Who were the four UC Berkeley professors who spoke at the ACS150 Sustainability Panel, and what were their respective research topics?

The four UC Berkeley professors who spoke at the ACS150 Sustainability Panel were Alexis Bell of the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department, who spoke on heterogeneous catalysts; Brooks Abel of the Chemistry Department, who spoke on polymerization reactions; Hendrik Scheller of the Plant and Microbial Biology Department, who spoke on sustainable energy sources and resilient crops; and John Hartwig of the Chemistry Department, who spoke on organic compounds and metal complexes.

What was the purpose and format of the UC Berkeley ACS150 Sustainability Panel event?

The event was part of the American Chemical Society’s 150th anniversary celebration and aligned with ACS’s April theme of sustainability; it featured four UC Berkeley professors delivering lightning talks on their sustainability-related research and answering student questions about sustainable chemistry, serving both as an educational forum and a showcase for green chemistry research at the institution.

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