Arlene Blum PhD, biophysical chemist, author, and mountaineer is executive director of the Green Science Policy Institute and a Research Associate in Chemistry at UC Berkeley. The Institute’s scientific research and policy work with government and business has reduced the use of classes of harmful chemicals including flame retardants and fluorinated chemicals in in consumer products world-wide.
Arlene Blum received her BS in Chemistry from Reed College; her PhD in Biophysical chemistry from UC Berkeley and has taught at UC Berkeley, Stanford University, and Wellesley College. Blum’s awards include being included on Forbe’s Sustainability Leaders 50 Global Changemakers list in 2024, receiving an honorary doctorate from the University of San Francisco in 2022, induction into the California Hall of Fame, and selection as one of the “World’s 100 Most Inspiring Women”.
More information at greensciencepolicy.org and arleneblum.com.