The Reimer group is part of a multinational collaboration aimed at developing materials that decarbonize the atmosphere. Teaming with researchers from USA, UK and Europe, we study solid adsorbent materials that capture of carbon dioxide from the air or the exhaust streams of industrial processes. Metal organic frameworks are one class of materials that may be designed for such purposes. The video below is of Professor Reimer’s Lewis Lecture at UC Berkeley and describes some of this work. It is an hour- long video. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Esw9C9tyFDY&t=3168s

Here are two of the carbon capture programs we participate in:

USorb-DAC ( https://prisma.hw.ac.uk/usorb-dac-a-ground-breaking-research-in-fight-against-climate-change/ ) aims to unlock the scalable potential of direct air capture (DAC) by addressing its affordability while maintaining its scalability, flexibility, and ease of capture verification:

The Baker-Hughes Institute for Decarbonization Materials, led by colleague Professor Jeff Long, supports Berkeley researchers working to pull chemicals from industrial emission streams and the atmosphere as well as the scientific training and professional development of more than fifty graduate students and postdoctoral researchers across diverse scientific fields. Here is a link to the news announcement. 

https://chemistry.berkeley.edu/news/institute-brings-together-scientists-design-pollution-adsorbing-materials