Gary Dirks

Director

Sustainability Scientist, GIOS: Sustainability Initiative
Professor of Practice, IAFSE-SEBE: Algae Technology and Innovation, Arizona Center for (AZCATI)
Professor of Practice, GIOS: Sustainability, School of
Director & Professor of Practice, LightWorks (LW)
Center Director & Professor of Practice, Knowledge Enterprise Development, Office of (OKED)
Professor of Practice, BI: Applied Structural Discovery, Center for (CASD)
Professor of Practice, IAFSE-SEBE: Negative Carbon Emissions, Center for (CNCE)
Director, Global Futures Laboratory (GFL)

298 Citations
8 h-Index

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carotenoids Physics & Astronomy

Nuclear magnetic resonance Chemical Compounds

energy transfer Physics & Astronomy

Research Output 1975 2015

298 Citations
8 h-Index
11 Article

17 Citations (Scopus)

Narrative futures and the governance of energy transitions

Miller, C., O'Leary, J., Graffy, E., Stechel, E. & Dirks, G., Jun 1 2015, In : Futures. 70, p. 65-74 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

governance

energy

narrative

scenario

system change

Evolving perspectives on biofuels in the United States

Dirks, L. C., Dirks, G. & Wu, J., 2012, In : Frontiers in Energy. 6, 4, p. 379-393 15 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Biofuels

Ethanol

Feedstocks

Air

71 Citations (Scopus)

Mimicry of antenna and photo-protective carotenoid functions by a synthetic carotenoporphyrin

Bensasson, R. V., Land, E. J., Morre, A. L., Crouch, R. L., Dirks, G., Moore, T. & Gust, D., 1981, In : Nature. 290, 5804, p. 329-332 4 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

antennae

carotenoids

singlet oxygen

chlorophyll

porphyrins

On structural determination of C-7-substituted 6,8-dioxabicyclo[3.2.1]octanes. A reevaluation

Mundy, B. P., Dirks, G., Larter, R. M., Craig, A. C., Lipkowitz, K. B. & Carter, J., 1981, In : Journal of Organic Chemistry. 46, 20, p. 4005-4012 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Lanthanoid Series Elements

Molecular mechanics

Alkalinity

Conformations

Nuclear magnetic resonance

2 Citations (Scopus)

Stereochemistry of oligomeric proteins

Gust, D. & Dirks, G., Sep 7 1981, In : Journal of Theoretical Biology. 92, 1, p. 39-55 17 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Stereochemistry

stereochemistry

Proteins

Protein

Enzymes

Projects 2010 2019

6 Finished

The Foresight Initiative

Thies, C., Dirks, G., Bliss, D., Westerhoff, P., Corman, S., Liu, H., White, D., Davulcu, H., Cooke, N., Ahn, G., Finn, E. & Maciejewski, R.

DOD: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)

6/1/14 → 10/31/15

Project: Research project

sustainability

university ranking

university

science policy

community

Algae Testbed Public-Private Partnership (ATP3) - A Raft Partnership

Dirks, G. & McGowen, J.

DOE: Golden Field Office

1/31/13 → 3/31/19

Project: Research project

public-private partnership

alga

stakeholder

sustainability

resource

Arizona Center for Algae Technology and Innovation (AzCatI): Accelerated Algae Technology Commercialization in Arizona

Dirks, G.

US Department of Education (DOEd)

9/1/10 → 9/30/11

Project: Research project

Sustainable Algal Biofuels Consortium (SABC)

Dirks, G.

DOE: Golden Field Office

9/1/10 → 2/28/13

Project: Research project

biofuels

biomass

coproducts

algae

lipids

PF WAS0077 - Arizona Center for Algae Technology and Innovation (ACATI)

Dirks, G.

Science Foundation of Arizona

9/1/10 → 8/31/12

Project: Research project

innovation

alga

commercialization

biofuel

industry