Visiting Scholars

Sabrina Spatari

310 Barrows Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720-3050
spatari at berkeley dot edu

Sabrina Spatari is a visiting post doctoral scholar funded through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). She is a chemical engineer with expertise in developing and applying the systems analysis techniques life cycle assessment (LCA) and material flow analysis (MFA). Her research investigates techno-economic aspects of renewable energy provision systems, particularly in transportation. She has developed analytical models to evaluate the energy and environmental impacts of emerging biofuels, with a focus on production technologies, in order to guide policy and decision making concerning their implementation.

Dr. Spatari obtained her PhD. in Civil Engineering from the University of Toronto in the area of sustainable infrastructure and her master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan. Through applying systems analysis methods, her research has identified material and energy efficiencies, clean technology alternatives, and key environmental tradeoffs when examining technologies and products in the economy. Her research interests continue to probe critical issues in technology assessment for moving towards a sustainable society. She has been actively involved in Industrial Ecology research for more than ten years and has worked in industry, academia, and consulting.

Select Publications

Spatari, S., Zhang, Y., MacLean, H.L. (2005). Life Cycle Assessment of Switchgrass and Corn Stover-Derived Ethanol Fueled Automobiles. Environ. Sci. Technol., 39(24):9750-9758.

Spatari, S., Bertram, M., Gordon, Robert B., Henderson, K., Graedel, T.E. (2005) Twentieth century copper flows in North America: A dynamic analysis. Ecol. Econ. 54:37-51.

Spatari, S., Bertram, M., Fuse, K., Shelov, E., Graedel, T.E. (2003). The contemporary European zinc cycle: One-year stocks and flows. Resour., Conserv. Recycl., 39:137-160.

Spatari, S., Bertram, M., Fuge, D., Graedel, T.E., Rechberger, H. (2002). The contemporary European copper cycle: One-year stocks and flows. Ecol. Econ. 42:27-42.