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Q&A With the Director of the Emory Bio-Inspired Renewable Energy Center

The search for clean, cheap energy sources is the biggest problem of our age, says chemist Brian Dyer, director of the Emory Bio-inspired Renewable Energy Center (EBREC).

eScienceCommons interviewed Dyer about how the new center is carving out a unique niche in the development of solar energy solutions through its work at the intersection of chemistry, physics and biology, and its outreach to the broader community.

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