Robert B. Pojasek

Robert B. Pojasek, PhD, an instructor at the Harvard Extension School teaches a distance learning course, “Strategies for Sustainability Management.” He also serves as the thesis director for Masters’ degree candidate in the Sustainability and Environmental Management program. In 2008, Dr. Pojasek was awarded the Petra T. Shattuck Excellence in Teaching Award. Dr. Pojasek is the Managing Partner of RL Expert Group LLC where he leads the sustainability and risk management consulting practice. Pojasek has served on the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Science Advisory Board. Pojasek has also served on expert panels for the National Research Council, the World Health Organization, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the US Air Force Science Advisory Board. He has published more than 100 journal articles and seven books. Pojasek has held leadership positions in a number of professional associations. He has a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Rutgers University and his PhD in chemistry from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.