Kelvin Okamoto

Kelvin Okamoto is the CEO of Gen3Bio, Inc. and the President of Green Bottom Line, Inc.  He has his B.S. from Stanford University and PhD from Cornell University, both in Chemistry.  He serves on the Bioplastics Council for SPI, is secretary for the ASTM International subcommittee for environmentally degradable plastics and biodegradable plastics and has volunteered for many other organizations around biodegradable and bioplastics. 

Gen3Bio works toward commercializing biobased chemicals from feedstocks including algae and agricultural waste that can be used in biopolymers and Green Bottom Line consults with companies to ensure they remain sustainable and make more money while making green decisions.

Professor Margaret Sobkowicz:

Professor Meg Sobkowicz Kline is an assistant professor in Plastics Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Lowell.  She has a B.S. from Columbia University and PhD from the Colorado School of Mines, both in Chemical Engineering.  She worked as a field engineer in the petroleum and municipal water treatment industries and is very interested in how humans impact the planet. 

Her expertise is in renewable polymers, plastics processing, nanocomposites, organic photovoltaics and electronics and her research focuses on the convergence of energy, sustainability, and materials.  She teaches a materials for renewable energy course, is heavily involved in the climate change initiative on campus, and recently was awarded a grant to help increase the participation of women in STEM!