Michael Griffin

W. Michael Griffin is a research professor emeritus in the Department of Engineering and Public Policy. He previously held multiple positions at British Petroleum where he directed a technical services group for both upstream and downstream operations dedicated to water handling, treatment, and corrosion mitigation. He was the director of Research and Development for Sybron Chemicals where his group provided research and technical support for chemicals production and bioremediation efforts. He later was the director of Research at the National Environmental Technology Application Corporation and provided technical evaluation of environmental technologies for business and government. His current research and teaching interests centers on the analysis of the environmental impacts of energy development. Recently, in collaboration with colleagues at Carnegie mellon, he has extended this work to address the impacts of adopting renewable alternative fuels focusing on infrastructure requirements, "best use" of non-renewable resources, and addressing uncertainty in life cycle assessment.

Griffin's education includes a B.S. and M.S. in Biology from the University of Dayton and a Ph.D. in Microbiology from the University of Rhode Island.