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Sangwon Suh, University of Minnesota, U.S.A.


Current Employment
2008 – present: McKnight Land-Grant Professor, University of Minnesota
2005 – 2008: Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota
2004 – present: Associate Research Fellow, Institute for Environmental Science (CML), Leiden University, the Netherlands

Professional Preparation
Ph.D. Industrial Ecology, Leiden University, the Netherlands (2004)
Postdoctoral Carnegie Mellon University, USA (2004 – 2005)

External Appointments
Member WRI/WBCSD Working Group on GHG protocol
Member International Organization for Standardization (ISO) TC207 for ISO14067
Councilor International Society for Industrial Ecology (ISIE), elected
Chair-elect Gordon Research Conference on Industrial Ecology (for 2012)
Associate Editor International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Associate Editor Journal of Industrial Ecology

Selected Scholarly Activities
  • Authored or co-authored about 30 peer-reviewed journal articles and 3 books in the areas of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Industrial Ecology for the last 5 years.
  • Provides technical advices and consultation to various governmental bodies including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC).
  • Appointed by the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) as a member of the International Panel for Sustainable Resources Management (2008 - 2011).

Honors
  • McKnight Land-Grant Professor: Endowed-Chair appointment, University of Minnesota, (2009 – 2011)
  • Best paper: Energy, Environment and Economy (E3) conference (2007)
  • Cum Laude: Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands (2004)
  • Fellow: AT&T Industrial Ecology Fellow (2002 – 2003)
  • Best paper: Joint SETAC and ISIE conference, Lausanne, Switzerland (2003)
  • POSCO Prize: Annual prize for scholars awarded by POSCO, South Korea (1997)
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