Michael Braungart is the Founder of EPEA International Umweltforschung GmbH, Hamburg, Germang and co-founder of MBDC, McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry in Charlottesville, Virginia. Michael Braungart's work has been published in numerous journals on science, public affairs, design and environment in Europe and the US.

After completing his studies in Process Engineering in Darmstadt, Michael Braungart  went tn to explore the chemical processes of industrial production techniques with the Chemistry Department at Konstanz, Germany. He subsequently spearheaded the formation of the Chemistry Section of Greenpeace International. By the time he completed his PhD in Chemistry at the University of Hannover in 1985, he had assumed leadership ofGreenpeace Chemistry.

In 1987, Professor Michael Braungart founded the Environmental Protection Encouragement Agency (EPEA) in Hamburg. At the heart of EPEA is the "Intelligent Products System" (IPS), which creates products oriented towards a life-cycle economy and earned the Océ-van der Grinten Award in 1993. In addition to his achievements within the EPEA, Michael Braungart  also serves as Scientific Manager of the Hamburg Environmental Institute, the non-profit research center which edits the "Top 50 Study", a ranking of the environmental quality of companies of the chemical industry.

Working in concert with designer and dean William A. McDonough in their design and development firm, McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry, Michael Braungart's work addresses topics from particles to policy. He has initiated world.-wide scholarly and scientific inquiry into the adverse environmental and physiological impacts of industrial-produced consumer goods. In addition, Braungart's EPEA co-authored the Hannover Principles of Design: Design fro Sustainability, which serves as developemnt guidelines for the World's Fair in Hannover, 2000.

Professor Michael Braungart currently concentrates his efforts at McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry and EPEA Internationale Umweltforschung by working with major industrial producers, such as Method, Aveda and DESSO on issues of materials assessment, life-cycle design, and design for disassembly. He was instrumental in the creation of the compostable fabric line Climatex® LifecycleTM with William McDonough, and is also active in designing new products.

Michael Braungart is currently Professor of Process Engineering at the University of Luneburg and was recently appointed to the Special Endowed Chair "Cradle to Cradle in relation to sustainable systems innovations and transitions in theory and in practice" at the Erasmus University of Rotterdam. For two decades he has pioneered a system of production innovation known as Cradle to Cradle. He co-authored the book of the same name, and gives lectures at numerous universities and conferences in Europe, America and Asia. As head of the scientific institute EPEA he is working with companies in almost every sector of the Dutch economy to develop Cradle to Cradle products and processes. In October 2009 EPEA and the Cradle to Cradle concept was awarded as one of Germany's 365 most important places of the year by an independent jury.

The British Science Museum in London had recently devoted an exhibition to the work of Michael Braungart and William McDonough. Products are displayed in important design-centers worldwide.

Michael Braungart - List of Publications - 2010-01-20

December 2009