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Lee Lynd
Thayer School of
Engineering at
Dartmouth
Hanover, NH, USA
Food, Feed, and Fuel,
All on One Planet - The
Challenges Ahead
Monday, September 13, 2010
11:30 - Noon
Abstract:
The transition to a
sustainable
industrial society
respresents the
third major resource
revolution in human
history, following
the agricultural
revolution and
industrial
revolutions, and is
the defining
challenge of our
time. The role of
plant biomass will
be considered in
this context with
respect to the
potential of
bioenergy on a large
scale (e.g. >= 25%
of global mobility),
including challenges
and opportunites
associated with
bioenergy-intensive
futures from
resource
perspectives.
Particular topics
addressed include:
the likelihood that
bioenergy is
essential in order
to achieve a
sustainable world,
understanding the
reasons for the
sharply the
divergent
assessments of the
feasibility and
desirability of
large-scale
bioenergy
production,
gracefully
reconciling
large-scale
bioenergy with other
competing demands,
and the potential
for bioenergy to
positively impact
food security.
An in-progress
international
project that seeks
to bring clarity to
these issues - the
Global Sustainable
Bioenergy Project -
will be described.
Biography
Lee Rybeck Lynd is
the Paul and Joan
Queneau
Distinguished
Professor of
Environmental
Engineering Design
at the Thayer School
of Engineering of
Dartmouth College,
fosuc area leader
for biomass
deconstruction and
conversion at the US
Department of Energy
Bioenergy Science
Center, initiator
and steering
committee chair of
the Global
Sustainable
Bioenergy project,
and co-founder and
Chief Scientific
Officer of Mascoma
Corporation.
Professor Lynd is an
expert on
utilization of plant
biomass for energy
production. His
contributions span
the science,
technology, and
policy domains, and
include leading
research on
fundamental and
biotechnological
aspects of microbial
cellulose
utilization.
Click to view Lee
Lynd's ABIC 2010
presentation
