Minerals for Sustainable Infrastructure

A conversation with DUSP doctoral alumnus Saleem H. Ali about his new book Soil to Foil (Columbia University Press), which he has dedicated to MIT Professor and his doctoral mentor Lawrence Susskind. 

Bio: Saleem H. Ali is Chair of the Department of Geography and Spatial Sciences and the Blue and Gold Distinguished Professor of Energy and the Environment at the University of Delaware. He is also a member of the United Nations International Resource Panel and served 2 terms on the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel of the Global Environment Facility - the world's largest trust fund for the Environment held in trusteeship by the World Bank. His latest books are Earthly Order: How Natural Laws Define Human Life (Oxford University Press) and Soil to Foil: Aluminum and the Quest for Industrial Sustainability (Columbia University Press). He received his doctorate in Environmental planning from MIT, a Masters in Environmental Studies from Yale and a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry (summa cum laude) from Tufts University. His laurels include being selected as a National Geographic Explorer, a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum and Bellagio Writers' Residency with the Rockefeller Foundation.