Graduate Research Traineeship Program: Chemistry of the Environment

9256458 Silbey麻省理工学院化学系已被授予由化学教育计划为期三年的研究生研究实习补助金，以开发环境化学的实习计划。 在物理，无机和化学毒理学的9名教师组成的小组，将加入在自然环境中的化学物种的生产，分散和去除，以及它们与生物系统的相互作用的协调研究。 将讨论的专题包括：平流层中的化学过程;大气层痕量污染物的探测;燃烧中发现的碳氢自由基的光谱学;燃料电池和催化转换器改良材料的合成;甲烷氧化细菌的生物化学研究;环境致癌物的分子生物学;以及污染物在大气中扩散的理论分析。 作为该计划的一部分，将提供关于化学，技术和环境政策之间关系的新课堂科目和研讨会。 大气中涉及痕量气体的化学过程，如催化臭氧破坏，甲烷和二氧化碳引起的全球变暖，以及氮和硫氧化物对对流层的污染，现在被广泛认为是严重的环境威胁。 麻省理工学院研究生实习计划的主要重点将是大气分子和自由基的动力学和光谱学。 这项工作的目标是培养新一代的化学家更好地了解和处理这些重要的环境问题。 ***

9256458 Silbey The MIT Chemistry Department has been awarded a three year Graduate Research Traineeship Grant by the Chemistry Education Program to develop a traineeship program in Chemistry of the Environment. A group of 9 faculty in physical, inorganic, and chemical toxicology, will join in a coordinated study of the production, dispersion, and removal of chemical species in the natural environment, and their interactions with biological systems. Among the topics to be addressed are chemical processes in the stratosphere; detection of trace atomospheric pollutants; spectroscopy of hydrocarbon free radicals found in combustion; synthesis of improved materials for fuel cells and catalytic converters; biochemical studies of methanotrophic bacteria; molecular biology of environmental carcinogens; and theoretical analyses of pollutant diffusion in the atmosphere. New classroom subjects and seminars on the relations between chemistry, technology, and environmental policy will be offered as part of the program. %%% Chemical processes involving trace gases in the atmosphere, such as catalytic ozone destruction, gobal warming due to methane and carbon dioxide, and tropospheric pollution by nitrogen and sulfur oxides are now widely recognized as critical environmental threats. A principal focus of the MIT graduate traineeship program will be on the kinetics and spectroscopy of atmospheric molecules and radicals. The goal of this effort is to train a new generation of chemists better equipped to understand and deal with these important environmental issues. ***