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(Worcester, Mass.) -- The American Chemical Society Speaker Tour presents Dr. Michael Cann from the University of Scranton this Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. in the Ghosh Science Center Room 102.  His talk is entitled, “Green Chemistry: Chemistry for the Long Haul.”

Green chemistry in the U.S. can trace its major roots back to the early 1990s with the passage of the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 and the subsequent formal focus on green chemistry by the EPA in 1991. Since this time research and development in green chemistry/technology has gained considerable momentum. Many companies and academic research faculty now recognize the environmental and economic benefits that environmentally benign chemistry has to offer.

Michael Cann was born and raised in the Saratoga region of upstate NY and attended Marist College where he earned his BA in chemistry in 1969. He received his MA and PhD in organic chemistry from SUNY Stony Brook in 1972 and 1973, he was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Utah (1973-74), and a lecturer at the University of Colorado-Denver (1974-75). Since 1975 he has been a faculty member at the University of Scranton. He is also the co-director of the environmental science program and the director of medical technology. His areas of interest encompass nitrenium ions, nitrogen heterocycles and green chemistry. His interests in green chemistry consist of microwave assisted organic reactions, room temperature ionic liquids, and green chemistry education. He has taught a number of courses including general chemistry, organic chemistry, environmental chemistry, chemical literature and writing, chemistry seminar, topics in environmental science, internship in environmental science and graduate courses in mechanistic and structural organic chemistry.

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