webinar series will support K-12 educators to foster “observe\, wonder\, think” with their students using hands-on green chemistry labs and highlighting real-world green chemistry technologies. Each time we meet\, we will host education leaders who are actively practicing green chemistry in their classrooms to walk through their favorite green chemistry labs and experiments. There will be time for Q&A and/or networking at the end of each call. \nThis professional development series will be held on the third Thursday of the month\, October 2022 through May 2023. By registering here\, you will be signed up for all events and have access to all event recordings.  \nOctober\, December\, February\, April 6pm ET  \nNovember\, January\, March\, May 7pm ET  \nWe’ll send reminders ahead of each event. Each participant will receive a certificate of completion at the end of each meeting.
URL:https://www.beyondbenign.org/event/observe-wonder-think-a-green-chemistry-interactive-webinar-series/2023-04-20/2/
CATEGORIES:K-12,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230427T170000
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CREATED:20221202T161636Z
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SUMMARY:New York Green Chemistry PLT
DESCRIPTION:From ocean plastic to forest fires\, our world needs invention\, innovation\, and creativity to find solutions to our biggest problems. Green chemistry\, also known as the science of solutions\, offers a framework for decreasing hazards within classrooms while promoting sustainability for both human health and the environment. Whether you are new to thinking about sustainability in the classroom or have already implemented green chemistry lesson plans\, we want you to join us. Together\, we will create a community of Green Chemistry educators within the state of NY. \nDuring our time together\, NY teachers will share and collaborate in the creation of NYSSLS Aligned Green Chemistry Labs\, videos of implementing labs\, and lesson plans spotlighting NY Industries practicing green chemistry. We may feature guest speakers who are leaders in sustainable science. Most importantly\, together we will share lessons and labs as we work together to add sustainability into our sciences. Please complete the enclosed short form to join the PLT team. This is a continuation of last year’s PLT\, but new members are welcome! If you have any questions\, please contact Jim Burdick at jburdick@ccsdk12.org. \nThis PLT is for teachers in grades 6 -12.\nOpen to ALL Master Teachers across the state + Invite a friend (non MTs) / OPEN \nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://www.beyondbenign.org/event/new-york-green-chemistry-plt/2023-04-27/
CATEGORIES:K-12
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SUMMARY:Green Chemistry Connections
DESCRIPTION:Register now to join us! \nBeyond Benign will be hosting monthly Green Chemistry Connections around Green Chemistry education using the Green Chemistry Students Learning Objectives from the Green Chemistry Commitment program as a loose framework. Register to stay in the loop about upcoming speakers. \nEach time we meet\, we will host community leaders who are actively practicing Green Chemistry and/or Toxicology in their courses and/or laboratories. Connections grow through time dedicated to small group discussions\, networking\, and resource sharing. \nWe ask that you BYOR\, bring your own resource or request to the community – share a resource or put a request out to the group for resources you need. \nWe invite you to bring your departmental colleagues\, external collaborators\, graduate teaching assistants\, etc. to the discussion as we will be holding this space and time monthly for the community to come together around Green Chemistry education to advance the field together virtually! \nRegister now to join us! \nAfter registering\, you’ll receive more information about the Green Chemistry Connections via calendar invite and emails as the meeting time approaches as well as access to our Google Site the virtual home of the Connections to stay connected with the community between live meeting times.
URL:https://www.beyondbenign.org/event/green-chemistry-connections-3/2023-05-17/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:General,Higher Education,K-12,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230518T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230518T190000
DTSTAMP:20260404T031729
CREATED:20220907T180426Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230317T140911Z
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SUMMARY:Observe\, Wonder\, Think: A Green Chemistry Interactive Webinar Series
DESCRIPTION:Calling all K-12 teachers! Create safer\, more engaging learning environments by integrating green chemistry and sustainable science principles into your classroom. Join your peers at our monthly professional development series: Observe\, Wonder\, Think: A Green Chemistry Interactive Webinar Series to learn how! \nFollowing NGSS best practice techniques\, this webinar series will support K-12 educators to foster “observe\, wonder\, think” with their students using hands-on green chemistry labs and highlighting real-world green chemistry technologies. Each time we meet\, we will host education leaders who are actively practicing green chemistry in their classrooms to walk through their favorite green chemistry labs and experiments. There will be time for Q&A and/or networking at the end of each call. \nThis professional development series will be held on the third Thursday of the month\, October 2022 through May 2023. By registering here\, you will be signed up for all events and have access to all event recordings.  \nOctober\, December\, February\, April 6pm ET  \nNovember\, January\, March\, May 7pm ET  \nWe’ll send reminders ahead of each event. Each participant will receive a certificate of completion at the end of each meeting.
URL:https://www.beyondbenign.org/event/observe-wonder-think-a-green-chemistry-interactive-webinar-series/2023-05-18/
CATEGORIES:K-12,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230525T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230525T183000
DTSTAMP:20260404T031729
CREATED:20221202T161636Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230130T172847Z
UID:10000386-1685034000-1685039400@www.beyondbenign.org
SUMMARY:New York Green Chemistry PLT
DESCRIPTION:From ocean plastic to forest fires\, our world needs invention\, innovation\, and creativity to find solutions to our biggest problems. Green chemistry\, also known as the science of solutions\, offers a framework for decreasing hazards within classrooms while promoting sustainability for both human health and the environment. Whether you are new to thinking about sustainability in the classroom or have already implemented green chemistry lesson plans\, we want you to join us. Together\, we will create a community of Green Chemistry educators within the state of NY. \nDuring our time together\, NY teachers will share and collaborate in the creation of NYSSLS Aligned Green Chemistry Labs\, videos of implementing labs\, and lesson plans spotlighting NY Industries practicing green chemistry. We may feature guest speakers who are leaders in sustainable science. Most importantly\, together we will share lessons and labs as we work together to add sustainability into our sciences. Please complete the enclosed short form to join the PLT team. This is a continuation of last year’s PLT\, but new members are welcome! If you have any questions\, please contact Jim Burdick at jburdick@ccsdk12.org. \nThis PLT is for teachers in grades 6 -12.\nOpen to ALL Master Teachers across the state + Invite a friend (non MTs) / OPEN \nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://www.beyondbenign.org/event/new-york-green-chemistry-plt-2023-05-25/
CATEGORIES:K-12
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SUMMARY:Observe\, Wonder\, Think: A Green Chemistry Interactive Webinar Series
DESCRIPTION:Calling all K-12 teachers! Create safer\, more engaging learning environments by integrating green chemistry and sustainable science principles into your classroom. Join your peers at our monthly professional development series: Observe\, Wonder\, Think: A Green Chemistry Interactive Webinar Series to learn how! Following NGSS best practice techniques\, this webinar series will support K-12 educators to foster “observe\, wonder\, think” with their students using hands-on green chemistry labs and highlighting real-world green chemistry technologies. \nThis year\, we will be highlighting the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry! Each time we meet\, we will focus on a selection of principles\, which we will bring those to life with a short\, interactive classroom activity and presentations from education speakers demonstrating how they incorporate those principles into their classroom activities and labs. \nWe encourage you to invite your colleagues and friends to join these virtual discussions. We will provide a certification of participation at the end of every meeting\, for use towards PD hours for those of you who can use them for that. This dedicated monthly time is designed to bring the green chemistry community together to advance the field and share ideas and resources for inspiring students through green chemistry! \nCheck the list below for more information on monthly sessions\, which will be updated throughout the year. \nJoin the Observe\, Wonder\, Think event connections forum for recordings\, recaps\, and more opportunities to connect! \n \n\nSeptember \n \nChemical Storage\, Lab Safety\, and Lab Waste \nPresented by Mr. William McMahon Lab Technician\, State University of New York (SUNY) Jefferson Community College \n09/21/2023; 6PM EST \nMr. McMahon has spent 20 years running the academic science labs and stockrooms at SUNY Jefferson. He will be presenting on chemical storage\, lab waste disposal and lab safety. He will share many of the best practices that Jefferson has adopted to promote safety culture in the science division. He will share materials and devote time to a question & answer session. \n\nOctober \nGreen Chemistry and Sustainable Science: A Green Approach to Sustainable STEM in K-12.\nPresented by Lead Teachers Annette Sebuyira and Erin Mayer\n10/19/2023; 7 PM ET\n\n\nAt October’s Observe\, Wonder\, Think Webinar\, Annette Sebuyira and Erin Mayer will share\na new guide book designed by our dedicated team of excellent K-12 Lead Teachers\, “Green Chemistry and Sustainable Science: A Green Approach to Sustainable STEM.”\n\n\nNovember \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nGreen Chemistry and Sustainable Science: A Green Approach to Sustainable STEM in K-12.\n\n11/16/2023; 6 PM ET\nAt November’s Observe\, Wonder\, Think webinar\, Beyond Benign Lead Teachers Stefanie Loomis and Veronica Morabito-Weeks will share principles and resources from Sustainable Science: A Green Approach to Sustainable STEM including flame tests and biomimicry presentations. \n\nThis guide book\, created by Beyond Benign Lead Teachers and the NYS Master Teacher Program\, Green Chemistry Professional Learning Team\, is designed to help educators bring green chemistry to their elementary\, middle school\, and high school classrooms.\n\n\n\n\n\nJanuary\n\n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nBellingham High School: “Green” Laboratory Research \n01/18/2024; 7 PM EST \nThe Bellingham High School Chemistry team has been researching new “green” chemistry laboratory experiments to replace high-risk experiments. Staff and students have tested over twelve laboratory experiments to determine if the “greener” option is as effective as the traditional experiment. We have also modified existing laboratory experiments to reduce risk. We will look into what has worked for BHS and share ideas for future research. \n 
URL:https://www.beyondbenign.org/event/observe-wonder-think-a-green-chemistry-interactive-webinar-series-2/2023-09-21/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:General,K-12,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Eastern STANYS
DESCRIPTION:Official Event Description\nThe 40th Fall Conference will showcase innovative lessons\, provide networking with fellow science teachers and a place check out the latest resources from our many exhibitors. The conference includes two 50-minute workshop sessions\, a keynote speaker\, exhibitors\, dinner and door prizes. \nFeatured Presentation\nUsing Green Chemistry to Implement NYSSLS Based Labs \nLead Teachers Annette Sebuyira and Stefanie Loomis \nSession 1 5:00-5:50 \nThis session is designed to empower Educators with green chemistry practices which will aid in acquiring the knowledge\, skills and opportunity to engage and collaborate with parents\, families and other community members. Educators will learn how to practice more sustainable methods to improve instruction and student achievement in a respectful\, trusting and safe environment. \nIn this activity\, we are going to capitalize on it being Halloween season and sticking with the conference theme of scary. These green labs have been tweaked so as to include a storyline. That has a link to forensics and a murder mystery and poisonous lemonade… Participants will be able to use their investigative skills as chemistry practitioners to explore how to implement the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry through these two fun activities! \nEvent Details\n\nWho: K-12 Educators: Elementary\, Intermediate\, High School Chemistry\, General Science\, Applied Science\, Environmental Science\, Engineering\, Forensics Etc.\nWhen: October 13th\, 2023\nWhere: Schenectady Community College\nHow: Registration here.
URL:https://www.beyondbenign.org/event/eastern-stanys/
CATEGORIES:K-12
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SUMMARY:Green Chemistry Connections
DESCRIPTION:Register now to join us! \nBeyond Benign will host virtual and monthly Green Chemistry Connections around Green Chemistry education using the Green Chemistry Students Learning Objectives from the Green Chemistry Commitment program as a loose framework. Register to stay in the loop about upcoming speakers. \nEach time we meet\, we will host community leaders actively practicing Green Chemistry and/or Toxicology in their courses and/or laboratories. Connections grow through time dedicated to small group discussions\, networking\, and resource sharing. \nWe ask that you BYOR\, bring your own resource or request to the community – share a resource or put a request out to the group for resources you need. \nWe invite you to bring your departmental colleagues\, external collaborators\, graduate teaching assistants\, etc. to the discussion as we will be holding this space and time monthly for the community to come together around Green Chemistry education to advance the field together! \nRegister now to join us! \nAfter registering\, you’ll receive more information about the Green Chemistry Connections via calendar invites and emails as the meeting time approaches. \nFor event recordings\, conversations\, and networking\, visit the Green Chemistry Connections Event Connections Forum on the GCTLC. \n\nOctober \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nIntroducing our First Ever Co-Organizers and Co-Hosts \n10/18/2023; 12- 2 PM EDT \nAt our October session\, you will meet our first ever Green Chemistry Connections Co-Organizers and Co-hosts\, learn about opportunities to share your work during a Connection\, hear more about the Green Chemistry Teaching and Learning Community (GCTLC) – the new virtual platform for our amazing green chemistry community – and be invited to opportunities to engage with us! \n\nNovember \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nLife Cycle Assessment and Green Metrics: Tips on Putting them into Practice \n11/15/2023; 12-2 PM EDT \nAt our November session\, you will hear from Dr. Samson Alayande (Founder\, Green Nano LLC) and Dr. Philip Jessop (Professor and Canada Research Chair\, Queens University\, Canada) as they share presentations and insights about life cycle assessments (LCAs). \n\nDecember \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nLatinXChem Connections: Award-Winning Posters in Green Chemistry \n12/20/2023; 12-2 PM EST \nAt our December session\, you will learn more about the LatinXChem annual Twitter Poster Conference from LatinXChem organizing committee member\, Gustavo Mondragon. \nThis year\, Beyond Benign was honored to sponsor two awards for posters in the green chemistry category. You will hear from winners Angie Sepulveda and Sergio Rincón-Carvajal as each will share their work. Find their posters linked below! \n🥇🧪Angie Vanessa Patino Sepulveda (Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira)\, “Millimeter-Scale Physicochemistry and Its Impact on Green Chemistry in the Laboratory Environment”\n(https://lnkd.in/ee2KmSjb) \n🥈🧪Sergio Rincón-Carvajal (Universidad de Los Andes)\, “Design of simple\, low-cost ball mill for teaching mechanochemistry to undergraduate students”\n(https://lnkd.in/eYuTuBmS) \n\nJanuary \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n“Sustainable Chemistry: Preview of ISC3’s Vision and E-learning Module” and “UNEP Manuals on Green and Sustainable Chemistry” \n1/17/2024; 12-2 PM EST \nRead more about this month’s expert speakers from the International Sustainable Chemistry Collaboration Center (ISC3) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) below. \n“Sustainable Chemistry: Preview of ISC3’s Vision and E-learning Module”\nSpeakers: Jens Krol and Juanita Halblaub (ISC3) \nJens is from the Netherlands\, has a master’s in biotechnology and has worked as a chemistry teacher in the Netherlands and in Afghanistan through a special program of the German government. He currently manages the educational activities of ISC3. He loves Chemistry education and is therefore very happy to be part of this Green Chemistry Connection. \nJuanita holds an MBA in international business and works at the ISC3 on the topic of sustainable chemistry innovation. She currently works on a publication that discusses examples of Sustainable Chemistry and is excited to share some of those examples with you. \nJens Krol and Juanita Halblaub will present products the ISC3 is developing and are looking forward to getting as much feedback as possible! \n“UNEP Manuals on Green and Sustainable Chemistry”\nSpeaker: Colin Hannahan (UNEP) \nColin has worked on green and sustainable chemistry as a consultant with the UNEP chemicals and health branch since January 2021. Originally from the U.S.A.\, Colin holds his bachelor’s in chemical engineering from the University of Massachusetts and a Masters in Sustainable Chemistry from the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia in Spain. He has experience working with a range of stakeholders on strengthening green chemistry education and the science-policy interface. \n\nFebruary \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nInvestigating green and sustainable chemistry through case studies\nDr. Veronica Mengqi Zhang\, Organic Chemistry Lab Instructor\, Michigan State University  \nDr. Mengqi (Veronica) Zhang Mengqi (Veronica) Zhang is the organic chemistry laboratory coordinator at the Chemistry Department\, Michigan State University. Her research interest focuses on curriculum development\, instructional laboratory experiment design\, green chemistry\, and microwave chemistry. She is also an active member of ACS local sector and the Three-Dimensional Learning Team at MSU. \nTaking Action in the Laboratory – Equipement and Plastics\nPatrick Penndorf\,  Sceince Communicator and Sustainability Advocate\,  ReAdvance \nPatrick Penndorf is a scientist from Germany with a background in Biochemistry. During his Bachelors thesis in Protein Chemistry\, he started to come up with more sustainable protocols for his experiments. However\, it was not until a research stay in Canada\, that he got in touch with some colleagues that were as enthusiastic about sustainability as he was. They started an initiative and soon hosted an online conference to share insights into sustainable practices with scientists worldwide. Today\, this initiative is called ReAdvance. They share their own insights and work together with international research societies\, companies and initiatives to promote their solutions. It is their goal to help each and every scientist to make their science more sustainable by spreading greener protocols\, labware and approaches. \nInvestigating green and sustainable chemistry through case studies\nDr. Elizabeth Day Assistant Professor\, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at the University of Texas at El Paso \nDr. Day is an analytical chemist with a major focus on chemistry education research and an interest in science/STEM education. Her expertise is in curriculum development and evaluation\, assessment design\, and green and sustainable chemistry education. Her laboratory leverages education research methods (mix of qualitative analysis\, statistical modeling\, and design-based research methods) to discover how to support student learning. Specifically\, her approach centers assessing to support students’ knowledge-in-use through the framing of the Three-Dimensional Learning framework and a socio-cognitive perspective on educational measurement. Dr. Day is currently an Assistant Professor in the department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at the University of Texas at El Paso. \nReinforcing Green Chemistry Education in the Undergraduate Teaching Laboratory at the University of Toronto\nDr. Barb Morra Associate Professor\, Teaching Stream\, University of Toronto \nBarb Morra is an Associate Professor\, Teaching Stream\, in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Toronto. Barb’s passion for chemistry and teaching translate into her pedagogical research and curriculum development initiatives which have resulted in a suite of research-based laboratory experiments\, activities\, and technological tools that help undergraduate students connect chemistry with research and applications. To further these efforts\, Barb actively works with undergraduate and graduate students in pedagogical projects. Barb’s interest in green and sustainable principles has led her to transform chemistry education within her department through a variety of initiatives that have been recognized through the Green Chemistry Commitment program. Her role within several international green chemistry programs has allowed her to foster a green chemistry education community that empowers global educators to make meaningful changes in their teaching. Examples include her roles as an assessment consultant for the Green & Sustainable Chemistry Education Module Development Project and curriculum developer for the Toxicology for Chemists Program. \nRethinking Reactions\, McGill’s Approach to Green Chemistry in the Organic Lab \nDr. Danielle Vlaho\, Academic Associate at McGill University \nDanielle is an Academic Associate in the Department of Chemistry at McGill University. As the lab instructor for the organic chemistry courses\, she is interested in the development and implementation of robust and sustainable chemistry experiments that foster scientific curiosity. \n\n\nMarch: Inspiration from Nature: Bioinspired and Biobased Materials \n\nBio-inspired materials processing: Time-tested tricks for sustainably fabricating advanced materials\nDr. Matthew James Harrington\, Professor and Canada Research Chair Tier 2 in Green Chemistry (McGill University) \nMatthew Harrington is Professor and Canada Research Chair Tier 2 in Green Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry at McGill University\, as well as co-director of the McGill Institute of Advanced Materials (MIAM) and director of the McGill Chemistry Characterization (MC2). He received his Ph.D. in 2008 from the University of California\, Santa Barbara in the lab of J. Herbert Waite. This was followed by a Humboldt postdoctoral fellowship at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in the Department of Biomaterials\, where he was later a research group leader from 2010 until 2017. His research is focused on understanding biochemical structure–property relationships in the function and formation of biological materials and applying extracted design principles for the development and sustainable production of bio-inspired materials. \nEnabling technologies for the sustainable chemical synthesis of high added-value compounds from renewable sources.\nProfessor Julio Pastre\, University of Campinas \nProf. Dr. Julio C. Pastre obtained his PhD in 2009 at the University of Campinas – UNICAMP. He then worked as a research scientist at Rhodia-Solvay before moving back to UNICAMP for postdoctoral studies with Professor Ronaldo A. Pilli. In 2012\, he joined the group of Professor Steven V. Ley at the University of Cambridge. Two years later\, Julio established his independent research group at UNICAMP and recently became Associate Professor. He is now the Head of the Department of Organic Chemistry. Recently\, he was recognized as an ‘Emerging Investigator’ by Reaction Chemistry & Engineering and RSC Advances and a ‘New Talent from the Americas’ by RSC Medicinal Chemistry. He received the Thieme Chemistry Journals Award by Synfact\, Synlett and Synthesis – Thieme in 2023. His research interest focuses on the development of new synthetic methods using enabling technologies for the synthesis of high added-value compounds from renewable sources\, including platform molecules\, new chemicals\, and APIs. \n\nGreen Chemistry Activities by ACS UFRJ Student Chapter\nSilmara Furtado\, President\, ACS Student Chapter at Universidade  Federal do Rio de Janeiro\n\nSilmara Furtado is chair of the ACS Chapter at the Universidad Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Silmara and her organization of excellent young chemists were awarded a grant from Beyond Benign for 2022-2023\, and their work was recognized at the 2024 ACS Spring National Meeting with an Undergraduate Student Chapter Award in green chemistry.\n\nGreen Chemistry Initiatives by the ACS UPR-RP Student Chapter\nAlanys V. Luna Ramirez\, President\, ACS Student ChapterUniversity of Puerto Rico\, Rio Piedras\n\nAlanys V. Luna Ramirez is a student leader from the University of Puerto Rico\, Rio Piedras\, working as president of the university’s American Chemical Society Student Chapter. Alanys and her organization of excellent young chemists were awarded a grant from Beyond Benign for 2022-2023\, and their work was recognized at the 2024 ACS Spring National Meeting with an Undergraduate Student Chapter Award in green chemistry.\n\n\nGreen Chemistry; A Platform for Impact and Innovation at Novartis\nDr. Scott Plummer\, Senior Principal Scientist At Novartis\n\nScott V. Plummer received his B.S. in chemistry from the College of William & Mary (1997) and completed his doctoral dissertation at Indiana University (2003) under the guidance of Professor David R. Williams. He began his industrial career at AMRI\, where he spent five years as a process chemist in the Chemical Development Division. From there he moved to Alcon in Fort Worth\, Texas to be part of their Chemical Preparations Research Team. In this capacity\, he was involved in the synthesis of APIs from early process development thru GMP batch production. In 2013\, Scott moved to the Global Discovery Chemistry unit within the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research. As part of the SynTech team\, he is tasked with formulating material enablement strategies with research teams\, outsourcing\, and the introduction of emerging synthesis technologies to the project portfolio. Scott has a particular interest in the application of green technologies (biocatalysis\, flow chemistry\, aqueous surfactant chemistry) to programs in the portfolio. He runs the Green Chemistry team within the Global Discovery Chemistry unit and serves as Novartis’ representative to the ACS Green Chemistry Institute Pharmaceutical Roundtable.
URL:https://www.beyondbenign.org/event/green-chemistry-connections-4/2023-10-18/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:General,Higher Education,K-12,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Observe\, Wonder\, Think: A Green Chemistry Interactive Webinar Series
DESCRIPTION:Calling all K-12 teachers! Create safer\, more engaging learning environments by integrating green chemistry and sustainable science principles into your classroom. Join your peers at our monthly professional development series: Observe\, Wonder\, Think: A Green Chemistry Interactive Webinar Series to learn how! Following NGSS best practice techniques\, this webinar series will support K-12 educators to foster “observe\, wonder\, think” with their students using hands-on green chemistry labs and highlighting real-world green chemistry technologies. \nThis year\, we will be highlighting the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry! Each time we meet\, we will focus on a selection of principles\, which we will bring those to life with a short\, interactive classroom activity and presentations from education speakers demonstrating how they incorporate those principles into their classroom activities and labs. \nWe encourage you to invite your colleagues and friends to join these virtual discussions. We will provide a certification of participation at the end of every meeting\, for use towards PD hours for those of you who can use them for that. This dedicated monthly time is designed to bring the green chemistry community together to advance the field and share ideas and resources for inspiring students through green chemistry! \nCheck the list below for more information on monthly sessions\, which will be updated throughout the year. \nJoin the Observe\, Wonder\, Think event connections forum for recordings\, recaps\, and more opportunities to connect! \n \n\nSeptember \n \nChemical Storage\, Lab Safety\, and Lab Waste \nPresented by Mr. William McMahon Lab Technician\, State University of New York (SUNY) Jefferson Community College \n09/21/2023; 6PM EST \nMr. McMahon has spent 20 years running the academic science labs and stockrooms at SUNY Jefferson. He will be presenting on chemical storage\, lab waste disposal and lab safety. He will share many of the best practices that Jefferson has adopted to promote safety culture in the science division. He will share materials and devote time to a question & answer session. \n\nOctober \nGreen Chemistry and Sustainable Science: A Green Approach to Sustainable STEM in K-12.\nPresented by Lead Teachers Annette Sebuyira and Erin Mayer\n10/19/2023; 7 PM ET\n\n\nAt October’s Observe\, Wonder\, Think Webinar\, Annette Sebuyira and Erin Mayer will share\na new guide book designed by our dedicated team of excellent K-12 Lead Teachers\, “Green Chemistry and Sustainable Science: A Green Approach to Sustainable STEM.”\n\n\nNovember \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nGreen Chemistry and Sustainable Science: A Green Approach to Sustainable STEM in K-12.\n\n11/16/2023; 6 PM ET\nAt November’s Observe\, Wonder\, Think webinar\, Beyond Benign Lead Teachers Stefanie Loomis and Veronica Morabito-Weeks will share principles and resources from Sustainable Science: A Green Approach to Sustainable STEM including flame tests and biomimicry presentations. \n\nThis guide book\, created by Beyond Benign Lead Teachers and the NYS Master Teacher Program\, Green Chemistry Professional Learning Team\, is designed to help educators bring green chemistry to their elementary\, middle school\, and high school classrooms.\n\n\n\n\n\nJanuary\n\n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nBellingham High School: “Green” Laboratory Research \n01/18/2024; 7 PM EST \nThe Bellingham High School Chemistry team has been researching new “green” chemistry laboratory experiments to replace high-risk experiments. Staff and students have tested over twelve laboratory experiments to determine if the “greener” option is as effective as the traditional experiment. We have also modified existing laboratory experiments to reduce risk. We will look into what has worked for BHS and share ideas for future research. \n 
URL:https://www.beyondbenign.org/event/observe-wonder-think-a-green-chemistry-interactive-webinar-series-2/2023-10-19/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:General,K-12,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Green Chemistry Connections
DESCRIPTION:Register now to join us! \nBeyond Benign will host virtual and monthly Green Chemistry Connections around Green Chemistry education using the Green Chemistry Students Learning Objectives from the Green Chemistry Commitment program as a loose framework. Register to stay in the loop about upcoming speakers. \nEach time we meet\, we will host community leaders actively practicing Green Chemistry and/or Toxicology in their courses and/or laboratories. Connections grow through time dedicated to small group discussions\, networking\, and resource sharing. \nWe ask that you BYOR\, bring your own resource or request to the community – share a resource or put a request out to the group for resources you need. \nWe invite you to bring your departmental colleagues\, external collaborators\, graduate teaching assistants\, etc. to the discussion as we will be holding this space and time monthly for the community to come together around Green Chemistry education to advance the field together! \nRegister now to join us! \nAfter registering\, you’ll receive more information about the Green Chemistry Connections via calendar invites and emails as the meeting time approaches. \nFor event recordings\, conversations\, and networking\, visit the Green Chemistry Connections Event Connections Forum on the GCTLC. \n\nOctober \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nIntroducing our First Ever Co-Organizers and Co-Hosts \n10/18/2023; 12- 2 PM EDT \nAt our October session\, you will meet our first ever Green Chemistry Connections Co-Organizers and Co-hosts\, learn about opportunities to share your work during a Connection\, hear more about the Green Chemistry Teaching and Learning Community (GCTLC) – the new virtual platform for our amazing green chemistry community – and be invited to opportunities to engage with us! \n\nNovember \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nLife Cycle Assessment and Green Metrics: Tips on Putting them into Practice \n11/15/2023; 12-2 PM EDT \nAt our November session\, you will hear from Dr. Samson Alayande (Founder\, Green Nano LLC) and Dr. Philip Jessop (Professor and Canada Research Chair\, Queens University\, Canada) as they share presentations and insights about life cycle assessments (LCAs). \n\nDecember \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nLatinXChem Connections: Award-Winning Posters in Green Chemistry \n12/20/2023; 12-2 PM EST \nAt our December session\, you will learn more about the LatinXChem annual Twitter Poster Conference from LatinXChem organizing committee member\, Gustavo Mondragon. \nThis year\, Beyond Benign was honored to sponsor two awards for posters in the green chemistry category. You will hear from winners Angie Sepulveda and Sergio Rincón-Carvajal as each will share their work. Find their posters linked below! \n🥇🧪Angie Vanessa Patino Sepulveda (Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira)\, “Millimeter-Scale Physicochemistry and Its Impact on Green Chemistry in the Laboratory Environment”\n(https://lnkd.in/ee2KmSjb) \n🥈🧪Sergio Rincón-Carvajal (Universidad de Los Andes)\, “Design of simple\, low-cost ball mill for teaching mechanochemistry to undergraduate students”\n(https://lnkd.in/eYuTuBmS) \n\nJanuary \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n“Sustainable Chemistry: Preview of ISC3’s Vision and E-learning Module” and “UNEP Manuals on Green and Sustainable Chemistry” \n1/17/2024; 12-2 PM EST \nRead more about this month’s expert speakers from the International Sustainable Chemistry Collaboration Center (ISC3) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) below. \n“Sustainable Chemistry: Preview of ISC3’s Vision and E-learning Module”\nSpeakers: Jens Krol and Juanita Halblaub (ISC3) \nJens is from the Netherlands\, has a master’s in biotechnology and has worked as a chemistry teacher in the Netherlands and in Afghanistan through a special program of the German government. He currently manages the educational activities of ISC3. He loves Chemistry education and is therefore very happy to be part of this Green Chemistry Connection. \nJuanita holds an MBA in international business and works at the ISC3 on the topic of sustainable chemistry innovation. She currently works on a publication that discusses examples of Sustainable Chemistry and is excited to share some of those examples with you. \nJens Krol and Juanita Halblaub will present products the ISC3 is developing and are looking forward to getting as much feedback as possible! \n“UNEP Manuals on Green and Sustainable Chemistry”\nSpeaker: Colin Hannahan (UNEP) \nColin has worked on green and sustainable chemistry as a consultant with the UNEP chemicals and health branch since January 2021. Originally from the U.S.A.\, Colin holds his bachelor’s in chemical engineering from the University of Massachusetts and a Masters in Sustainable Chemistry from the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia in Spain. He has experience working with a range of stakeholders on strengthening green chemistry education and the science-policy interface. \n\nFebruary \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nInvestigating green and sustainable chemistry through case studies\nDr. Veronica Mengqi Zhang\, Organic Chemistry Lab Instructor\, Michigan State University  \nDr. Mengqi (Veronica) Zhang Mengqi (Veronica) Zhang is the organic chemistry laboratory coordinator at the Chemistry Department\, Michigan State University. Her research interest focuses on curriculum development\, instructional laboratory experiment design\, green chemistry\, and microwave chemistry. She is also an active member of ACS local sector and the Three-Dimensional Learning Team at MSU. \nTaking Action in the Laboratory – Equipement and Plastics\nPatrick Penndorf\,  Sceince Communicator and Sustainability Advocate\,  ReAdvance \nPatrick Penndorf is a scientist from Germany with a background in Biochemistry. During his Bachelors thesis in Protein Chemistry\, he started to come up with more sustainable protocols for his experiments. However\, it was not until a research stay in Canada\, that he got in touch with some colleagues that were as enthusiastic about sustainability as he was. They started an initiative and soon hosted an online conference to share insights into sustainable practices with scientists worldwide. Today\, this initiative is called ReAdvance. They share their own insights and work together with international research societies\, companies and initiatives to promote their solutions. It is their goal to help each and every scientist to make their science more sustainable by spreading greener protocols\, labware and approaches. \nInvestigating green and sustainable chemistry through case studies\nDr. Elizabeth Day Assistant Professor\, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at the University of Texas at El Paso \nDr. Day is an analytical chemist with a major focus on chemistry education research and an interest in science/STEM education. Her expertise is in curriculum development and evaluation\, assessment design\, and green and sustainable chemistry education. Her laboratory leverages education research methods (mix of qualitative analysis\, statistical modeling\, and design-based research methods) to discover how to support student learning. Specifically\, her approach centers assessing to support students’ knowledge-in-use through the framing of the Three-Dimensional Learning framework and a socio-cognitive perspective on educational measurement. Dr. Day is currently an Assistant Professor in the department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at the University of Texas at El Paso. \nReinforcing Green Chemistry Education in the Undergraduate Teaching Laboratory at the University of Toronto\nDr. Barb Morra Associate Professor\, Teaching Stream\, University of Toronto \nBarb Morra is an Associate Professor\, Teaching Stream\, in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Toronto. Barb’s passion for chemistry and teaching translate into her pedagogical research and curriculum development initiatives which have resulted in a suite of research-based laboratory experiments\, activities\, and technological tools that help undergraduate students connect chemistry with research and applications. To further these efforts\, Barb actively works with undergraduate and graduate students in pedagogical projects. Barb’s interest in green and sustainable principles has led her to transform chemistry education within her department through a variety of initiatives that have been recognized through the Green Chemistry Commitment program. Her role within several international green chemistry programs has allowed her to foster a green chemistry education community that empowers global educators to make meaningful changes in their teaching. Examples include her roles as an assessment consultant for the Green & Sustainable Chemistry Education Module Development Project and curriculum developer for the Toxicology for Chemists Program. \nRethinking Reactions\, McGill’s Approach to Green Chemistry in the Organic Lab \nDr. Danielle Vlaho\, Academic Associate at McGill University \nDanielle is an Academic Associate in the Department of Chemistry at McGill University. As the lab instructor for the organic chemistry courses\, she is interested in the development and implementation of robust and sustainable chemistry experiments that foster scientific curiosity. \n\n\nMarch: Inspiration from Nature: Bioinspired and Biobased Materials \n\nBio-inspired materials processing: Time-tested tricks for sustainably fabricating advanced materials\nDr. Matthew James Harrington\, Professor and Canada Research Chair Tier 2 in Green Chemistry (McGill University) \nMatthew Harrington is Professor and Canada Research Chair Tier 2 in Green Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry at McGill University\, as well as co-director of the McGill Institute of Advanced Materials (MIAM) and director of the McGill Chemistry Characterization (MC2). He received his Ph.D. in 2008 from the University of California\, Santa Barbara in the lab of J. Herbert Waite. This was followed by a Humboldt postdoctoral fellowship at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in the Department of Biomaterials\, where he was later a research group leader from 2010 until 2017. His research is focused on understanding biochemical structure–property relationships in the function and formation of biological materials and applying extracted design principles for the development and sustainable production of bio-inspired materials. \nEnabling technologies for the sustainable chemical synthesis of high added-value compounds from renewable sources.\nProfessor Julio Pastre\, University of Campinas \nProf. Dr. Julio C. Pastre obtained his PhD in 2009 at the University of Campinas – UNICAMP. He then worked as a research scientist at Rhodia-Solvay before moving back to UNICAMP for postdoctoral studies with Professor Ronaldo A. Pilli. In 2012\, he joined the group of Professor Steven V. Ley at the University of Cambridge. Two years later\, Julio established his independent research group at UNICAMP and recently became Associate Professor. He is now the Head of the Department of Organic Chemistry. Recently\, he was recognized as an ‘Emerging Investigator’ by Reaction Chemistry & Engineering and RSC Advances and a ‘New Talent from the Americas’ by RSC Medicinal Chemistry. He received the Thieme Chemistry Journals Award by Synfact\, Synlett and Synthesis – Thieme in 2023. His research interest focuses on the development of new synthetic methods using enabling technologies for the synthesis of high added-value compounds from renewable sources\, including platform molecules\, new chemicals\, and APIs. \n\nGreen Chemistry Activities by ACS UFRJ Student Chapter\nSilmara Furtado\, President\, ACS Student Chapter at Universidade  Federal do Rio de Janeiro\n\nSilmara Furtado is chair of the ACS Chapter at the Universidad Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Silmara and her organization of excellent young chemists were awarded a grant from Beyond Benign for 2022-2023\, and their work was recognized at the 2024 ACS Spring National Meeting with an Undergraduate Student Chapter Award in green chemistry.\n\nGreen Chemistry Initiatives by the ACS UPR-RP Student Chapter\nAlanys V. Luna Ramirez\, President\, ACS Student ChapterUniversity of Puerto Rico\, Rio Piedras\n\nAlanys V. Luna Ramirez is a student leader from the University of Puerto Rico\, Rio Piedras\, working as president of the university’s American Chemical Society Student Chapter. Alanys and her organization of excellent young chemists were awarded a grant from Beyond Benign for 2022-2023\, and their work was recognized at the 2024 ACS Spring National Meeting with an Undergraduate Student Chapter Award in green chemistry.\n\n\nGreen Chemistry; A Platform for Impact and Innovation at Novartis\nDr. Scott Plummer\, Senior Principal Scientist At Novartis\n\nScott V. Plummer received his B.S. in chemistry from the College of William & Mary (1997) and completed his doctoral dissertation at Indiana University (2003) under the guidance of Professor David R. Williams. He began his industrial career at AMRI\, where he spent five years as a process chemist in the Chemical Development Division. From there he moved to Alcon in Fort Worth\, Texas to be part of their Chemical Preparations Research Team. In this capacity\, he was involved in the synthesis of APIs from early process development thru GMP batch production. In 2013\, Scott moved to the Global Discovery Chemistry unit within the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research. As part of the SynTech team\, he is tasked with formulating material enablement strategies with research teams\, outsourcing\, and the introduction of emerging synthesis technologies to the project portfolio. Scott has a particular interest in the application of green technologies (biocatalysis\, flow chemistry\, aqueous surfactant chemistry) to programs in the portfolio. He runs the Green Chemistry team within the Global Discovery Chemistry unit and serves as Novartis’ representative to the ACS Green Chemistry Institute Pharmaceutical Roundtable.
URL:https://www.beyondbenign.org/event/green-chemistry-connections-4/2023-11-15/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:General,Higher Education,K-12,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Observe\, Wonder\, Think: A Green Chemistry Interactive Webinar Series
DESCRIPTION:Calling all K-12 teachers! Create safer\, more engaging learning environments by integrating green chemistry and sustainable science principles into your classroom. Join your peers at our monthly professional development series: Observe\, Wonder\, Think: A Green Chemistry Interactive Webinar Series to learn how! Following NGSS best practice techniques\, this webinar series will support K-12 educators to foster “observe\, wonder\, think” with their students using hands-on green chemistry labs and highlighting real-world green chemistry technologies. \nThis year\, we will be highlighting the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry! Each time we meet\, we will focus on a selection of principles\, which we will bring those to life with a short\, interactive classroom activity and presentations from education speakers demonstrating how they incorporate those principles into their classroom activities and labs. \nWe encourage you to invite your colleagues and friends to join these virtual discussions. We will provide a certification of participation at the end of every meeting\, for use towards PD hours for those of you who can use them for that. This dedicated monthly time is designed to bring the green chemistry community together to advance the field and share ideas and resources for inspiring students through green chemistry! \nCheck the list below for more information on monthly sessions\, which will be updated throughout the year. \nJoin the Observe\, Wonder\, Think event connections forum for recordings\, recaps\, and more opportunities to connect! \n \n\nSeptember \n \nChemical Storage\, Lab Safety\, and Lab Waste \nPresented by Mr. William McMahon Lab Technician\, State University of New York (SUNY) Jefferson Community College \n09/21/2023; 6PM EST \nMr. McMahon has spent 20 years running the academic science labs and stockrooms at SUNY Jefferson. He will be presenting on chemical storage\, lab waste disposal and lab safety. He will share many of the best practices that Jefferson has adopted to promote safety culture in the science division. He will share materials and devote time to a question & answer session. \n\nOctober \nGreen Chemistry and Sustainable Science: A Green Approach to Sustainable STEM in K-12.\nPresented by Lead Teachers Annette Sebuyira and Erin Mayer\n10/19/2023; 7 PM ET\n\n\nAt October’s Observe\, Wonder\, Think Webinar\, Annette Sebuyira and Erin Mayer will share\na new guide book designed by our dedicated team of excellent K-12 Lead Teachers\, “Green Chemistry and Sustainable Science: A Green Approach to Sustainable STEM.”\n\n\nNovember \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nGreen Chemistry and Sustainable Science: A Green Approach to Sustainable STEM in K-12.\n\n11/16/2023; 6 PM ET\nAt November’s Observe\, Wonder\, Think webinar\, Beyond Benign Lead Teachers Stefanie Loomis and Veronica Morabito-Weeks will share principles and resources from Sustainable Science: A Green Approach to Sustainable STEM including flame tests and biomimicry presentations. \n\nThis guide book\, created by Beyond Benign Lead Teachers and the NYS Master Teacher Program\, Green Chemistry Professional Learning Team\, is designed to help educators bring green chemistry to their elementary\, middle school\, and high school classrooms.\n\n\n\n\n\nJanuary\n\n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nBellingham High School: “Green” Laboratory Research \n01/18/2024; 7 PM EST \nThe Bellingham High School Chemistry team has been researching new “green” chemistry laboratory experiments to replace high-risk experiments. Staff and students have tested over twelve laboratory experiments to determine if the “greener” option is as effective as the traditional experiment. We have also modified existing laboratory experiments to reduce risk. We will look into what has worked for BHS and share ideas for future research. \n 
URL:https://www.beyondbenign.org/event/observe-wonder-think-a-green-chemistry-interactive-webinar-series-2/2023-11-16/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:General,K-12,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Green Chemistry Connections
DESCRIPTION:Register now to join us! \nBeyond Benign will host virtual and monthly Green Chemistry Connections around Green Chemistry education using the Green Chemistry Students Learning Objectives from the Green Chemistry Commitment program as a loose framework. Register to stay in the loop about upcoming speakers. \nEach time we meet\, we will host community leaders actively practicing Green Chemistry and/or Toxicology in their courses and/or laboratories. Connections grow through time dedicated to small group discussions\, networking\, and resource sharing. \nWe ask that you BYOR\, bring your own resource or request to the community – share a resource or put a request out to the group for resources you need. \nWe invite you to bring your departmental colleagues\, external collaborators\, graduate teaching assistants\, etc. to the discussion as we will be holding this space and time monthly for the community to come together around Green Chemistry education to advance the field together! \nRegister now to join us! \nAfter registering\, you’ll receive more information about the Green Chemistry Connections via calendar invites and emails as the meeting time approaches. \nFor event recordings\, conversations\, and networking\, visit the Green Chemistry Connections Event Connections Forum on the GCTLC. \n\nOctober \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nIntroducing our First Ever Co-Organizers and Co-Hosts \n10/18/2023; 12- 2 PM EDT \nAt our October session\, you will meet our first ever Green Chemistry Connections Co-Organizers and Co-hosts\, learn about opportunities to share your work during a Connection\, hear more about the Green Chemistry Teaching and Learning Community (GCTLC) – the new virtual platform for our amazing green chemistry community – and be invited to opportunities to engage with us! \n\nNovember \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nLife Cycle Assessment and Green Metrics: Tips on Putting them into Practice \n11/15/2023; 12-2 PM EDT \nAt our November session\, you will hear from Dr. Samson Alayande (Founder\, Green Nano LLC) and Dr. Philip Jessop (Professor and Canada Research Chair\, Queens University\, Canada) as they share presentations and insights about life cycle assessments (LCAs). \n\nDecember \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nLatinXChem Connections: Award-Winning Posters in Green Chemistry \n12/20/2023; 12-2 PM EST \nAt our December session\, you will learn more about the LatinXChem annual Twitter Poster Conference from LatinXChem organizing committee member\, Gustavo Mondragon. \nThis year\, Beyond Benign was honored to sponsor two awards for posters in the green chemistry category. You will hear from winners Angie Sepulveda and Sergio Rincón-Carvajal as each will share their work. Find their posters linked below! \n🥇🧪Angie Vanessa Patino Sepulveda (Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira)\, “Millimeter-Scale Physicochemistry and Its Impact on Green Chemistry in the Laboratory Environment”\n(https://lnkd.in/ee2KmSjb) \n🥈🧪Sergio Rincón-Carvajal (Universidad de Los Andes)\, “Design of simple\, low-cost ball mill for teaching mechanochemistry to undergraduate students”\n(https://lnkd.in/eYuTuBmS) \n\nJanuary \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n“Sustainable Chemistry: Preview of ISC3’s Vision and E-learning Module” and “UNEP Manuals on Green and Sustainable Chemistry” \n1/17/2024; 12-2 PM EST \nRead more about this month’s expert speakers from the International Sustainable Chemistry Collaboration Center (ISC3) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) below. \n“Sustainable Chemistry: Preview of ISC3’s Vision and E-learning Module”\nSpeakers: Jens Krol and Juanita Halblaub (ISC3) \nJens is from the Netherlands\, has a master’s in biotechnology and has worked as a chemistry teacher in the Netherlands and in Afghanistan through a special program of the German government. He currently manages the educational activities of ISC3. He loves Chemistry education and is therefore very happy to be part of this Green Chemistry Connection. \nJuanita holds an MBA in international business and works at the ISC3 on the topic of sustainable chemistry innovation. She currently works on a publication that discusses examples of Sustainable Chemistry and is excited to share some of those examples with you. \nJens Krol and Juanita Halblaub will present products the ISC3 is developing and are looking forward to getting as much feedback as possible! \n“UNEP Manuals on Green and Sustainable Chemistry”\nSpeaker: Colin Hannahan (UNEP) \nColin has worked on green and sustainable chemistry as a consultant with the UNEP chemicals and health branch since January 2021. Originally from the U.S.A.\, Colin holds his bachelor’s in chemical engineering from the University of Massachusetts and a Masters in Sustainable Chemistry from the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia in Spain. He has experience working with a range of stakeholders on strengthening green chemistry education and the science-policy interface. \n\nFebruary \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nInvestigating green and sustainable chemistry through case studies\nDr. Veronica Mengqi Zhang\, Organic Chemistry Lab Instructor\, Michigan State University  \nDr. Mengqi (Veronica) Zhang Mengqi (Veronica) Zhang is the organic chemistry laboratory coordinator at the Chemistry Department\, Michigan State University. Her research interest focuses on curriculum development\, instructional laboratory experiment design\, green chemistry\, and microwave chemistry. She is also an active member of ACS local sector and the Three-Dimensional Learning Team at MSU. \nTaking Action in the Laboratory – Equipement and Plastics\nPatrick Penndorf\,  Sceince Communicator and Sustainability Advocate\,  ReAdvance \nPatrick Penndorf is a scientist from Germany with a background in Biochemistry. During his Bachelors thesis in Protein Chemistry\, he started to come up with more sustainable protocols for his experiments. However\, it was not until a research stay in Canada\, that he got in touch with some colleagues that were as enthusiastic about sustainability as he was. They started an initiative and soon hosted an online conference to share insights into sustainable practices with scientists worldwide. Today\, this initiative is called ReAdvance. They share their own insights and work together with international research societies\, companies and initiatives to promote their solutions. It is their goal to help each and every scientist to make their science more sustainable by spreading greener protocols\, labware and approaches. \nInvestigating green and sustainable chemistry through case studies\nDr. Elizabeth Day Assistant Professor\, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at the University of Texas at El Paso \nDr. Day is an analytical chemist with a major focus on chemistry education research and an interest in science/STEM education. Her expertise is in curriculum development and evaluation\, assessment design\, and green and sustainable chemistry education. Her laboratory leverages education research methods (mix of qualitative analysis\, statistical modeling\, and design-based research methods) to discover how to support student learning. Specifically\, her approach centers assessing to support students’ knowledge-in-use through the framing of the Three-Dimensional Learning framework and a socio-cognitive perspective on educational measurement. Dr. Day is currently an Assistant Professor in the department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at the University of Texas at El Paso. \nReinforcing Green Chemistry Education in the Undergraduate Teaching Laboratory at the University of Toronto\nDr. Barb Morra Associate Professor\, Teaching Stream\, University of Toronto \nBarb Morra is an Associate Professor\, Teaching Stream\, in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Toronto. Barb’s passion for chemistry and teaching translate into her pedagogical research and curriculum development initiatives which have resulted in a suite of research-based laboratory experiments\, activities\, and technological tools that help undergraduate students connect chemistry with research and applications. To further these efforts\, Barb actively works with undergraduate and graduate students in pedagogical projects. Barb’s interest in green and sustainable principles has led her to transform chemistry education within her department through a variety of initiatives that have been recognized through the Green Chemistry Commitment program. Her role within several international green chemistry programs has allowed her to foster a green chemistry education community that empowers global educators to make meaningful changes in their teaching. Examples include her roles as an assessment consultant for the Green & Sustainable Chemistry Education Module Development Project and curriculum developer for the Toxicology for Chemists Program. \nRethinking Reactions\, McGill’s Approach to Green Chemistry in the Organic Lab \nDr. Danielle Vlaho\, Academic Associate at McGill University \nDanielle is an Academic Associate in the Department of Chemistry at McGill University. As the lab instructor for the organic chemistry courses\, she is interested in the development and implementation of robust and sustainable chemistry experiments that foster scientific curiosity. \n\n\nMarch: Inspiration from Nature: Bioinspired and Biobased Materials \n\nBio-inspired materials processing: Time-tested tricks for sustainably fabricating advanced materials\nDr. Matthew James Harrington\, Professor and Canada Research Chair Tier 2 in Green Chemistry (McGill University) \nMatthew Harrington is Professor and Canada Research Chair Tier 2 in Green Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry at McGill University\, as well as co-director of the McGill Institute of Advanced Materials (MIAM) and director of the McGill Chemistry Characterization (MC2). He received his Ph.D. in 2008 from the University of California\, Santa Barbara in the lab of J. Herbert Waite. This was followed by a Humboldt postdoctoral fellowship at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in the Department of Biomaterials\, where he was later a research group leader from 2010 until 2017. His research is focused on understanding biochemical structure–property relationships in the function and formation of biological materials and applying extracted design principles for the development and sustainable production of bio-inspired materials. \nEnabling technologies for the sustainable chemical synthesis of high added-value compounds from renewable sources.\nProfessor Julio Pastre\, University of Campinas \nProf. Dr. Julio C. Pastre obtained his PhD in 2009 at the University of Campinas – UNICAMP. He then worked as a research scientist at Rhodia-Solvay before moving back to UNICAMP for postdoctoral studies with Professor Ronaldo A. Pilli. In 2012\, he joined the group of Professor Steven V. Ley at the University of Cambridge. Two years later\, Julio established his independent research group at UNICAMP and recently became Associate Professor. He is now the Head of the Department of Organic Chemistry. Recently\, he was recognized as an ‘Emerging Investigator’ by Reaction Chemistry & Engineering and RSC Advances and a ‘New Talent from the Americas’ by RSC Medicinal Chemistry. He received the Thieme Chemistry Journals Award by Synfact\, Synlett and Synthesis – Thieme in 2023. His research interest focuses on the development of new synthetic methods using enabling technologies for the synthesis of high added-value compounds from renewable sources\, including platform molecules\, new chemicals\, and APIs. \n\nGreen Chemistry Activities by ACS UFRJ Student Chapter\nSilmara Furtado\, President\, ACS Student Chapter at Universidade  Federal do Rio de Janeiro\n\nSilmara Furtado is chair of the ACS Chapter at the Universidad Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Silmara and her organization of excellent young chemists were awarded a grant from Beyond Benign for 2022-2023\, and their work was recognized at the 2024 ACS Spring National Meeting with an Undergraduate Student Chapter Award in green chemistry.\n\nGreen Chemistry Initiatives by the ACS UPR-RP Student Chapter\nAlanys V. Luna Ramirez\, President\, ACS Student ChapterUniversity of Puerto Rico\, Rio Piedras\n\nAlanys V. Luna Ramirez is a student leader from the University of Puerto Rico\, Rio Piedras\, working as president of the university’s American Chemical Society Student Chapter. Alanys and her organization of excellent young chemists were awarded a grant from Beyond Benign for 2022-2023\, and their work was recognized at the 2024 ACS Spring National Meeting with an Undergraduate Student Chapter Award in green chemistry.\n\n\nGreen Chemistry; A Platform for Impact and Innovation at Novartis\nDr. Scott Plummer\, Senior Principal Scientist At Novartis\n\nScott V. Plummer received his B.S. in chemistry from the College of William & Mary (1997) and completed his doctoral dissertation at Indiana University (2003) under the guidance of Professor David R. Williams. He began his industrial career at AMRI\, where he spent five years as a process chemist in the Chemical Development Division. From there he moved to Alcon in Fort Worth\, Texas to be part of their Chemical Preparations Research Team. In this capacity\, he was involved in the synthesis of APIs from early process development thru GMP batch production. In 2013\, Scott moved to the Global Discovery Chemistry unit within the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research. As part of the SynTech team\, he is tasked with formulating material enablement strategies with research teams\, outsourcing\, and the introduction of emerging synthesis technologies to the project portfolio. Scott has a particular interest in the application of green technologies (biocatalysis\, flow chemistry\, aqueous surfactant chemistry) to programs in the portfolio. He runs the Green Chemistry team within the Global Discovery Chemistry unit and serves as Novartis’ representative to the ACS Green Chemistry Institute Pharmaceutical Roundtable.
URL:https://www.beyondbenign.org/event/green-chemistry-connections-4/2023-12-20/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:General,Higher Education,K-12,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Green Chemistry Connections
DESCRIPTION:Register now to join us! \nBeyond Benign will host virtual and monthly Green Chemistry Connections around Green Chemistry education using the Green Chemistry Students Learning Objectives from the Green Chemistry Commitment program as a loose framework. Register to stay in the loop about upcoming speakers. \nEach time we meet\, we will host community leaders actively practicing Green Chemistry and/or Toxicology in their courses and/or laboratories. Connections grow through time dedicated to small group discussions\, networking\, and resource sharing. \nWe ask that you BYOR\, bring your own resource or request to the community – share a resource or put a request out to the group for resources you need. \nWe invite you to bring your departmental colleagues\, external collaborators\, graduate teaching assistants\, etc. to the discussion as we will be holding this space and time monthly for the community to come together around Green Chemistry education to advance the field together! \nRegister now to join us! \nAfter registering\, you’ll receive more information about the Green Chemistry Connections via calendar invites and emails as the meeting time approaches. \nFor event recordings\, conversations\, and networking\, visit the Green Chemistry Connections Event Connections Forum on the GCTLC. \n\nOctober \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nIntroducing our First Ever Co-Organizers and Co-Hosts \n10/18/2023; 12- 2 PM EDT \nAt our October session\, you will meet our first ever Green Chemistry Connections Co-Organizers and Co-hosts\, learn about opportunities to share your work during a Connection\, hear more about the Green Chemistry Teaching and Learning Community (GCTLC) – the new virtual platform for our amazing green chemistry community – and be invited to opportunities to engage with us! \n\nNovember \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nLife Cycle Assessment and Green Metrics: Tips on Putting them into Practice \n11/15/2023; 12-2 PM EDT \nAt our November session\, you will hear from Dr. Samson Alayande (Founder\, Green Nano LLC) and Dr. Philip Jessop (Professor and Canada Research Chair\, Queens University\, Canada) as they share presentations and insights about life cycle assessments (LCAs). \n\nDecember \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nLatinXChem Connections: Award-Winning Posters in Green Chemistry \n12/20/2023; 12-2 PM EST \nAt our December session\, you will learn more about the LatinXChem annual Twitter Poster Conference from LatinXChem organizing committee member\, Gustavo Mondragon. \nThis year\, Beyond Benign was honored to sponsor two awards for posters in the green chemistry category. You will hear from winners Angie Sepulveda and Sergio Rincón-Carvajal as each will share their work. Find their posters linked below! \n🥇🧪Angie Vanessa Patino Sepulveda (Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira)\, “Millimeter-Scale Physicochemistry and Its Impact on Green Chemistry in the Laboratory Environment”\n(https://lnkd.in/ee2KmSjb) \n🥈🧪Sergio Rincón-Carvajal (Universidad de Los Andes)\, “Design of simple\, low-cost ball mill for teaching mechanochemistry to undergraduate students”\n(https://lnkd.in/eYuTuBmS) \n\nJanuary \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n“Sustainable Chemistry: Preview of ISC3’s Vision and E-learning Module” and “UNEP Manuals on Green and Sustainable Chemistry” \n1/17/2024; 12-2 PM EST \nRead more about this month’s expert speakers from the International Sustainable Chemistry Collaboration Center (ISC3) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) below. \n“Sustainable Chemistry: Preview of ISC3’s Vision and E-learning Module”\nSpeakers: Jens Krol and Juanita Halblaub (ISC3) \nJens is from the Netherlands\, has a master’s in biotechnology and has worked as a chemistry teacher in the Netherlands and in Afghanistan through a special program of the German government. He currently manages the educational activities of ISC3. He loves Chemistry education and is therefore very happy to be part of this Green Chemistry Connection. \nJuanita holds an MBA in international business and works at the ISC3 on the topic of sustainable chemistry innovation. She currently works on a publication that discusses examples of Sustainable Chemistry and is excited to share some of those examples with you. \nJens Krol and Juanita Halblaub will present products the ISC3 is developing and are looking forward to getting as much feedback as possible! \n“UNEP Manuals on Green and Sustainable Chemistry”\nSpeaker: Colin Hannahan (UNEP) \nColin has worked on green and sustainable chemistry as a consultant with the UNEP chemicals and health branch since January 2021. Originally from the U.S.A.\, Colin holds his bachelor’s in chemical engineering from the University of Massachusetts and a Masters in Sustainable Chemistry from the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia in Spain. He has experience working with a range of stakeholders on strengthening green chemistry education and the science-policy interface. \n\nFebruary \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nInvestigating green and sustainable chemistry through case studies\nDr. Veronica Mengqi Zhang\, Organic Chemistry Lab Instructor\, Michigan State University  \nDr. Mengqi (Veronica) Zhang Mengqi (Veronica) Zhang is the organic chemistry laboratory coordinator at the Chemistry Department\, Michigan State University. Her research interest focuses on curriculum development\, instructional laboratory experiment design\, green chemistry\, and microwave chemistry. She is also an active member of ACS local sector and the Three-Dimensional Learning Team at MSU. \nTaking Action in the Laboratory – Equipement and Plastics\nPatrick Penndorf\,  Sceince Communicator and Sustainability Advocate\,  ReAdvance \nPatrick Penndorf is a scientist from Germany with a background in Biochemistry. During his Bachelors thesis in Protein Chemistry\, he started to come up with more sustainable protocols for his experiments. However\, it was not until a research stay in Canada\, that he got in touch with some colleagues that were as enthusiastic about sustainability as he was. They started an initiative and soon hosted an online conference to share insights into sustainable practices with scientists worldwide. Today\, this initiative is called ReAdvance. They share their own insights and work together with international research societies\, companies and initiatives to promote their solutions. It is their goal to help each and every scientist to make their science more sustainable by spreading greener protocols\, labware and approaches. \nInvestigating green and sustainable chemistry through case studies\nDr. Elizabeth Day Assistant Professor\, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at the University of Texas at El Paso \nDr. Day is an analytical chemist with a major focus on chemistry education research and an interest in science/STEM education. Her expertise is in curriculum development and evaluation\, assessment design\, and green and sustainable chemistry education. Her laboratory leverages education research methods (mix of qualitative analysis\, statistical modeling\, and design-based research methods) to discover how to support student learning. Specifically\, her approach centers assessing to support students’ knowledge-in-use through the framing of the Three-Dimensional Learning framework and a socio-cognitive perspective on educational measurement. Dr. Day is currently an Assistant Professor in the department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at the University of Texas at El Paso. \nReinforcing Green Chemistry Education in the Undergraduate Teaching Laboratory at the University of Toronto\nDr. Barb Morra Associate Professor\, Teaching Stream\, University of Toronto \nBarb Morra is an Associate Professor\, Teaching Stream\, in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Toronto. Barb’s passion for chemistry and teaching translate into her pedagogical research and curriculum development initiatives which have resulted in a suite of research-based laboratory experiments\, activities\, and technological tools that help undergraduate students connect chemistry with research and applications. To further these efforts\, Barb actively works with undergraduate and graduate students in pedagogical projects. Barb’s interest in green and sustainable principles has led her to transform chemistry education within her department through a variety of initiatives that have been recognized through the Green Chemistry Commitment program. Her role within several international green chemistry programs has allowed her to foster a green chemistry education community that empowers global educators to make meaningful changes in their teaching. Examples include her roles as an assessment consultant for the Green & Sustainable Chemistry Education Module Development Project and curriculum developer for the Toxicology for Chemists Program. \nRethinking Reactions\, McGill’s Approach to Green Chemistry in the Organic Lab \nDr. Danielle Vlaho\, Academic Associate at McGill University \nDanielle is an Academic Associate in the Department of Chemistry at McGill University. As the lab instructor for the organic chemistry courses\, she is interested in the development and implementation of robust and sustainable chemistry experiments that foster scientific curiosity. \n\n\nMarch: Inspiration from Nature: Bioinspired and Biobased Materials \n\nBio-inspired materials processing: Time-tested tricks for sustainably fabricating advanced materials\nDr. Matthew James Harrington\, Professor and Canada Research Chair Tier 2 in Green Chemistry (McGill University) \nMatthew Harrington is Professor and Canada Research Chair Tier 2 in Green Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry at McGill University\, as well as co-director of the McGill Institute of Advanced Materials (MIAM) and director of the McGill Chemistry Characterization (MC2). He received his Ph.D. in 2008 from the University of California\, Santa Barbara in the lab of J. Herbert Waite. This was followed by a Humboldt postdoctoral fellowship at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in the Department of Biomaterials\, where he was later a research group leader from 2010 until 2017. His research is focused on understanding biochemical structure–property relationships in the function and formation of biological materials and applying extracted design principles for the development and sustainable production of bio-inspired materials. \nEnabling technologies for the sustainable chemical synthesis of high added-value compounds from renewable sources.\nProfessor Julio Pastre\, University of Campinas \nProf. Dr. Julio C. Pastre obtained his PhD in 2009 at the University of Campinas – UNICAMP. He then worked as a research scientist at Rhodia-Solvay before moving back to UNICAMP for postdoctoral studies with Professor Ronaldo A. Pilli. In 2012\, he joined the group of Professor Steven V. Ley at the University of Cambridge. Two years later\, Julio established his independent research group at UNICAMP and recently became Associate Professor. He is now the Head of the Department of Organic Chemistry. Recently\, he was recognized as an ‘Emerging Investigator’ by Reaction Chemistry & Engineering and RSC Advances and a ‘New Talent from the Americas’ by RSC Medicinal Chemistry. He received the Thieme Chemistry Journals Award by Synfact\, Synlett and Synthesis – Thieme in 2023. His research interest focuses on the development of new synthetic methods using enabling technologies for the synthesis of high added-value compounds from renewable sources\, including platform molecules\, new chemicals\, and APIs. \n\nGreen Chemistry Activities by ACS UFRJ Student Chapter\nSilmara Furtado\, President\, ACS Student Chapter at Universidade  Federal do Rio de Janeiro\n\nSilmara Furtado is chair of the ACS Chapter at the Universidad Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Silmara and her organization of excellent young chemists were awarded a grant from Beyond Benign for 2022-2023\, and their work was recognized at the 2024 ACS Spring National Meeting with an Undergraduate Student Chapter Award in green chemistry.\n\nGreen Chemistry Initiatives by the ACS UPR-RP Student Chapter\nAlanys V. Luna Ramirez\, President\, ACS Student ChapterUniversity of Puerto Rico\, Rio Piedras\n\nAlanys V. Luna Ramirez is a student leader from the University of Puerto Rico\, Rio Piedras\, working as president of the university’s American Chemical Society Student Chapter. Alanys and her organization of excellent young chemists were awarded a grant from Beyond Benign for 2022-2023\, and their work was recognized at the 2024 ACS Spring National Meeting with an Undergraduate Student Chapter Award in green chemistry.\n\n\nGreen Chemistry; A Platform for Impact and Innovation at Novartis\nDr. Scott Plummer\, Senior Principal Scientist At Novartis\n\nScott V. Plummer received his B.S. in chemistry from the College of William & Mary (1997) and completed his doctoral dissertation at Indiana University (2003) under the guidance of Professor David R. Williams. He began his industrial career at AMRI\, where he spent five years as a process chemist in the Chemical Development Division. From there he moved to Alcon in Fort Worth\, Texas to be part of their Chemical Preparations Research Team. In this capacity\, he was involved in the synthesis of APIs from early process development thru GMP batch production. In 2013\, Scott moved to the Global Discovery Chemistry unit within the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research. As part of the SynTech team\, he is tasked with formulating material enablement strategies with research teams\, outsourcing\, and the introduction of emerging synthesis technologies to the project portfolio. Scott has a particular interest in the application of green technologies (biocatalysis\, flow chemistry\, aqueous surfactant chemistry) to programs in the portfolio. He runs the Green Chemistry team within the Global Discovery Chemistry unit and serves as Novartis’ representative to the ACS Green Chemistry Institute Pharmaceutical Roundtable.
URL:https://www.beyondbenign.org/event/green-chemistry-connections-4/2024-01-17/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:General,Higher Education,K-12,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Observe\, Wonder\, Think: A Green Chemistry Interactive Webinar Series
DESCRIPTION:Calling all K-12 teachers! Create safer\, more engaging learning environments by integrating green chemistry and sustainable science principles into your classroom. Join your peers at our monthly professional development series: Observe\, Wonder\, Think: A Green Chemistry Interactive Webinar Series to learn how! Following NGSS best practice techniques\, this webinar series will support K-12 educators to foster “observe\, wonder\, think” with their students using hands-on green chemistry labs and highlighting real-world green chemistry technologies. \nThis year\, we will be highlighting the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry! Each time we meet\, we will focus on a selection of principles\, which we will bring those to life with a short\, interactive classroom activity and presentations from education speakers demonstrating how they incorporate those principles into their classroom activities and labs. \nWe encourage you to invite your colleagues and friends to join these virtual discussions. We will provide a certification of participation at the end of every meeting\, for use towards PD hours for those of you who can use them for that. This dedicated monthly time is designed to bring the green chemistry community together to advance the field and share ideas and resources for inspiring students through green chemistry! \nCheck the list below for more information on monthly sessions\, which will be updated throughout the year. \nJoin the Observe\, Wonder\, Think event connections forum for recordings\, recaps\, and more opportunities to connect! \n \n\nSeptember \n \nChemical Storage\, Lab Safety\, and Lab Waste \nPresented by Mr. William McMahon Lab Technician\, State University of New York (SUNY) Jefferson Community College \n09/21/2023; 6PM EST \nMr. McMahon has spent 20 years running the academic science labs and stockrooms at SUNY Jefferson. He will be presenting on chemical storage\, lab waste disposal and lab safety. He will share many of the best practices that Jefferson has adopted to promote safety culture in the science division. He will share materials and devote time to a question & answer session. \n\nOctober \nGreen Chemistry and Sustainable Science: A Green Approach to Sustainable STEM in K-12.\nPresented by Lead Teachers Annette Sebuyira and Erin Mayer\n10/19/2023; 7 PM ET\n\n\nAt October’s Observe\, Wonder\, Think Webinar\, Annette Sebuyira and Erin Mayer will share\na new guide book designed by our dedicated team of excellent K-12 Lead Teachers\, “Green Chemistry and Sustainable Science: A Green Approach to Sustainable STEM.”\n\n\nNovember \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nGreen Chemistry and Sustainable Science: A Green Approach to Sustainable STEM in K-12.\n\n11/16/2023; 6 PM ET\nAt November’s Observe\, Wonder\, Think webinar\, Beyond Benign Lead Teachers Stefanie Loomis and Veronica Morabito-Weeks will share principles and resources from Sustainable Science: A Green Approach to Sustainable STEM including flame tests and biomimicry presentations. \n\nThis guide book\, created by Beyond Benign Lead Teachers and the NYS Master Teacher Program\, Green Chemistry Professional Learning Team\, is designed to help educators bring green chemistry to their elementary\, middle school\, and high school classrooms.\n\n\n\n\n\nJanuary\n\n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nBellingham High School: “Green” Laboratory Research \n01/18/2024; 7 PM EST \nThe Bellingham High School Chemistry team has been researching new “green” chemistry laboratory experiments to replace high-risk experiments. Staff and students have tested over twelve laboratory experiments to determine if the “greener” option is as effective as the traditional experiment. We have also modified existing laboratory experiments to reduce risk. We will look into what has worked for BHS and share ideas for future research. \n 
URL:https://www.beyondbenign.org/event/observe-wonder-think-a-green-chemistry-interactive-webinar-series-2/2024-01-18/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:General,K-12,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Observe\, Wonder\, Think: A Green Chemistry Interactive Webinar Series
DESCRIPTION:Calling all K-12 teachers! Create safer\, more engaging learning environments by integrating green chemistry and sustainable science principles into your classroom. Join your peers at our monthly professional development series: Observe\, Wonder\, Think: A Green Chemistry Interactive Webinar Series to learn how! Following NGSS best practice techniques\, this webinar series will support K-12 educators to foster “observe\, wonder\, think” with their students using hands-on green chemistry labs and highlighting real-world green chemistry technologies. \nThis year\, we will be highlighting the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry! Each time we meet\, we will focus on a selection of principles\, which we will bring those to life with a short\, interactive classroom activity and presentations from education speakers demonstrating how they incorporate those principles into their classroom activities and labs. \nWe encourage you to invite your colleagues and friends to join these virtual discussions. We will provide a certification of participation at the end of every meeting\, for use towards PD hours for those of you who can use them for that. This dedicated monthly time is designed to bring the green chemistry community together to advance the field and share ideas and resources for inspiring students through green chemistry! \nCheck the list below for more information on monthly sessions\, which will be updated throughout the year. \nJoin the Observe\, Wonder\, Think event connections forum for recordings\, recaps\, and more opportunities to connect! \n \n\nSeptember \n \nChemical Storage\, Lab Safety\, and Lab Waste \nPresented by Mr. William McMahon Lab Technician\, State University of New York (SUNY) Jefferson Community College \n09/21/2023; 6PM EST \nMr. McMahon has spent 20 years running the academic science labs and stockrooms at SUNY Jefferson. He will be presenting on chemical storage\, lab waste disposal and lab safety. He will share many of the best practices that Jefferson has adopted to promote safety culture in the science division. He will share materials and devote time to a question & answer session. \n\nOctober \nGreen Chemistry and Sustainable Science: A Green Approach to Sustainable STEM in K-12.\nPresented by Lead Teachers Annette Sebuyira and Erin Mayer\n10/19/2023; 7 PM ET\n\n\nAt October’s Observe\, Wonder\, Think Webinar\, Annette Sebuyira and Erin Mayer will share\na new guide book designed by our dedicated team of excellent K-12 Lead Teachers\, “Green Chemistry and Sustainable Science: A Green Approach to Sustainable STEM.”\n\n\nNovember \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nGreen Chemistry and Sustainable Science: A Green Approach to Sustainable STEM in K-12.\n\n11/16/2023; 6 PM ET\nAt November’s Observe\, Wonder\, Think webinar\, Beyond Benign Lead Teachers Stefanie Loomis and Veronica Morabito-Weeks will share principles and resources from Sustainable Science: A Green Approach to Sustainable STEM including flame tests and biomimicry presentations. \n\nThis guide book\, created by Beyond Benign Lead Teachers and the NYS Master Teacher Program\, Green Chemistry Professional Learning Team\, is designed to help educators bring green chemistry to their elementary\, middle school\, and high school classrooms.\n\n\n\n\n\nJanuary\n\n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nBellingham High School: “Green” Laboratory Research \n01/18/2024; 7 PM EST \nThe Bellingham High School Chemistry team has been researching new “green” chemistry laboratory experiments to replace high-risk experiments. Staff and students have tested over twelve laboratory experiments to determine if the “greener” option is as effective as the traditional experiment. We have also modified existing laboratory experiments to reduce risk. We will look into what has worked for BHS and share ideas for future research. \n 
URL:https://www.beyondbenign.org/event/observe-wonder-think-a-green-chemistry-interactive-webinar-series-2/2024-02-15/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:General,K-12,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Green Chemistry Connections
DESCRIPTION:Register now to join us! \nBeyond Benign will host virtual and monthly Green Chemistry Connections around Green Chemistry education using the Green Chemistry Students Learning Objectives from the Green Chemistry Commitment program as a loose framework. Register to stay in the loop about upcoming speakers. \nEach time we meet\, we will host community leaders actively practicing Green Chemistry and/or Toxicology in their courses and/or laboratories. Connections grow through time dedicated to small group discussions\, networking\, and resource sharing. \nWe ask that you BYOR\, bring your own resource or request to the community – share a resource or put a request out to the group for resources you need. \nWe invite you to bring your departmental colleagues\, external collaborators\, graduate teaching assistants\, etc. to the discussion as we will be holding this space and time monthly for the community to come together around Green Chemistry education to advance the field together! \nRegister now to join us! \nAfter registering\, you’ll receive more information about the Green Chemistry Connections via calendar invites and emails as the meeting time approaches. \nFor event recordings\, conversations\, and networking\, visit the Green Chemistry Connections Event Connections Forum on the GCTLC. \n\nOctober \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nIntroducing our First Ever Co-Organizers and Co-Hosts \n10/18/2023; 12- 2 PM EDT \nAt our October session\, you will meet our first ever Green Chemistry Connections Co-Organizers and Co-hosts\, learn about opportunities to share your work during a Connection\, hear more about the Green Chemistry Teaching and Learning Community (GCTLC) – the new virtual platform for our amazing green chemistry community – and be invited to opportunities to engage with us! \n\nNovember \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nLife Cycle Assessment and Green Metrics: Tips on Putting them into Practice \n11/15/2023; 12-2 PM EDT \nAt our November session\, you will hear from Dr. Samson Alayande (Founder\, Green Nano LLC) and Dr. Philip Jessop (Professor and Canada Research Chair\, Queens University\, Canada) as they share presentations and insights about life cycle assessments (LCAs). \n\nDecember \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nLatinXChem Connections: Award-Winning Posters in Green Chemistry \n12/20/2023; 12-2 PM EST \nAt our December session\, you will learn more about the LatinXChem annual Twitter Poster Conference from LatinXChem organizing committee member\, Gustavo Mondragon. \nThis year\, Beyond Benign was honored to sponsor two awards for posters in the green chemistry category. You will hear from winners Angie Sepulveda and Sergio Rincón-Carvajal as each will share their work. Find their posters linked below! \n🥇🧪Angie Vanessa Patino Sepulveda (Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira)\, “Millimeter-Scale Physicochemistry and Its Impact on Green Chemistry in the Laboratory Environment”\n(https://lnkd.in/ee2KmSjb) \n🥈🧪Sergio Rincón-Carvajal (Universidad de Los Andes)\, “Design of simple\, low-cost ball mill for teaching mechanochemistry to undergraduate students”\n(https://lnkd.in/eYuTuBmS) \n\nJanuary \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n“Sustainable Chemistry: Preview of ISC3’s Vision and E-learning Module” and “UNEP Manuals on Green and Sustainable Chemistry” \n1/17/2024; 12-2 PM EST \nRead more about this month’s expert speakers from the International Sustainable Chemistry Collaboration Center (ISC3) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) below. \n“Sustainable Chemistry: Preview of ISC3’s Vision and E-learning Module”\nSpeakers: Jens Krol and Juanita Halblaub (ISC3) \nJens is from the Netherlands\, has a master’s in biotechnology and has worked as a chemistry teacher in the Netherlands and in Afghanistan through a special program of the German government. He currently manages the educational activities of ISC3. He loves Chemistry education and is therefore very happy to be part of this Green Chemistry Connection. \nJuanita holds an MBA in international business and works at the ISC3 on the topic of sustainable chemistry innovation. She currently works on a publication that discusses examples of Sustainable Chemistry and is excited to share some of those examples with you. \nJens Krol and Juanita Halblaub will present products the ISC3 is developing and are looking forward to getting as much feedback as possible! \n“UNEP Manuals on Green and Sustainable Chemistry”\nSpeaker: Colin Hannahan (UNEP) \nColin has worked on green and sustainable chemistry as a consultant with the UNEP chemicals and health branch since January 2021. Originally from the U.S.A.\, Colin holds his bachelor’s in chemical engineering from the University of Massachusetts and a Masters in Sustainable Chemistry from the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia in Spain. He has experience working with a range of stakeholders on strengthening green chemistry education and the science-policy interface. \n\nFebruary \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nInvestigating green and sustainable chemistry through case studies\nDr. Veronica Mengqi Zhang\, Organic Chemistry Lab Instructor\, Michigan State University  \nDr. Mengqi (Veronica) Zhang Mengqi (Veronica) Zhang is the organic chemistry laboratory coordinator at the Chemistry Department\, Michigan State University. Her research interest focuses on curriculum development\, instructional laboratory experiment design\, green chemistry\, and microwave chemistry. She is also an active member of ACS local sector and the Three-Dimensional Learning Team at MSU. \nTaking Action in the Laboratory – Equipement and Plastics\nPatrick Penndorf\,  Sceince Communicator and Sustainability Advocate\,  ReAdvance \nPatrick Penndorf is a scientist from Germany with a background in Biochemistry. During his Bachelors thesis in Protein Chemistry\, he started to come up with more sustainable protocols for his experiments. However\, it was not until a research stay in Canada\, that he got in touch with some colleagues that were as enthusiastic about sustainability as he was. They started an initiative and soon hosted an online conference to share insights into sustainable practices with scientists worldwide. Today\, this initiative is called ReAdvance. They share their own insights and work together with international research societies\, companies and initiatives to promote their solutions. It is their goal to help each and every scientist to make their science more sustainable by spreading greener protocols\, labware and approaches. \nInvestigating green and sustainable chemistry through case studies\nDr. Elizabeth Day Assistant Professor\, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at the University of Texas at El Paso \nDr. Day is an analytical chemist with a major focus on chemistry education research and an interest in science/STEM education. Her expertise is in curriculum development and evaluation\, assessment design\, and green and sustainable chemistry education. Her laboratory leverages education research methods (mix of qualitative analysis\, statistical modeling\, and design-based research methods) to discover how to support student learning. Specifically\, her approach centers assessing to support students’ knowledge-in-use through the framing of the Three-Dimensional Learning framework and a socio-cognitive perspective on educational measurement. Dr. Day is currently an Assistant Professor in the department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at the University of Texas at El Paso. \nReinforcing Green Chemistry Education in the Undergraduate Teaching Laboratory at the University of Toronto\nDr. Barb Morra Associate Professor\, Teaching Stream\, University of Toronto \nBarb Morra is an Associate Professor\, Teaching Stream\, in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Toronto. Barb’s passion for chemistry and teaching translate into her pedagogical research and curriculum development initiatives which have resulted in a suite of research-based laboratory experiments\, activities\, and technological tools that help undergraduate students connect chemistry with research and applications. To further these efforts\, Barb actively works with undergraduate and graduate students in pedagogical projects. Barb’s interest in green and sustainable principles has led her to transform chemistry education within her department through a variety of initiatives that have been recognized through the Green Chemistry Commitment program. Her role within several international green chemistry programs has allowed her to foster a green chemistry education community that empowers global educators to make meaningful changes in their teaching. Examples include her roles as an assessment consultant for the Green & Sustainable Chemistry Education Module Development Project and curriculum developer for the Toxicology for Chemists Program. \nRethinking Reactions\, McGill’s Approach to Green Chemistry in the Organic Lab \nDr. Danielle Vlaho\, Academic Associate at McGill University \nDanielle is an Academic Associate in the Department of Chemistry at McGill University. As the lab instructor for the organic chemistry courses\, she is interested in the development and implementation of robust and sustainable chemistry experiments that foster scientific curiosity. \n\n\nMarch: Inspiration from Nature: Bioinspired and Biobased Materials \n\nBio-inspired materials processing: Time-tested tricks for sustainably fabricating advanced materials\nDr. Matthew James Harrington\, Professor and Canada Research Chair Tier 2 in Green Chemistry (McGill University) \nMatthew Harrington is Professor and Canada Research Chair Tier 2 in Green Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry at McGill University\, as well as co-director of the McGill Institute of Advanced Materials (MIAM) and director of the McGill Chemistry Characterization (MC2). He received his Ph.D. in 2008 from the University of California\, Santa Barbara in the lab of J. Herbert Waite. This was followed by a Humboldt postdoctoral fellowship at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in the Department of Biomaterials\, where he was later a research group leader from 2010 until 2017. His research is focused on understanding biochemical structure–property relationships in the function and formation of biological materials and applying extracted design principles for the development and sustainable production of bio-inspired materials. \nEnabling technologies for the sustainable chemical synthesis of high added-value compounds from renewable sources.\nProfessor Julio Pastre\, University of Campinas \nProf. Dr. Julio C. Pastre obtained his PhD in 2009 at the University of Campinas – UNICAMP. He then worked as a research scientist at Rhodia-Solvay before moving back to UNICAMP for postdoctoral studies with Professor Ronaldo A. Pilli. In 2012\, he joined the group of Professor Steven V. Ley at the University of Cambridge. Two years later\, Julio established his independent research group at UNICAMP and recently became Associate Professor. He is now the Head of the Department of Organic Chemistry. Recently\, he was recognized as an ‘Emerging Investigator’ by Reaction Chemistry & Engineering and RSC Advances and a ‘New Talent from the Americas’ by RSC Medicinal Chemistry. He received the Thieme Chemistry Journals Award by Synfact\, Synlett and Synthesis – Thieme in 2023. His research interest focuses on the development of new synthetic methods using enabling technologies for the synthesis of high added-value compounds from renewable sources\, including platform molecules\, new chemicals\, and APIs. \n\nGreen Chemistry Activities by ACS UFRJ Student Chapter\nSilmara Furtado\, President\, ACS Student Chapter at Universidade  Federal do Rio de Janeiro\n\nSilmara Furtado is chair of the ACS Chapter at the Universidad Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Silmara and her organization of excellent young chemists were awarded a grant from Beyond Benign for 2022-2023\, and their work was recognized at the 2024 ACS Spring National Meeting with an Undergraduate Student Chapter Award in green chemistry.\n\nGreen Chemistry Initiatives by the ACS UPR-RP Student Chapter\nAlanys V. Luna Ramirez\, President\, ACS Student ChapterUniversity of Puerto Rico\, Rio Piedras\n\nAlanys V. Luna Ramirez is a student leader from the University of Puerto Rico\, Rio Piedras\, working as president of the university’s American Chemical Society Student Chapter. Alanys and her organization of excellent young chemists were awarded a grant from Beyond Benign for 2022-2023\, and their work was recognized at the 2024 ACS Spring National Meeting with an Undergraduate Student Chapter Award in green chemistry.\n\n\nGreen Chemistry; A Platform for Impact and Innovation at Novartis\nDr. Scott Plummer\, Senior Principal Scientist At Novartis\n\nScott V. Plummer received his B.S. in chemistry from the College of William & Mary (1997) and completed his doctoral dissertation at Indiana University (2003) under the guidance of Professor David R. Williams. He began his industrial career at AMRI\, where he spent five years as a process chemist in the Chemical Development Division. From there he moved to Alcon in Fort Worth\, Texas to be part of their Chemical Preparations Research Team. In this capacity\, he was involved in the synthesis of APIs from early process development thru GMP batch production. In 2013\, Scott moved to the Global Discovery Chemistry unit within the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research. As part of the SynTech team\, he is tasked with formulating material enablement strategies with research teams\, outsourcing\, and the introduction of emerging synthesis technologies to the project portfolio. Scott has a particular interest in the application of green technologies (biocatalysis\, flow chemistry\, aqueous surfactant chemistry) to programs in the portfolio. He runs the Green Chemistry team within the Global Discovery Chemistry unit and serves as Novartis’ representative to the ACS Green Chemistry Institute Pharmaceutical Roundtable.
URL:https://www.beyondbenign.org/event/green-chemistry-connections-4/2024-02-21/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:General,Higher Education,K-12,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Green Chemistry Connections
DESCRIPTION:Register now to join us! \nBeyond Benign will host virtual and monthly Green Chemistry Connections around Green Chemistry education using the Green Chemistry Students Learning Objectives from the Green Chemistry Commitment program as a loose framework. Register to stay in the loop about upcoming speakers. \nEach time we meet\, we will host community leaders actively practicing Green Chemistry and/or Toxicology in their courses and/or laboratories. Connections grow through time dedicated to small group discussions\, networking\, and resource sharing. \nWe ask that you BYOR\, bring your own resource or request to the community – share a resource or put a request out to the group for resources you need. \nWe invite you to bring your departmental colleagues\, external collaborators\, graduate teaching assistants\, etc. to the discussion as we will be holding this space and time monthly for the community to come together around Green Chemistry education to advance the field together! \nRegister now to join us! \nAfter registering\, you’ll receive more information about the Green Chemistry Connections via calendar invites and emails as the meeting time approaches. \nFor event recordings\, conversations\, and networking\, visit the Green Chemistry Connections Event Connections Forum on the GCTLC. \n\nOctober \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nIntroducing our First Ever Co-Organizers and Co-Hosts \n10/18/2023; 12- 2 PM EDT \nAt our October session\, you will meet our first ever Green Chemistry Connections Co-Organizers and Co-hosts\, learn about opportunities to share your work during a Connection\, hear more about the Green Chemistry Teaching and Learning Community (GCTLC) – the new virtual platform for our amazing green chemistry community – and be invited to opportunities to engage with us! \n\nNovember \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nLife Cycle Assessment and Green Metrics: Tips on Putting them into Practice \n11/15/2023; 12-2 PM EDT \nAt our November session\, you will hear from Dr. Samson Alayande (Founder\, Green Nano LLC) and Dr. Philip Jessop (Professor and Canada Research Chair\, Queens University\, Canada) as they share presentations and insights about life cycle assessments (LCAs). \n\nDecember \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nLatinXChem Connections: Award-Winning Posters in Green Chemistry \n12/20/2023; 12-2 PM EST \nAt our December session\, you will learn more about the LatinXChem annual Twitter Poster Conference from LatinXChem organizing committee member\, Gustavo Mondragon. \nThis year\, Beyond Benign was honored to sponsor two awards for posters in the green chemistry category. You will hear from winners Angie Sepulveda and Sergio Rincón-Carvajal as each will share their work. Find their posters linked below! \n🥇🧪Angie Vanessa Patino Sepulveda (Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira)\, “Millimeter-Scale Physicochemistry and Its Impact on Green Chemistry in the Laboratory Environment”\n(https://lnkd.in/ee2KmSjb) \n🥈🧪Sergio Rincón-Carvajal (Universidad de Los Andes)\, “Design of simple\, low-cost ball mill for teaching mechanochemistry to undergraduate students”\n(https://lnkd.in/eYuTuBmS) \n\nJanuary \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n“Sustainable Chemistry: Preview of ISC3’s Vision and E-learning Module” and “UNEP Manuals on Green and Sustainable Chemistry” \n1/17/2024; 12-2 PM EST \nRead more about this month’s expert speakers from the International Sustainable Chemistry Collaboration Center (ISC3) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) below. \n“Sustainable Chemistry: Preview of ISC3’s Vision and E-learning Module”\nSpeakers: Jens Krol and Juanita Halblaub (ISC3) \nJens is from the Netherlands\, has a master’s in biotechnology and has worked as a chemistry teacher in the Netherlands and in Afghanistan through a special program of the German government. He currently manages the educational activities of ISC3. He loves Chemistry education and is therefore very happy to be part of this Green Chemistry Connection. \nJuanita holds an MBA in international business and works at the ISC3 on the topic of sustainable chemistry innovation. She currently works on a publication that discusses examples of Sustainable Chemistry and is excited to share some of those examples with you. \nJens Krol and Juanita Halblaub will present products the ISC3 is developing and are looking forward to getting as much feedback as possible! \n“UNEP Manuals on Green and Sustainable Chemistry”\nSpeaker: Colin Hannahan (UNEP) \nColin has worked on green and sustainable chemistry as a consultant with the UNEP chemicals and health branch since January 2021. Originally from the U.S.A.\, Colin holds his bachelor’s in chemical engineering from the University of Massachusetts and a Masters in Sustainable Chemistry from the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia in Spain. He has experience working with a range of stakeholders on strengthening green chemistry education and the science-policy interface. \n\nFebruary \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nInvestigating green and sustainable chemistry through case studies\nDr. Veronica Mengqi Zhang\, Organic Chemistry Lab Instructor\, Michigan State University  \nDr. Mengqi (Veronica) Zhang Mengqi (Veronica) Zhang is the organic chemistry laboratory coordinator at the Chemistry Department\, Michigan State University. Her research interest focuses on curriculum development\, instructional laboratory experiment design\, green chemistry\, and microwave chemistry. She is also an active member of ACS local sector and the Three-Dimensional Learning Team at MSU. \nTaking Action in the Laboratory – Equipement and Plastics\nPatrick Penndorf\,  Sceince Communicator and Sustainability Advocate\,  ReAdvance \nPatrick Penndorf is a scientist from Germany with a background in Biochemistry. During his Bachelors thesis in Protein Chemistry\, he started to come up with more sustainable protocols for his experiments. However\, it was not until a research stay in Canada\, that he got in touch with some colleagues that were as enthusiastic about sustainability as he was. They started an initiative and soon hosted an online conference to share insights into sustainable practices with scientists worldwide. Today\, this initiative is called ReAdvance. They share their own insights and work together with international research societies\, companies and initiatives to promote their solutions. It is their goal to help each and every scientist to make their science more sustainable by spreading greener protocols\, labware and approaches. \nInvestigating green and sustainable chemistry through case studies\nDr. Elizabeth Day Assistant Professor\, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at the University of Texas at El Paso \nDr. Day is an analytical chemist with a major focus on chemistry education research and an interest in science/STEM education. Her expertise is in curriculum development and evaluation\, assessment design\, and green and sustainable chemistry education. Her laboratory leverages education research methods (mix of qualitative analysis\, statistical modeling\, and design-based research methods) to discover how to support student learning. Specifically\, her approach centers assessing to support students’ knowledge-in-use through the framing of the Three-Dimensional Learning framework and a socio-cognitive perspective on educational measurement. Dr. Day is currently an Assistant Professor in the department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at the University of Texas at El Paso. \nReinforcing Green Chemistry Education in the Undergraduate Teaching Laboratory at the University of Toronto\nDr. Barb Morra Associate Professor\, Teaching Stream\, University of Toronto \nBarb Morra is an Associate Professor\, Teaching Stream\, in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Toronto. Barb’s passion for chemistry and teaching translate into her pedagogical research and curriculum development initiatives which have resulted in a suite of research-based laboratory experiments\, activities\, and technological tools that help undergraduate students connect chemistry with research and applications. To further these efforts\, Barb actively works with undergraduate and graduate students in pedagogical projects. Barb’s interest in green and sustainable principles has led her to transform chemistry education within her department through a variety of initiatives that have been recognized through the Green Chemistry Commitment program. Her role within several international green chemistry programs has allowed her to foster a green chemistry education community that empowers global educators to make meaningful changes in their teaching. Examples include her roles as an assessment consultant for the Green & Sustainable Chemistry Education Module Development Project and curriculum developer for the Toxicology for Chemists Program. \nRethinking Reactions\, McGill’s Approach to Green Chemistry in the Organic Lab \nDr. Danielle Vlaho\, Academic Associate at McGill University \nDanielle is an Academic Associate in the Department of Chemistry at McGill University. As the lab instructor for the organic chemistry courses\, she is interested in the development and implementation of robust and sustainable chemistry experiments that foster scientific curiosity. \n\n\nMarch: Inspiration from Nature: Bioinspired and Biobased Materials \n\nBio-inspired materials processing: Time-tested tricks for sustainably fabricating advanced materials\nDr. Matthew James Harrington\, Professor and Canada Research Chair Tier 2 in Green Chemistry (McGill University) \nMatthew Harrington is Professor and Canada Research Chair Tier 2 in Green Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry at McGill University\, as well as co-director of the McGill Institute of Advanced Materials (MIAM) and director of the McGill Chemistry Characterization (MC2). He received his Ph.D. in 2008 from the University of California\, Santa Barbara in the lab of J. Herbert Waite. This was followed by a Humboldt postdoctoral fellowship at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in the Department of Biomaterials\, where he was later a research group leader from 2010 until 2017. His research is focused on understanding biochemical structure–property relationships in the function and formation of biological materials and applying extracted design principles for the development and sustainable production of bio-inspired materials. \nEnabling technologies for the sustainable chemical synthesis of high added-value compounds from renewable sources.\nProfessor Julio Pastre\, University of Campinas \nProf. Dr. Julio C. Pastre obtained his PhD in 2009 at the University of Campinas – UNICAMP. He then worked as a research scientist at Rhodia-Solvay before moving back to UNICAMP for postdoctoral studies with Professor Ronaldo A. Pilli. In 2012\, he joined the group of Professor Steven V. Ley at the University of Cambridge. Two years later\, Julio established his independent research group at UNICAMP and recently became Associate Professor. He is now the Head of the Department of Organic Chemistry. Recently\, he was recognized as an ‘Emerging Investigator’ by Reaction Chemistry & Engineering and RSC Advances and a ‘New Talent from the Americas’ by RSC Medicinal Chemistry. He received the Thieme Chemistry Journals Award by Synfact\, Synlett and Synthesis – Thieme in 2023. His research interest focuses on the development of new synthetic methods using enabling technologies for the synthesis of high added-value compounds from renewable sources\, including platform molecules\, new chemicals\, and APIs. \n\nGreen Chemistry Activities by ACS UFRJ Student Chapter\nSilmara Furtado\, President\, ACS Student Chapter at Universidade  Federal do Rio de Janeiro\n\nSilmara Furtado is chair of the ACS Chapter at the Universidad Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Silmara and her organization of excellent young chemists were awarded a grant from Beyond Benign for 2022-2023\, and their work was recognized at the 2024 ACS Spring National Meeting with an Undergraduate Student Chapter Award in green chemistry.\n\nGreen Chemistry Initiatives by the ACS UPR-RP Student Chapter\nAlanys V. Luna Ramirez\, President\, ACS Student ChapterUniversity of Puerto Rico\, Rio Piedras\n\nAlanys V. Luna Ramirez is a student leader from the University of Puerto Rico\, Rio Piedras\, working as president of the university’s American Chemical Society Student Chapter. Alanys and her organization of excellent young chemists were awarded a grant from Beyond Benign for 2022-2023\, and their work was recognized at the 2024 ACS Spring National Meeting with an Undergraduate Student Chapter Award in green chemistry.\n\n\nGreen Chemistry; A Platform for Impact and Innovation at Novartis\nDr. Scott Plummer\, Senior Principal Scientist At Novartis\n\nScott V. Plummer received his B.S. in chemistry from the College of William & Mary (1997) and completed his doctoral dissertation at Indiana University (2003) under the guidance of Professor David R. Williams. He began his industrial career at AMRI\, where he spent five years as a process chemist in the Chemical Development Division. From there he moved to Alcon in Fort Worth\, Texas to be part of their Chemical Preparations Research Team. In this capacity\, he was involved in the synthesis of APIs from early process development thru GMP batch production. In 2013\, Scott moved to the Global Discovery Chemistry unit within the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research. As part of the SynTech team\, he is tasked with formulating material enablement strategies with research teams\, outsourcing\, and the introduction of emerging synthesis technologies to the project portfolio. Scott has a particular interest in the application of green technologies (biocatalysis\, flow chemistry\, aqueous surfactant chemistry) to programs in the portfolio. He runs the Green Chemistry team within the Global Discovery Chemistry unit and serves as Novartis’ representative to the ACS Green Chemistry Institute Pharmaceutical Roundtable.
URL:https://www.beyondbenign.org/event/green-chemistry-connections-4/2024-03-20/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:General,Higher Education,K-12,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Observe\, Wonder\, Think: A Green Chemistry Interactive Webinar Series
DESCRIPTION:Calling all K-12 teachers! Create safer\, more engaging learning environments by integrating green chemistry and sustainable science principles into your classroom. Join your peers at our monthly professional development series: Observe\, Wonder\, Think: A Green Chemistry Interactive Webinar Series to learn how! Following NGSS best practice techniques\, this webinar series will support K-12 educators to foster “observe\, wonder\, think” with their students using hands-on green chemistry labs and highlighting real-world green chemistry technologies. \nThis year\, we will be highlighting the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry! Each time we meet\, we will focus on a selection of principles\, which we will bring those to life with a short\, interactive classroom activity and presentations from education speakers demonstrating how they incorporate those principles into their classroom activities and labs. \nWe encourage you to invite your colleagues and friends to join these virtual discussions. We will provide a certification of participation at the end of every meeting\, for use towards PD hours for those of you who can use them for that. This dedicated monthly time is designed to bring the green chemistry community together to advance the field and share ideas and resources for inspiring students through green chemistry! \nCheck the list below for more information on monthly sessions\, which will be updated throughout the year. \nJoin the Observe\, Wonder\, Think event connections forum for recordings\, recaps\, and more opportunities to connect! \n \n\nSeptember \n \nChemical Storage\, Lab Safety\, and Lab Waste \nPresented by Mr. William McMahon Lab Technician\, State University of New York (SUNY) Jefferson Community College \n09/21/2023; 6PM EST \nMr. McMahon has spent 20 years running the academic science labs and stockrooms at SUNY Jefferson. He will be presenting on chemical storage\, lab waste disposal and lab safety. He will share many of the best practices that Jefferson has adopted to promote safety culture in the science division. He will share materials and devote time to a question & answer session. \n\nOctober \nGreen Chemistry and Sustainable Science: A Green Approach to Sustainable STEM in K-12.\nPresented by Lead Teachers Annette Sebuyira and Erin Mayer\n10/19/2023; 7 PM ET\n\n\nAt October’s Observe\, Wonder\, Think Webinar\, Annette Sebuyira and Erin Mayer will share\na new guide book designed by our dedicated team of excellent K-12 Lead Teachers\, “Green Chemistry and Sustainable Science: A Green Approach to Sustainable STEM.”\n\n\nNovember \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nGreen Chemistry and Sustainable Science: A Green Approach to Sustainable STEM in K-12.\n\n11/16/2023; 6 PM ET\nAt November’s Observe\, Wonder\, Think webinar\, Beyond Benign Lead Teachers Stefanie Loomis and Veronica Morabito-Weeks will share principles and resources from Sustainable Science: A Green Approach to Sustainable STEM including flame tests and biomimicry presentations. \n\nThis guide book\, created by Beyond Benign Lead Teachers and the NYS Master Teacher Program\, Green Chemistry Professional Learning Team\, is designed to help educators bring green chemistry to their elementary\, middle school\, and high school classrooms.\n\n\n\n\n\nJanuary\n\n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nBellingham High School: “Green” Laboratory Research \n01/18/2024; 7 PM EST \nThe Bellingham High School Chemistry team has been researching new “green” chemistry laboratory experiments to replace high-risk experiments. Staff and students have tested over twelve laboratory experiments to determine if the “greener” option is as effective as the traditional experiment. We have also modified existing laboratory experiments to reduce risk. We will look into what has worked for BHS and share ideas for future research. \n 
URL:https://www.beyondbenign.org/event/observe-wonder-think-a-green-chemistry-interactive-webinar-series-2/2024-03-21/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:General,K-12,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Green Chemistry Connections
DESCRIPTION:Register now to join us! \nBeyond Benign will host virtual and monthly Green Chemistry Connections around Green Chemistry education using the Green Chemistry Students Learning Objectives from the Green Chemistry Commitment program as a loose framework. Register to stay in the loop about upcoming speakers. \nEach time we meet\, we will host community leaders actively practicing Green Chemistry and/or Toxicology in their courses and/or laboratories. Connections grow through time dedicated to small group discussions\, networking\, and resource sharing. \nWe ask that you BYOR\, bring your own resource or request to the community – share a resource or put a request out to the group for resources you need. \nWe invite you to bring your departmental colleagues\, external collaborators\, graduate teaching assistants\, etc. to the discussion as we will be holding this space and time monthly for the community to come together around Green Chemistry education to advance the field together! \nRegister now to join us! \nAfter registering\, you’ll receive more information about the Green Chemistry Connections via calendar invites and emails as the meeting time approaches. \nFor event recordings\, conversations\, and networking\, visit the Green Chemistry Connections Event Connections Forum on the GCTLC. \n\nOctober \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nIntroducing our First Ever Co-Organizers and Co-Hosts \n10/18/2023; 12- 2 PM EDT \nAt our October session\, you will meet our first ever Green Chemistry Connections Co-Organizers and Co-hosts\, learn about opportunities to share your work during a Connection\, hear more about the Green Chemistry Teaching and Learning Community (GCTLC) – the new virtual platform for our amazing green chemistry community – and be invited to opportunities to engage with us! \n\nNovember \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nLife Cycle Assessment and Green Metrics: Tips on Putting them into Practice \n11/15/2023; 12-2 PM EDT \nAt our November session\, you will hear from Dr. Samson Alayande (Founder\, Green Nano LLC) and Dr. Philip Jessop (Professor and Canada Research Chair\, Queens University\, Canada) as they share presentations and insights about life cycle assessments (LCAs). \n\nDecember \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nLatinXChem Connections: Award-Winning Posters in Green Chemistry \n12/20/2023; 12-2 PM EST \nAt our December session\, you will learn more about the LatinXChem annual Twitter Poster Conference from LatinXChem organizing committee member\, Gustavo Mondragon. \nThis year\, Beyond Benign was honored to sponsor two awards for posters in the green chemistry category. You will hear from winners Angie Sepulveda and Sergio Rincón-Carvajal as each will share their work. Find their posters linked below! \n🥇🧪Angie Vanessa Patino Sepulveda (Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira)\, “Millimeter-Scale Physicochemistry and Its Impact on Green Chemistry in the Laboratory Environment”\n(https://lnkd.in/ee2KmSjb) \n🥈🧪Sergio Rincón-Carvajal (Universidad de Los Andes)\, “Design of simple\, low-cost ball mill for teaching mechanochemistry to undergraduate students”\n(https://lnkd.in/eYuTuBmS) \n\nJanuary \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n“Sustainable Chemistry: Preview of ISC3’s Vision and E-learning Module” and “UNEP Manuals on Green and Sustainable Chemistry” \n1/17/2024; 12-2 PM EST \nRead more about this month’s expert speakers from the International Sustainable Chemistry Collaboration Center (ISC3) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) below. \n“Sustainable Chemistry: Preview of ISC3’s Vision and E-learning Module”\nSpeakers: Jens Krol and Juanita Halblaub (ISC3) \nJens is from the Netherlands\, has a master’s in biotechnology and has worked as a chemistry teacher in the Netherlands and in Afghanistan through a special program of the German government. He currently manages the educational activities of ISC3. He loves Chemistry education and is therefore very happy to be part of this Green Chemistry Connection. \nJuanita holds an MBA in international business and works at the ISC3 on the topic of sustainable chemistry innovation. She currently works on a publication that discusses examples of Sustainable Chemistry and is excited to share some of those examples with you. \nJens Krol and Juanita Halblaub will present products the ISC3 is developing and are looking forward to getting as much feedback as possible! \n“UNEP Manuals on Green and Sustainable Chemistry”\nSpeaker: Colin Hannahan (UNEP) \nColin has worked on green and sustainable chemistry as a consultant with the UNEP chemicals and health branch since January 2021. Originally from the U.S.A.\, Colin holds his bachelor’s in chemical engineering from the University of Massachusetts and a Masters in Sustainable Chemistry from the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia in Spain. He has experience working with a range of stakeholders on strengthening green chemistry education and the science-policy interface. \n\nFebruary \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nInvestigating green and sustainable chemistry through case studies\nDr. Veronica Mengqi Zhang\, Organic Chemistry Lab Instructor\, Michigan State University  \nDr. Mengqi (Veronica) Zhang Mengqi (Veronica) Zhang is the organic chemistry laboratory coordinator at the Chemistry Department\, Michigan State University. Her research interest focuses on curriculum development\, instructional laboratory experiment design\, green chemistry\, and microwave chemistry. She is also an active member of ACS local sector and the Three-Dimensional Learning Team at MSU. \nTaking Action in the Laboratory – Equipement and Plastics\nPatrick Penndorf\,  Sceince Communicator and Sustainability Advocate\,  ReAdvance \nPatrick Penndorf is a scientist from Germany with a background in Biochemistry. During his Bachelors thesis in Protein Chemistry\, he started to come up with more sustainable protocols for his experiments. However\, it was not until a research stay in Canada\, that he got in touch with some colleagues that were as enthusiastic about sustainability as he was. They started an initiative and soon hosted an online conference to share insights into sustainable practices with scientists worldwide. Today\, this initiative is called ReAdvance. They share their own insights and work together with international research societies\, companies and initiatives to promote their solutions. It is their goal to help each and every scientist to make their science more sustainable by spreading greener protocols\, labware and approaches. \nInvestigating green and sustainable chemistry through case studies\nDr. Elizabeth Day Assistant Professor\, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at the University of Texas at El Paso \nDr. Day is an analytical chemist with a major focus on chemistry education research and an interest in science/STEM education. Her expertise is in curriculum development and evaluation\, assessment design\, and green and sustainable chemistry education. Her laboratory leverages education research methods (mix of qualitative analysis\, statistical modeling\, and design-based research methods) to discover how to support student learning. Specifically\, her approach centers assessing to support students’ knowledge-in-use through the framing of the Three-Dimensional Learning framework and a socio-cognitive perspective on educational measurement. Dr. Day is currently an Assistant Professor in the department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at the University of Texas at El Paso. \nReinforcing Green Chemistry Education in the Undergraduate Teaching Laboratory at the University of Toronto\nDr. Barb Morra Associate Professor\, Teaching Stream\, University of Toronto \nBarb Morra is an Associate Professor\, Teaching Stream\, in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Toronto. Barb’s passion for chemistry and teaching translate into her pedagogical research and curriculum development initiatives which have resulted in a suite of research-based laboratory experiments\, activities\, and technological tools that help undergraduate students connect chemistry with research and applications. To further these efforts\, Barb actively works with undergraduate and graduate students in pedagogical projects. Barb’s interest in green and sustainable principles has led her to transform chemistry education within her department through a variety of initiatives that have been recognized through the Green Chemistry Commitment program. Her role within several international green chemistry programs has allowed her to foster a green chemistry education community that empowers global educators to make meaningful changes in their teaching. Examples include her roles as an assessment consultant for the Green & Sustainable Chemistry Education Module Development Project and curriculum developer for the Toxicology for Chemists Program. \nRethinking Reactions\, McGill’s Approach to Green Chemistry in the Organic Lab \nDr. Danielle Vlaho\, Academic Associate at McGill University \nDanielle is an Academic Associate in the Department of Chemistry at McGill University. As the lab instructor for the organic chemistry courses\, she is interested in the development and implementation of robust and sustainable chemistry experiments that foster scientific curiosity. \n\n\nMarch: Inspiration from Nature: Bioinspired and Biobased Materials \n\nBio-inspired materials processing: Time-tested tricks for sustainably fabricating advanced materials\nDr. Matthew James Harrington\, Professor and Canada Research Chair Tier 2 in Green Chemistry (McGill University) \nMatthew Harrington is Professor and Canada Research Chair Tier 2 in Green Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry at McGill University\, as well as co-director of the McGill Institute of Advanced Materials (MIAM) and director of the McGill Chemistry Characterization (MC2). He received his Ph.D. in 2008 from the University of California\, Santa Barbara in the lab of J. Herbert Waite. This was followed by a Humboldt postdoctoral fellowship at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in the Department of Biomaterials\, where he was later a research group leader from 2010 until 2017. His research is focused on understanding biochemical structure–property relationships in the function and formation of biological materials and applying extracted design principles for the development and sustainable production of bio-inspired materials. \nEnabling technologies for the sustainable chemical synthesis of high added-value compounds from renewable sources.\nProfessor Julio Pastre\, University of Campinas \nProf. Dr. Julio C. Pastre obtained his PhD in 2009 at the University of Campinas – UNICAMP. He then worked as a research scientist at Rhodia-Solvay before moving back to UNICAMP for postdoctoral studies with Professor Ronaldo A. Pilli. In 2012\, he joined the group of Professor Steven V. Ley at the University of Cambridge. Two years later\, Julio established his independent research group at UNICAMP and recently became Associate Professor. He is now the Head of the Department of Organic Chemistry. Recently\, he was recognized as an ‘Emerging Investigator’ by Reaction Chemistry & Engineering and RSC Advances and a ‘New Talent from the Americas’ by RSC Medicinal Chemistry. He received the Thieme Chemistry Journals Award by Synfact\, Synlett and Synthesis – Thieme in 2023. His research interest focuses on the development of new synthetic methods using enabling technologies for the synthesis of high added-value compounds from renewable sources\, including platform molecules\, new chemicals\, and APIs. \n\nGreen Chemistry Activities by ACS UFRJ Student Chapter\nSilmara Furtado\, President\, ACS Student Chapter at Universidade  Federal do Rio de Janeiro\n\nSilmara Furtado is chair of the ACS Chapter at the Universidad Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Silmara and her organization of excellent young chemists were awarded a grant from Beyond Benign for 2022-2023\, and their work was recognized at the 2024 ACS Spring National Meeting with an Undergraduate Student Chapter Award in green chemistry.\n\nGreen Chemistry Initiatives by the ACS UPR-RP Student Chapter\nAlanys V. Luna Ramirez\, President\, ACS Student ChapterUniversity of Puerto Rico\, Rio Piedras\n\nAlanys V. Luna Ramirez is a student leader from the University of Puerto Rico\, Rio Piedras\, working as president of the university’s American Chemical Society Student Chapter. Alanys and her organization of excellent young chemists were awarded a grant from Beyond Benign for 2022-2023\, and their work was recognized at the 2024 ACS Spring National Meeting with an Undergraduate Student Chapter Award in green chemistry.\n\n\nGreen Chemistry; A Platform for Impact and Innovation at Novartis\nDr. Scott Plummer\, Senior Principal Scientist At Novartis\n\nScott V. Plummer received his B.S. in chemistry from the College of William & Mary (1997) and completed his doctoral dissertation at Indiana University (2003) under the guidance of Professor David R. Williams. He began his industrial career at AMRI\, where he spent five years as a process chemist in the Chemical Development Division. From there he moved to Alcon in Fort Worth\, Texas to be part of their Chemical Preparations Research Team. In this capacity\, he was involved in the synthesis of APIs from early process development thru GMP batch production. In 2013\, Scott moved to the Global Discovery Chemistry unit within the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research. As part of the SynTech team\, he is tasked with formulating material enablement strategies with research teams\, outsourcing\, and the introduction of emerging synthesis technologies to the project portfolio. Scott has a particular interest in the application of green technologies (biocatalysis\, flow chemistry\, aqueous surfactant chemistry) to programs in the portfolio. He runs the Green Chemistry team within the Global Discovery Chemistry unit and serves as Novartis’ representative to the ACS Green Chemistry Institute Pharmaceutical Roundtable.
URL:https://www.beyondbenign.org/event/green-chemistry-connections-4/2024-04-17/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:General,Higher Education,K-12,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Observe\, Wonder\, Think: A Green Chemistry Interactive Webinar Series
DESCRIPTION:Calling all K-12 teachers! Create safer\, more engaging learning environments by integrating green chemistry and sustainable science principles into your classroom. Join your peers at our monthly professional development series: Observe\, Wonder\, Think: A Green Chemistry Interactive Webinar Series to learn how! Following NGSS best practice techniques\, this webinar series will support K-12 educators to foster “observe\, wonder\, think” with their students using hands-on green chemistry labs and highlighting real-world green chemistry technologies. \nThis year\, we will be highlighting the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry! Each time we meet\, we will focus on a selection of principles\, which we will bring those to life with a short\, interactive classroom activity and presentations from education speakers demonstrating how they incorporate those principles into their classroom activities and labs. \nWe encourage you to invite your colleagues and friends to join these virtual discussions. We will provide a certification of participation at the end of every meeting\, for use towards PD hours for those of you who can use them for that. This dedicated monthly time is designed to bring the green chemistry community together to advance the field and share ideas and resources for inspiring students through green chemistry! \nCheck the list below for more information on monthly sessions\, which will be updated throughout the year. \nJoin the Observe\, Wonder\, Think event connections forum for recordings\, recaps\, and more opportunities to connect! \n \n\nSeptember \n \nChemical Storage\, Lab Safety\, and Lab Waste \nPresented by Mr. William McMahon Lab Technician\, State University of New York (SUNY) Jefferson Community College \n09/21/2023; 6PM EST \nMr. McMahon has spent 20 years running the academic science labs and stockrooms at SUNY Jefferson. He will be presenting on chemical storage\, lab waste disposal and lab safety. He will share many of the best practices that Jefferson has adopted to promote safety culture in the science division. He will share materials and devote time to a question & answer session. \n\nOctober \nGreen Chemistry and Sustainable Science: A Green Approach to Sustainable STEM in K-12.\nPresented by Lead Teachers Annette Sebuyira and Erin Mayer\n10/19/2023; 7 PM ET\n\n\nAt October’s Observe\, Wonder\, Think Webinar\, Annette Sebuyira and Erin Mayer will share\na new guide book designed by our dedicated team of excellent K-12 Lead Teachers\, “Green Chemistry and Sustainable Science: A Green Approach to Sustainable STEM.”\n\n\nNovember \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nGreen Chemistry and Sustainable Science: A Green Approach to Sustainable STEM in K-12.\n\n11/16/2023; 6 PM ET\nAt November’s Observe\, Wonder\, Think webinar\, Beyond Benign Lead Teachers Stefanie Loomis and Veronica Morabito-Weeks will share principles and resources from Sustainable Science: A Green Approach to Sustainable STEM including flame tests and biomimicry presentations. \n\nThis guide book\, created by Beyond Benign Lead Teachers and the NYS Master Teacher Program\, Green Chemistry Professional Learning Team\, is designed to help educators bring green chemistry to their elementary\, middle school\, and high school classrooms.\n\n\n\n\n\nJanuary\n\n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nBellingham High School: “Green” Laboratory Research \n01/18/2024; 7 PM EST \nThe Bellingham High School Chemistry team has been researching new “green” chemistry laboratory experiments to replace high-risk experiments. Staff and students have tested over twelve laboratory experiments to determine if the “greener” option is as effective as the traditional experiment. We have also modified existing laboratory experiments to reduce risk. We will look into what has worked for BHS and share ideas for future research. \n 
URL:https://www.beyondbenign.org/event/observe-wonder-think-a-green-chemistry-interactive-webinar-series-2/2024-04-18/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:General,K-12,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Green Chemistry Connections
DESCRIPTION:Register now to join us! \nBeyond Benign will host virtual and monthly Green Chemistry Connections around Green Chemistry education using the Green Chemistry Students Learning Objectives from the Green Chemistry Commitment program as a loose framework. Register to stay in the loop about upcoming speakers. \nEach time we meet\, we will host community leaders actively practicing Green Chemistry and/or Toxicology in their courses and/or laboratories. Connections grow through time dedicated to small group discussions\, networking\, and resource sharing. \nWe ask that you BYOR\, bring your own resource or request to the community – share a resource or put a request out to the group for resources you need. \nWe invite you to bring your departmental colleagues\, external collaborators\, graduate teaching assistants\, etc. to the discussion as we will be holding this space and time monthly for the community to come together around Green Chemistry education to advance the field together! \nRegister now to join us! \nAfter registering\, you’ll receive more information about the Green Chemistry Connections via calendar invites and emails as the meeting time approaches. \nFor event recordings\, conversations\, and networking\, visit the Green Chemistry Connections Event Connections Forum on the GCTLC. \n\nOctober \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nIntroducing our First Ever Co-Organizers and Co-Hosts \n10/18/2023; 12- 2 PM EDT \nAt our October session\, you will meet our first ever Green Chemistry Connections Co-Organizers and Co-hosts\, learn about opportunities to share your work during a Connection\, hear more about the Green Chemistry Teaching and Learning Community (GCTLC) – the new virtual platform for our amazing green chemistry community – and be invited to opportunities to engage with us! \n\nNovember \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nLife Cycle Assessment and Green Metrics: Tips on Putting them into Practice \n11/15/2023; 12-2 PM EDT \nAt our November session\, you will hear from Dr. Samson Alayande (Founder\, Green Nano LLC) and Dr. Philip Jessop (Professor and Canada Research Chair\, Queens University\, Canada) as they share presentations and insights about life cycle assessments (LCAs). \n\nDecember \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nLatinXChem Connections: Award-Winning Posters in Green Chemistry \n12/20/2023; 12-2 PM EST \nAt our December session\, you will learn more about the LatinXChem annual Twitter Poster Conference from LatinXChem organizing committee member\, Gustavo Mondragon. \nThis year\, Beyond Benign was honored to sponsor two awards for posters in the green chemistry category. You will hear from winners Angie Sepulveda and Sergio Rincón-Carvajal as each will share their work. Find their posters linked below! \n🥇🧪Angie Vanessa Patino Sepulveda (Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira)\, “Millimeter-Scale Physicochemistry and Its Impact on Green Chemistry in the Laboratory Environment”\n(https://lnkd.in/ee2KmSjb) \n🥈🧪Sergio Rincón-Carvajal (Universidad de Los Andes)\, “Design of simple\, low-cost ball mill for teaching mechanochemistry to undergraduate students”\n(https://lnkd.in/eYuTuBmS) \n\nJanuary \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n“Sustainable Chemistry: Preview of ISC3’s Vision and E-learning Module” and “UNEP Manuals on Green and Sustainable Chemistry” \n1/17/2024; 12-2 PM EST \nRead more about this month’s expert speakers from the International Sustainable Chemistry Collaboration Center (ISC3) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) below. \n“Sustainable Chemistry: Preview of ISC3’s Vision and E-learning Module”\nSpeakers: Jens Krol and Juanita Halblaub (ISC3) \nJens is from the Netherlands\, has a master’s in biotechnology and has worked as a chemistry teacher in the Netherlands and in Afghanistan through a special program of the German government. He currently manages the educational activities of ISC3. He loves Chemistry education and is therefore very happy to be part of this Green Chemistry Connection. \nJuanita holds an MBA in international business and works at the ISC3 on the topic of sustainable chemistry innovation. She currently works on a publication that discusses examples of Sustainable Chemistry and is excited to share some of those examples with you. \nJens Krol and Juanita Halblaub will present products the ISC3 is developing and are looking forward to getting as much feedback as possible! \n“UNEP Manuals on Green and Sustainable Chemistry”\nSpeaker: Colin Hannahan (UNEP) \nColin has worked on green and sustainable chemistry as a consultant with the UNEP chemicals and health branch since January 2021. Originally from the U.S.A.\, Colin holds his bachelor’s in chemical engineering from the University of Massachusetts and a Masters in Sustainable Chemistry from the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia in Spain. He has experience working with a range of stakeholders on strengthening green chemistry education and the science-policy interface. \n\nFebruary \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nInvestigating green and sustainable chemistry through case studies\nDr. Veronica Mengqi Zhang\, Organic Chemistry Lab Instructor\, Michigan State University  \nDr. Mengqi (Veronica) Zhang Mengqi (Veronica) Zhang is the organic chemistry laboratory coordinator at the Chemistry Department\, Michigan State University. Her research interest focuses on curriculum development\, instructional laboratory experiment design\, green chemistry\, and microwave chemistry. She is also an active member of ACS local sector and the Three-Dimensional Learning Team at MSU. \nTaking Action in the Laboratory – Equipement and Plastics\nPatrick Penndorf\,  Sceince Communicator and Sustainability Advocate\,  ReAdvance \nPatrick Penndorf is a scientist from Germany with a background in Biochemistry. During his Bachelors thesis in Protein Chemistry\, he started to come up with more sustainable protocols for his experiments. However\, it was not until a research stay in Canada\, that he got in touch with some colleagues that were as enthusiastic about sustainability as he was. They started an initiative and soon hosted an online conference to share insights into sustainable practices with scientists worldwide. Today\, this initiative is called ReAdvance. They share their own insights and work together with international research societies\, companies and initiatives to promote their solutions. It is their goal to help each and every scientist to make their science more sustainable by spreading greener protocols\, labware and approaches. \nInvestigating green and sustainable chemistry through case studies\nDr. Elizabeth Day Assistant Professor\, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at the University of Texas at El Paso \nDr. Day is an analytical chemist with a major focus on chemistry education research and an interest in science/STEM education. Her expertise is in curriculum development and evaluation\, assessment design\, and green and sustainable chemistry education. Her laboratory leverages education research methods (mix of qualitative analysis\, statistical modeling\, and design-based research methods) to discover how to support student learning. Specifically\, her approach centers assessing to support students’ knowledge-in-use through the framing of the Three-Dimensional Learning framework and a socio-cognitive perspective on educational measurement. Dr. Day is currently an Assistant Professor in the department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at the University of Texas at El Paso. \nReinforcing Green Chemistry Education in the Undergraduate Teaching Laboratory at the University of Toronto\nDr. Barb Morra Associate Professor\, Teaching Stream\, University of Toronto \nBarb Morra is an Associate Professor\, Teaching Stream\, in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Toronto. Barb’s passion for chemistry and teaching translate into her pedagogical research and curriculum development initiatives which have resulted in a suite of research-based laboratory experiments\, activities\, and technological tools that help undergraduate students connect chemistry with research and applications. To further these efforts\, Barb actively works with undergraduate and graduate students in pedagogical projects. Barb’s interest in green and sustainable principles has led her to transform chemistry education within her department through a variety of initiatives that have been recognized through the Green Chemistry Commitment program. Her role within several international green chemistry programs has allowed her to foster a green chemistry education community that empowers global educators to make meaningful changes in their teaching. Examples include her roles as an assessment consultant for the Green & Sustainable Chemistry Education Module Development Project and curriculum developer for the Toxicology for Chemists Program. \nRethinking Reactions\, McGill’s Approach to Green Chemistry in the Organic Lab \nDr. Danielle Vlaho\, Academic Associate at McGill University \nDanielle is an Academic Associate in the Department of Chemistry at McGill University. As the lab instructor for the organic chemistry courses\, she is interested in the development and implementation of robust and sustainable chemistry experiments that foster scientific curiosity. \n\n\nMarch: Inspiration from Nature: Bioinspired and Biobased Materials \n\nBio-inspired materials processing: Time-tested tricks for sustainably fabricating advanced materials\nDr. Matthew James Harrington\, Professor and Canada Research Chair Tier 2 in Green Chemistry (McGill University) \nMatthew Harrington is Professor and Canada Research Chair Tier 2 in Green Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry at McGill University\, as well as co-director of the McGill Institute of Advanced Materials (MIAM) and director of the McGill Chemistry Characterization (MC2). He received his Ph.D. in 2008 from the University of California\, Santa Barbara in the lab of J. Herbert Waite. This was followed by a Humboldt postdoctoral fellowship at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in the Department of Biomaterials\, where he was later a research group leader from 2010 until 2017. His research is focused on understanding biochemical structure–property relationships in the function and formation of biological materials and applying extracted design principles for the development and sustainable production of bio-inspired materials. \nEnabling technologies for the sustainable chemical synthesis of high added-value compounds from renewable sources.\nProfessor Julio Pastre\, University of Campinas \nProf. Dr. Julio C. Pastre obtained his PhD in 2009 at the University of Campinas – UNICAMP. He then worked as a research scientist at Rhodia-Solvay before moving back to UNICAMP for postdoctoral studies with Professor Ronaldo A. Pilli. In 2012\, he joined the group of Professor Steven V. Ley at the University of Cambridge. Two years later\, Julio established his independent research group at UNICAMP and recently became Associate Professor. He is now the Head of the Department of Organic Chemistry. Recently\, he was recognized as an ‘Emerging Investigator’ by Reaction Chemistry & Engineering and RSC Advances and a ‘New Talent from the Americas’ by RSC Medicinal Chemistry. He received the Thieme Chemistry Journals Award by Synfact\, Synlett and Synthesis – Thieme in 2023. His research interest focuses on the development of new synthetic methods using enabling technologies for the synthesis of high added-value compounds from renewable sources\, including platform molecules\, new chemicals\, and APIs. \n\nGreen Chemistry Activities by ACS UFRJ Student Chapter\nSilmara Furtado\, President\, ACS Student Chapter at Universidade  Federal do Rio de Janeiro\n\nSilmara Furtado is chair of the ACS Chapter at the Universidad Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Silmara and her organization of excellent young chemists were awarded a grant from Beyond Benign for 2022-2023\, and their work was recognized at the 2024 ACS Spring National Meeting with an Undergraduate Student Chapter Award in green chemistry.\n\nGreen Chemistry Initiatives by the ACS UPR-RP Student Chapter\nAlanys V. Luna Ramirez\, President\, ACS Student ChapterUniversity of Puerto Rico\, Rio Piedras\n\nAlanys V. Luna Ramirez is a student leader from the University of Puerto Rico\, Rio Piedras\, working as president of the university’s American Chemical Society Student Chapter. Alanys and her organization of excellent young chemists were awarded a grant from Beyond Benign for 2022-2023\, and their work was recognized at the 2024 ACS Spring National Meeting with an Undergraduate Student Chapter Award in green chemistry.\n\n\nGreen Chemistry; A Platform for Impact and Innovation at Novartis\nDr. Scott Plummer\, Senior Principal Scientist At Novartis\n\nScott V. Plummer received his B.S. in chemistry from the College of William & Mary (1997) and completed his doctoral dissertation at Indiana University (2003) under the guidance of Professor David R. Williams. He began his industrial career at AMRI\, where he spent five years as a process chemist in the Chemical Development Division. From there he moved to Alcon in Fort Worth\, Texas to be part of their Chemical Preparations Research Team. In this capacity\, he was involved in the synthesis of APIs from early process development thru GMP batch production. In 2013\, Scott moved to the Global Discovery Chemistry unit within the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research. As part of the SynTech team\, he is tasked with formulating material enablement strategies with research teams\, outsourcing\, and the introduction of emerging synthesis technologies to the project portfolio. Scott has a particular interest in the application of green technologies (biocatalysis\, flow chemistry\, aqueous surfactant chemistry) to programs in the portfolio. He runs the Green Chemistry team within the Global Discovery Chemistry unit and serves as Novartis’ representative to the ACS Green Chemistry Institute Pharmaceutical Roundtable.
URL:https://www.beyondbenign.org/event/green-chemistry-connections-4/2024-05-15/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:General,Higher Education,K-12,Webinar
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