Finding secure, safe and reliable sources of energy to power world economic growth will be one of the great challenges of this century. The Harvard University Center for the Environment invites the Harvard community to take up the challenge by participating in this ongoing series of discussions. THE FUTURE OF ENERGY Fall 2010 Steven E. Koonin, Under Secretary for Science, US Department of Energy "Energy Innovation at Scale" TODAY 5:30 pm Harvard University Science Center, Lecture Hall D One Oxford Street, Cambridge The Under Secretary for Science plays a key role in defining and enabling science programs that knit the US Department of Energy together and lead to significant energy and security research efforts. In this role, Under Secretary Steven E. Koonin acts as the Department’s chief research officer, identifying synergies and gaps in research programs, looking after the health of National Laboratory activities, and ensuring that sound science and technology underpin everything the Department does. In addition, Dr. William F. Brinkman, Director of the Office of Science, reports to Under Secretary Koonin. Together they set Science’s strategic direction, help resolve the more difficult operational problems, and ensure its connectivity within and outside the Department. The Office of the Under Secretary for Science was created by Congress in the Energy Policy Act of 2005. Dr. Koonin's research interests have included nuclear astrophysics; theoretical nuclear, computational, and many-body physics; and global environmental science. He has been involved in scientific computing throughout his career and is a strong advocate for research into renewable energies and alternate fuel sources. His academic research (Caltech) in computational and nuclear physics has impacted the direction of science both nationally and internationally. He has supervised more than 25 PhD students, produced more than 200 peer-reviewed research publications, and authored or edited 3 books, including a pioneering textbook on Computational Physics in 1985. For more information on Dr. Koonin, please visit: http://www.energy.gov/organization/dr_steven_koonin.htm The Future of Energy lecture series is sponsored by the Harvard University Center for the Environment with generous support from Bank of America. All of the lectures are free and open to the public. View detailed lecture information at www.environment.harvard.edu. Contact: Brenda Hugot Program Administrator Harvard University Center for the Environment 24 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA 02138 bhugot(a)fas.harvard.edu p. 617-496-1788 f. 617-496-0425 *|LIST:Future of Energy|* [5]Unsubscribe aspuru-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu from this list. Links: 5. http://harvard.us1.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=7532d1fbf18f39219ac742ebe&… Our mailing address is: 24 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA 02138 T: (617) 495-0368 www.environment.harvard.edu Copyright (C) 2008 Harvard University. All rights reserved. [6]Forward this email to a friend Links: 6. http://us1.forward-to-friend.com/forward?u=7532d1fbf18f39219ac742ebe&id…