Robert Giraud is an Engineering Technology Principal Consultant at the Chemours Company. Following six years of manufacturing technical support and process research in Louisiana, he joined the environmental section of DuPont’s company-wide engineering consulting organization in Delaware in 1987. Since co-authoring the corporate Waste Minimization Guidance Manual later that year, he has collaborated with business R&D and plant technical staff across the company to craft integrated solutions for meeting evolving environmental requirements largely using what has come to be known as Green Chemistry and Engineering. Robert has led or served on interdisciplinary teams recognized with an R&D 100 award, two USEPA National Partnership for Environmental Priorities Achievement Awards, and three DuPont Engineering Excellence awards. In 2015, he was part of a small group honored by the Green Chemistry and Commerce Council (GC3) as a GC3 champion in recognition of leadership in advancing safer chemistry and a healthier planet. He co-leads the AltSep sustainable separations initiative on behalf of the ACS Green Chemistry Institute Chemical Manufacturers Roundtable and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Robert serves on the ACS Committee on Environmental Improvement, the Scientific Advisory Board of the Nanoporous Materials Genome Center, the Wilmington University Environmental Science and Policy Program Advisory Board, and the Board of Directors of the Delaware Sustainable Chemistry Alliance. At the University of Delaware, he teaches the Green Engineering course and advises chemical engineering student groups through the conduct of their senior design projects. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in chemical engineering from Tulane University.