Paul Anastas
Professor of Epidemiology (Environmental Health Sciences) and Teresa and H. John Heinz III Professor in the Practice of Chemistry for the Environment
Paul Anastas is the Director of the Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering at Yale. His research and the research of the Center directly address climate change issues in several ways. Energy storage is one of the great challenges for renewable energy such as wind and solar. Professor Anastas’ research has developed new catalysts that can use renewable energy to split water (both fresh and seawater) in order to generate hydrogen that can be stored and used later. In addition, his research looks at ways of utilizing carbon dioxide in value added ways such as making small molecules. The center also has an integrated bio-refinery effort that seeks to develop new creators and separations to ensure the isolation of high value-small volume molecule to drive positive economics.