Description: In this talk, I will cover three different projects that we are currently working on – garbage burning in Guatemala, climate-smart agriculture to mitigate air pollution and climate change in the Southeastern US, and soil lead contamination in the Westside of Atlanta. Although the projects may seem quite different, they all have the same underlying theme – work towards environmental justice, while bringing different disciplines together to tackle complex problems related to the Earth, energy, and the environment.
About the speaker: Eri Saikawa is Professor and Winship Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences at Emory University in Atlanta, USA. She studied engineering in chemistry and biotechnology at the University of Tokyo, Japan, an MPA in environmental policy and natural resource management at Indiana University Bloomington, USA, and received her Ph.D. in Science, Technology and Environmental Policy at Princeton University, USA. After a postdoctoral study in Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, she started her faculty career at Emory University.
Thursday, February 27, 2025, 12:00-1:15pm Eastern
Field Auditorium, Room 1112, Grainger Hall (9 Circuit Drive, Durham, NC)
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