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Bernie joined VantagePoint upon his retirement as Chief Scientist at BP (British Petroleum) in 2003. Bernie spent 18 years at BP and its predecessor The Standard Oil Company holding various positions in technology and business, including Chief Technology Officer and Director of Manufacturing, Supply, and Distribution. As BP's Vice President for Environmental Affairs, Bernie developed BP's clean fuels strategy and led BP's strategy and action plan on climate change. He helped to develop BP's thinking about sustainability, what it means in an extractive company, and the organizational demands of sustainability in a large company. He was appointed Chief Scientist of BP in January 2001. He is the author of many papers on sustainability, climate change, transport, and the future of technology in the energy industry. Prior to BP, Bernie was an academic scientist and Professor at City University of New York and Polytechnic Institute for 18 years. Dr. Bulkin has published more than 100 papers and two books, on Raman spectroscopy, polymers, and liquid crystals. Bernie was Honorary Professor at the University of York from 1992-2003, and has been elected as a Fellow of New Hall, University of Cambridge. Bernie currently serves on the Board of Governors of Argonne National Laboratory, the UK Government Energy Board, Vice Chair for Energy and Transport of the Sustainable Development Commission, and is a member of the Council of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Council of the Royal Institution, and Editorial Board of Chemistry World.