Speaker profile
Arlene Blum
Executive Director, Green Science Policy Institute and Research Associate in Chemistry, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of California at Berkeley
Arlene PhD, biophysical chemist, author, and mountaineer is a Research Associate in Biology at the University of California at Berkeley and executive director of the Green Science Policy Institute. The Institute’s scientific research and policy work with business and government has contributed to reducing the use of classes of harmful chemicals including flame retardants and PFAS in consumer products worldwide. She is the author of Annapurna: A Woman’s Place and Breaking Trail: A Climbing Life