CER Distinguished Lecture
Co-sponsored by General Atomics
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Energy Trends and Technologies for the Coming Decades
Dr. Steven E. Koonin
7 March 2007 (see viewgraphs, view streaming video)
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Biography:
Steven E. Koonin was born in Brooklyn, New York and educated at Caltech (B.S. in physics), and at MIT (Ph.D. in theoretical physics). He joined the Caltech faculty in 1975, becoming a full professor in 1981 and serving as the Institute's Provost from 1995 - 2004.
Koonin left Caltech in March, 2004 to become BP's Chief Scientist. BP is the world's second largest independent oil company, producing some 4% of the world's oil and gas. It refines and markets petroleum products in more than 100 countries and serves more than 13 million customers each day. Among the well-know BP brands in the US are Arco, Amoco, and Castrol.
In his capacity as Chief Scientist, Koonin is responsible for BP's long range technology plans and activities, particularly those "beyond petroleum." He also has purview over BP's major university research programs around the world and provides technical advice to BP's senior executives on matters on Group significance.
Koonin is a fellow of the American Physical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, as well as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Trilateral Commission. He has served on numerous advisory bodies for the National Science Foundation, the Department of Defense, and the Department of Energy and its various national laboratories. His research interests have included theoretical nuclear, many-body, and computational physics, nuclear astrophysics, and global environmental science.
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