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Roland Geyer is assistant professor at the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management. Prior to this appointment, he held positions as research fellow at the Centre for Environmental Strategy, University of Surrey, UK; research associate at the Centre for the Management of Environmental Resources, INSEAD, France; and consultant in financial risk management for AMS (now part of CGI) in Germany. Since 2000 he has worked on environmental sustainability issues with a wide range of governmental organizations, trade associations, and companies. In his research, he uses the approaches and methods of industrial ecology, such as life cycle assessment and material flow analysis, to assess pollution prevention strategies based on recycling, reuse, and material and technology substitution. Dr. Geyer also combines these approaches with research methods from operations management and other fields in order to study the relationship between environmental performance, economic viability, and technical and operational feasibility of pollution prevention strategies. His overarching goal is to help develop the science and knowledge necessary to reduce the environmental impact from industrial production and consumption. He has a graduate degree in physics from the Technical University Berlin and a PhD in engineering from the University of Surrey.