Obayashi PrizeRecipient of the Fifth Obayashi Prize
(2008)
Mr.Mark LEVINEStaff Senior Scientist and Leader of China Energy Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) (at the time of receiving the prize)
| 1944 | Born in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A. |
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| 1966 | Graduates with highest honors from Princeton University |
| 1966-67 | Studies in Berlin as Fulbright Scholar |
| 1972 | Completes Ph.D. course (chemistry) at the University of California, Berkeley |
| 1975 | Awarded Ph.D. (chemistry) by the University of California, Berkeley |
| 1972-74 | Takes part in Ford Foundation Energy Policy Project |
| 1974-78 | Serves as senior energy policy analyst at SRI International in Menlo Park, California) |
| 1978-80 | Serves as Deputy Head of Energy Analysis Program, LBNL |
| 1985 | Appointed Head of Energy Analysis Program, LBNL |
| 1997 | Appointed Head of Research, LBNL (annual budget of over 10 million dollars) |
| 1998 | Appointed Director of Environmental Energy Technologies Division, LBNL |
| 2007 | Appointed Staff Senior Scientist and Leader of China Energy Group, LBNL |
Reason for receiving the prize
Mr. LEVINE has been involved in research on the environment and energy for many years. He has made a particularly important contribution to the development of research of technologies for improving energy efficiency in the field of architecture, indoor air quality technologies, and clean energy technologies such as advanced batteries and low NOx combustion. He has been an active member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which was awarded the Nobel Prize last year, serving as lead author of chapters on mitigation technologies in the second to fourth IPCC Assessment Reports. He has also served on the energy and environment committees of American and Asian non-profit organizations and played a leading role in having their recommendations incorporated in national policies.