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Howard J. Herzog is a senior research engineer at the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) with extensive experience in chemical engineering. He received his undergraduate and graduate education in chemical engineering from MIT. Before joining the MIT research staff in 1989, he garnered industrial experience at notable companies such as Eastman Kodak, Stone & Webster, Aspen Technology, and Spectra Physics. His research primarily focuses on sponsored projects related to energy and the environment, with a particular emphasis on greenhouse gas mitigation technologies. Herzog has served as a coordinating lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage, released in September 2005, and was a co-author of the MIT Future Coal Study, released in March 2007. He also contributed as a U.S. delegate to the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum’s Technical Group from June 2003 to September 2007. In recognition of his contributions to the development of greenhouse gas control technologies, Herzog received the 2010 Greenman Award from the International Energy Agency Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme. He authored the book 'Carbon Capture' published by MIT Press as part of their Essential Knowledge Series in 2018.