Brandon Kuczenski

Dr. Kuczenski is interested in the resource requirements and environmental impacts of industrial technologies.  His research focuses on how researchers, firms and policy makers manage information about processes and products for sustainability reporting and life cycle assessment, and how they communicate their findings to the public.  Major issues include data quality assessment, interactive sensitivity analysis, and distributed management of life cycle data.  He is also concerned with the tension between the need for transparency and accountability in decision making and the demand for privacy protection and confidentiality among data providers. His main contributions have been in characterizing the performance of recycling systems, such as disposable bottles and used motor oil, for California agencies.  He is also interested in green chemistry, toxics use reduction, and alternatives assessment for safer product development.