| Esther Seidlitz

Gregory Nemet explains how small innovations in clean energy can make a big difference.

Energy & Society

| Jori Skalitzky

UW food scientists are turning a Greek yogurt offshoot into something more saccharine — and potentially more profitable.

Conversion

| Hal Conick

Vatsan Raman is "supercharging evolution" to create an army of bacteria-killing phages that can combat antibiotic-resistant microorganisms.

Modeling

| Michelle Chung, Mary Riker, and Mark E. Griffin

In this short recap of Propelling Women In Power Season 1, we unite the highlights from our conversations with ten amazing women in energy science, who range from nuclear scientists to science communication leaders to microbiological problem-solvers and beyond. Here, we take a look back at their challenges, solutions, and advice to young women in science.

Women in STEM

| Chris Barncard

Tracey Holloway, atmospheric scientist and professor in the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, has been elected a member of the National Academy of Medicine in recognition of her leadership in initiatives to connect climate with health.

Women in STEM, Energy & Society, Policy & Regulation

| Jason Daley

At the beginning of each group meeting, the members of Conway Assistant Professor Matt Gebbie’s lab pause for a short researcher highlight to discuss a notable underrepresented or minority researcher who helped shape chemical engineering, chemistry or broader science, placing their portrait on the wall.

Energy & Society

| Brian Mattmiller

At UW-Madison, two programs are bringing together the rigor of academic research and the expertise from hands-on fieldwork, collaborating to make science communications more scientific.

Science Communication