John Ehrenfeld John EhrenfeldDr. Ehrenfeld is Senior Research Associate at the MIT Center for Technology, Policy and Industrial Development (CTPID) and has additional appointments as Senior Lecturer in the interdepartmental Technology and Policy Program and in the Departments of Chemical Engineering and Civil and Environmental Engineering. At MIT since 1985, he has directed the MIT Program on Technology, Business, and Environment, a interdisciplinary educational, research, and policy program.
Initially trained as a chemical engineer, Dr. Ehrenfeld has worked more recently at the interface between technology and public policy. He teaches several courses within the theme "Chemicals in the Environment," as part of a series dealing with hazardous substances, as well as a graduate seminar on Technological Society & Technology Policy. He serves as a core faculty member in the MIT Technology and Policy degree program. Through MIT, Dr. Ehrenfeld directs an ongoing research project examining the way businesses manage environmental concerns, seeking organizational and technological changes to improve their practices. He recently completed an international study examining policy options and implications of a global ban on the use of chlorine. Other research is looking at the idea of industrial ecology, a systematic way of analyzing and developing policy for complex materials flows within and across economies. In 1977 Dr. Ehrenfeld was appointed by President Carter to serve as Chairman of the New England River Basins Commission (NERBC). There he was responsible for developing regional policies and strategies for surface and ground water, and coastal resources. Dr. Ehrenfeld has also served on the Massachusetts Water Resources Commission, the state's primary water policy organization, and on the Boards of other public and non-profit organizations. He is a member of the American Chemical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Air & Waste Management Association, Society for Risk Analysis, and is listed in American Men and Women of Science. He holds a B. S. and Sc. D. in Chemical Engineering from M.I.T. He is author or co-author of over 70 papers, reports, and other publications. Link here to:For more information, visit the Technology, Business and the Environment Program
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