Announcements – Zilberman Blog – Opportunities – Events – Articles 1. Seminar Series Part 3: STEM Graduate Chronicles
2. The EBI to Develop International Bioeconomy Macroalgae Center
3. Irish Government Delegation Visit 4. Learning About and Enjoying India’s Natural Resources 5. EBI Recharge Facility 6. EBI Business Incubator 7. Position Available for Assistant Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at UC Berkeley 8. The Deadly Trade in Oil and Gas Guest Lecture 9. UCB: UC Berkeley ranked No. 1 for generating startup founders, companies and female entrepreneurs 10. UIUC: Transition to a Circular Bioeconomy Requires Getting Prices Right
11. LBNL: Q&A: Addressing the Need for Accurate Carbon Accounting
12. UIUC: Endangered salamander mussel found alive in Illinois after nearly 120 years
13. NOAA Fisheries: Ocean Rainforest Farms Seaweed in Southern California |
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Seminar Series Part 3: STEM Graduate Chronicles |
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Garret Genco, a second-year PhD student at Northern Arizona University, joins Logan Roscoe to discuss what courses are required in a PhD program, as well as how those classes differ from undergrad curriculums. |
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The Energy & Biosciences Institute is excited to announce the third installment in this semester’s “STEM Graduate Chronicles” virtual seminar series! The goals of this series are to: Map out the process of getting into grad school and attending Help prospective grad students figure out the best path for them and what to expect from attending grad school Highlight the experiences of grad students we at the EBI know and appreciate
We hope you enjoy this fresh series and all that it will cover. Please share with students and anyone else that could be interested!
Please find the video at this link here or click the box below. |
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The EBI to Develop International Bioeconomy Macroalgae Center |
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The Energy & Biosciences Institute (EBI) at UC Berkeley has received nearly $13 million to establish a center aimed at advancing the use of seaweed in the global supply chain.
Named the International Bioeconomy Macroalgae Center (IBMC) at UC Berkeley, the Center will address the need for foundational knowledge, technological approaches, supply chain designs, policy frameworks, community engagement, and educational materials for businesses and consumers to build sustainable macroalgal-based bioeconomies. The bioeconomy is garnering significant attention as the need for energy independence, food security, and environmental sustainability becomes more urgent. Macroalgae (seaweeds) have been noted for their huge potential in all these areas. The IBMC will launch officially in January 2025. For more information about the IBMC, please email ebiadmin@berkeley.edu. |
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Irish Government Delegation Visit |
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On October 1, the Energy & Biosciences Institute had the distinct honor to host the visit of a high-level Irish Government Delegation to UC Berkeley, which included Sonja Hyland, Deputy Secretary General & Director General for Ireland, UK & Americas Division, and John Concannon, Ambassador of Ireland to Canada. After an informative meeting with campus leadership, the delegation then had the opportunity to attend a reception and connect informally with Irish students, scholars, faculty, postdocs, and Irish Studies-affiliated researchers to learn more about UC Berkeley’s unique approach to research, innovation and entrepreneurship. We hope this is just the beginning of a successful and productive relationship with Ireland and envision many unique opportunities involving educational outreach and macroalgae research. |
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“Learning About and Enjoying India’s Natural Resources” |
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| EBI’s Executive Committee member David Zilberman has released a new blog post detailing his recent travels to India for the third Kautilya Economic Conclave in New Delhi. On top of detailing the wonders he experienced in India, Zilberman discusses the economic lessons he learned from conversations with policymakers.
His newest blog post, as well as all his previous pieces, can be found on the EBI’s website, linked below. |
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Position Available for Assistant Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at UC Berkeley |
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The Rausser College of Natural Resources (University of California, Berkeley) seeks applicants for the role of assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at UC Berkeley
The department is especially interested in applicants who are able to make research and teaching contributions in the areas of natural resource economics, energy economics, environmental economics, and empirical methods (applied econometrics, data science). They are looking for applicants who can take advantage of the location in the Rausser College of Natural Resources, which features excellent faculty in complementary disciplines.
For more information, follow the link to the position description below. The next review date is November 17, 2024. |
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The Deadly Trade in Oil and Gas Guest Lecture |
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On October 1, 2024, contributing writer at The New Yorker and founder of Third Act Bill McKibben hosted a guest lecture on the deadly trade in oil and gas. Oil and gas are the most traded commodities on the planet; they are also the chief causes of the most grievous harm our species has yet faced, the burgeoning climate crisis. McKibben’s lecture examined how the export of hydrocarbons, in particular, has become an enormous threat to efforts to rein in greenhouse gasses, and it examined the role that America—the world’s biggest exporter of gas—plays in this ongoing catastrophe.
Watch a recording of this lecture at the link below. |
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UCB: UC Berkeley ranked No. 1 for generating startup founders, companies and female entrepreneurs |
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UC Berkeley graduates have founded more venture-backed companies than undergraduate alumni from any other university in the world, according to the 2024 PitchBook university rankings. Pitchbook additionally reports that Berkeley ranks first in female graduates who started businesses, first for female-founded companies, and first for the amount of capital raised by women.
Explore this exciting news by reading more in this UC Berkeley news article. |
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UIUC: Transition to a Circular Bioeconomy Requires Getting Prices Right |
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This article from UIUC’s Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment addresses an emerging model of production in the scientific community: a “circular bioeconomy” that reduces and recycles waste, transitions away from fossil fuels to renewable bio-based alternatives, and regenerates natural systems. A new paper by noted agricultural economists and scientists argues that the concept of a circular bioeconomy needs to expand beyond its technical focus on reducing waste and incorporate a values-based economic lens.
The paper, published in Communications Earth and Environment was co-authored with David Zilberman of the University of California, Berkeley; Gal Hochman of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; and Bruno Basso of Michigan State University. Explore some of the highlights from this paper by reading more. |
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LBNL: Q&A: Addressing the Need for Accurate Carbon Accounting |
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Corinne Scown (a senior scientist in the Energy Analysis and Environmental Impacts Division at Berkeley Lab) and Sarah Nordahl (a postdoctoral researcher in the EAEI Division at Berkeley Lab) come together in a Q&A hosted by the LBNL. They discuss the basics of their carbon accounting framework and how it could be used to evaluate the effectiveness of CDR technologies in achieving a net flux of CO2 out of the atmosphere and into stable storage.
Read the article linked below to explore their conversation. |
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UIUC: Endangered salamander mussel found alive in Illinois after nearly 120 years |
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For the first time in nearly 120 years, researchers confirmed the presence of live individuals of the state-endangered salamander mussel in Illinois, marking a major biodiversity milestone for the state.
Conservation biologist Mark Davis and malacologist Sarah Douglass at the Illinois Natural History Survey (INHS), a division of the Prairie Research Institute, combined cutting-edge environmental DNA (eDNA) techniques—analyzing genetic material shed by organisms such as tissue or feces—with conventional mussel surveys to detect both the salamander mussel (Simpsonaias ambigua) and its host, the mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus), in the Sangamon River in central Illinois.
Get further details by reading more. |
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NOAA Fisheries: Ocean Rainforest Farms Seaweed in Southern California |
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A seaweed company called Ocean Rainforest is emerging with a pilot farm located in Santa Barbara, California and farms in the Faroe Islands. By growing giant kelp, they’re producing high-quality seaweed for scientific research.
”Seaweed farming in the open ocean offers numerous economic and environmental benefits while avoiding conflicts that can arise in crowded nearshore waters,” said Javier Infante, chief research officer at Ocean Rainforest. “We employ advanced farming techniques that do not require fresh water, fertilizer, or pesticides, and monitor farm conditions closely to ensure sustainability for the ocean.” Get further details by reading more. |
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