2:28 p.m., April 9, 2008--Catherine (Katie) T. Hunt, the leader of Technology Partnerships at Rohm and Haas Co. and recent past president of the American Chemical Society, will speak on “Sustainable Chemistries: Environmentally Friendly and Economically Viable!” at 4 p.m., Wednesday, April 23, in 101 Brown Laboratory, with a reception immediately following.

Hunt will discuss the application of green chemistry and green engineering principles and the role of collaboration and innovation in green chemistry research and development. Rohm and Haas is a two-time winner of the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award.

A graduate of Smith College, Hunt received her doctorate from the University of California, Davis, and held a National Institutes of Health postdoctoral fellowship at Yale University before joining Rohm and Haas. Among her honors, Hunt is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, was named one of Pennsylvania's “50 Best Women in Business” in 2007 and received the Smith College Medal in 2008. She serves on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology visiting committee for chemical engineering.

The seminar is cosponsored by UD's Department of Chemical Engineering and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. For more information, visit [www.che.udel.edu/seminars.html] or call (302) 831-2064.