In May, we celebrate Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month, and you are invited to the celebration featuring Dr. Arthur Nonomura, a leading specialist in photosynthesis who teaches in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Northern Arizona University.
Lunch will be provided to the first 100 guests.
Thursday, April 30
11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
in the Estrella Conference Center
Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month is a time to honor the history, culture, and contributions of those communities to American history.
Dr. Nonomura's full biography:
Arthur Nonomura hails from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Arizona University. He is a leading specialist in photosynthesis with 50 publications that include 6 books. His first publication in a peer reviewed scientific journal was about thermophilic fungi. Soon after completing his doctoral requirements, Arthur's path led to the “Grow Gasoline Project” that kicked off the biofuels revolution. At the School of Medicine, UCSF he investigated antivirals. In collaboration with Ernest Orlando Lawrence Laureate Andrew A. Benson, UCSD, he discovered the plant lectin cycle and developed methods for improving photosynthesis. He served as an Officer, Harvard University and Corporate Fellow, Dow Chemical Company. Using his skills as a scientific photographer, Arthur has carried aesthetics and science forward to EMCC. During the tenure of EMCC President Homero Lopez, Arthur joined EMCC and published in the Nobel Series, The Path of Carbon in Photosynthesis.