Energy Experts

From biofuels to batteries, UW–Madison has a wealth of expertise in energy. This resource connects you to UW–Madison faculty conducting research in all areas of energy. If you are a UW–Madison faculty member working in energy and would like to be added to this list, please email communications@energy.wisc.edu

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Name/Email	Title/Department	Research Tags	Research Interests
Joy Altwies altwies@wisc.edu	Faculty Associate/Program Director of Engineering Professional Development College of Engineering	Electricity Systems Building Efficiency Industry	Green and High-Performance Buildings Sustainable Construction Building Commissioning, Commissioning Process HVAC & R Systems Technology Innovation and Adoption
Daniel Amador-Noguez amadornoguez@wisc.edu	Assistant Professor of Bacteriology College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	Biofuels & Bioproducts Conversion	Metabolomics and metabolic regulation in biofuel producing bacteria Bacterial biofilms Human gut microbiome
Richard Amasino amasino@biochem.wisc.edu	Professor of Biochemistry College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	Transportation & Fuels Plant Genetics & Breeding Education & Outreach	Plant genetics Plant flowering Vernalization Arabidopsis thaliana Brachypodium distachyon
Dan Anderson danderson@bus.wisc.edu	Professor Emeritus of Risk Management and Insurance School of Business	Economics Industry	Sustainability risks facing businesses and organizations Sustainability risk management strategies
Mark H. Anderson manderson@engr.wisc.edu	Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering College of Engineering	Electricity Systems Nuclear Storage Supercritical Fluids	Salts, liquid metals, supercritical water (SCW), supercritical CO2 (SCO2) Supercritical fluids Brayton cycle for nuclear, solar and fossil advanced power generation Fluoride-cooled nuclear reactors Salt chemistry, purification, and materials compatibility.
Jean-Michel Ane jeanmichel.ane@wisc.edu	Professor of Agronomy & Bacteriology College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	Transportation & Fuels Biofuels & Bioproducts Sustainable Agriculture	Plant - microbe symbioses Signaling pathways Plant symbiotic genes Techniques to characterize the metabolome, proteome and phosphoproteome Development of tools for metabolite and peptide imaging in plant cells
Rob Anex anex@wisc.edu	Professor of Biological Systems Engineering College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	Biofuels & Bioproducts Policy & Regulation Water Modeling	Biological systems analysis and assessment Life cycle assessment Techno-economic analysis
Michael Arnold msarnold@wisc.edu	Professor of Materials Science & Engineering College of Engineering	Electricity Systems Materials Solar	Carbon nanotubes Atomically thin sheets of graphene Two-dimensional materials Semiconducting molecules and polymers Heterostructures that integrate these components with conventional, macroscopic materials
William Banholzer wbanholzer@wisc.edu	Senior Advisor, Wisconsin Energy Institute Research Professor, Honorary Fellow of Chemical & Biological Engineering College of Engineering	Conversion Industry	Commercialization of technology Materials and process development with emphasis on the intersection with business opportunities
Sebastian Bednarek sybednar@wisc.edu	Professor of Biochemistry College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	Transportation & Fuels Plant Genetics & Breeding	Plant cell biology Intracellular protein trafficking Membrane biogenesis Plant cell cytokinesis
Arganthael Berson berson2@wisc.edu	Lecturer of Mechanical Engineering College of Engineering	Electricity Systems	Multiphase flow and flow at interfaces Flow boiling and condensation Evaporation-driven self-assembly Advanced flow diagnostic techniques (PIV, hot-wire anemometry, high-speed microscopy, thermoreflectance) Energy systems
Vicki Bier vicki.bier@wisc.edu	Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering College of Engineering	Electricity Systems Modeling	Critical infrastructure protection Security Technology hazards Risk analysis Decision analysis Operations research
Mary Blanchard mary.blanchard@wisc.edu	WEI Associate Director Wisconsin Energy Institute	Transportation & Fuels Biofuels & Bioproducts Policy & Regulation
James Blanchard blanchard@engr.wisc.edu	Thomas and Suzanne Werner Professor of Engineering Physics College of Engineering	Electricity Systems Nuclear Storage	Thermomechanical design for high heat fluxes Fusion technology Radiation damage Nuclear microbatteries
Paul Block paul.block@wisc.edu	Associate Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering College of Engineering	Energy & Society Water Modeling	Methods, models, and tools for managing climate variability and change Hydrologic forecasting and integration into decision models Addressing water quality and quantity extremes Hydro-economics and policy mechanisms Risk, reliability, and uncertainty Sustainable approaches
John Booske jhbooske@wisc.edu	Duane H. and Dorothy M. Bluemke & Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering Electrical & Computer Engineering College of Engineering	Electricity Systems	Plasmas, metamaterials, metasurfaces and media that have a strong interaction with electromagnetic radiation Electromagnetic field effects Microwave vacuum electronics Innovative teaching and learning methods and instructional space design
Dominique Brossard dbrossard@wisc.edu	Professor & Chair of Life Sciences Communication College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	Policy & Regulation Science Communication	Public opinion, new media, and the perception of risks and benefits surrounding controversial science and technology The role of values in shaping public attitudes Cross-cultural analysis
Alan Carroll carroll@geology.wisc.edu	Professor of Geoscience College of Letters & Sciences	Transportation & Fuels	Continental tectonics Basin evolution Ancient lakes Petroleum geology Paleoclimatology China geology
Peter Carstensen peter.carstensen@wisc.edu	Professor Emeritus of Law University of Wisconsin Law School	Economics Policy & Regulation	Relation of competition policy and law to regulated industries Relationship between antitrust law and regulation Buyer power issues The operation and regulation of markets for agricultural commodities
Michael Casler mdcasler@wisc.edu	Research Geneticist, U.S. Department of Agriculture College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	Transportation & Fuels Biofuels & Bioproducts Plant Genetics & Breeding	Genetics and breeding of perennial forage, biofuel, and turf grasses Genetics of plant traits related to nutritional value, cell-wall structure, cell-wall degradation, and bioenergy conversion; pest resistances; stress tolerances Quantitative and molecular genetics Evolution and domestication of perennial grasses
Kyoung-Shin Choi kschoi@chem.wisc.edu	Professor of Chemistry College of Letters & Sciences	Transportation & Fuels Conversion Electricity Systems Materials Solar	Synthesis of semiconductor electrodes for solar energy conversion Catalyst development for solar fuel production Electrochemical and photo-electrochemical biomass conversion Development of materials for electrochemical water desalination
Joshua Coon jcoon@chem.wisc.edu	Professor of Biomolecular Chemistry & Chemistry College of Letters & Sciences	Biofuels & Bioproducts Conversion Plant Deconstruction Modeling	Chemical instrumentation including ETD, dissociation, ion/ion reactions. PRM, and theory Informatics including molecular identification, quantitation, and data visualization Proteomic and metabolomic technologies
Michael Corradini corradini@engr.wisc.edu	Former Director, Wisconsin Energy Institute Wisconsin Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Engineering Physics College of Engineering	Electricity Systems Nuclear	Multi-phase fluid mechanics and heat transfer Fission and fusion reactors Nuclear reactor safety Severe accident phenomena Power plant operation and design Energy policy Nuclear fuel cycle
Adrien Couet couet@wisc.edu	Assistant Professor of Engineering Physics College of Engineering	Electricity Systems Materials Nuclear	Nuclear Materials Irradiation Damage Corrosion of Metals and Alloys Oxidation Model Electrochemistry Molten salt corrosion Defect Transport in Oxides
Ian Coxhead ian.coxhead@wisc.edu	Professor and Department Chair of Agriculture & Applied Economics College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	Transportation & Fuels Electricity Systems Economics	Economics of development Effects of globalization and global market shocks on production, employment, wages and household income, and welfare Impacts and incidence of domestic policies on growth, trade and environment Economies of East and Southeast Asia
Cameron Currie currie@bact.wisc.edu	Ira L. Baldwin Professor of Bacteriology College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	Transportation & Fuels Plant Deconstruction	Symbiotic associations between animals and microbes Symbiosis in fungus-growing ants Microbe and microbial community deconstruction of plant biomass in nature Identification, characterization, and systems biology analysis of cellulolytic microbes and microbial communities
Natalia DeLeon ndeleongatti@wisc.edu	Professor of Agronomy College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	Transportation & Fuels Biofuels & Bioproducts Plant Genetics & Breeding	Plant breeding and quantitative genetics Population enhancement for biomass increase and cell wall composition Interface of plant breeding and quantitative and molecular genetics Phenotypic, genotypic and expression data Genetic analysis of developmental traits in maize
Ankur Desai desai@aos.wisc.edu	Professor of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences College of Letters & Sciences, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies	Environmental Studies Water	The influence of spatiotemporal scale, ecology, and micrometeorology on ecosystem-atmosphere interactions Micrometeorological, ecological, and biogeochemical interactions at regional to global scales Carbon and water cycling Climate variability and carbon cycles Terrestrial-aquatic linkages of carbon, water, and energy
Timothy Donohue tdonohue@bact.wisc.edu	WEI Interim Director UW Foundation Fetzer-Bascom Professor of Bacteriology College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	Transportation & Fuels Biofuels & Bioproducts Conversion	The pathways and networks that microbes use to grow, generate biomass or produce alternative fuels from sunlight or other renewable sources of energy Microbial networks and metabolic and regulatory pathways Genome sequencing, microarrays, proteomics and molecular techniques
Sheldon (Xiaodong) Du xdu23@wisc.edu	Associate Professor of Agriculture & Applied Economics College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	Transportation & Fuels Economics Policy & Regulation	Economics of energy Commodity markets Economics of agriculture Applied econometrics
James Dumesic jdumesic@wisc.edu	Ernest Micek Distinguished Chair and Michel Boudart Professor of Chemical & Biological Engineering College of Engineering	Transportation & Fuels Conversion Plant Deconstruction Spinoffs	Kinetics and catalysis Surface and solid-state chemistry In situ catalyst studies
Tom Eggert tleggert@wisc.edu	Senior Lecturer Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies	Policy & Regulation Industry	Role of Microfinance in the developing world Greening of business, including brand and reputation building Social responsibility of business Environmental leadership programs, including state and federal programs Socially responsible investing
Paul Evans pgevans@wisc.edu	Professor of Materials Science & Engineering College of Engineering	Electricity Systems Materials Solar	X-ray diffraction Microscopy Optics X-ray probes for ultrafast dynamics Micro-and-nanoscale properties of magnetic materials Magnetism Domains and switching in ferroelectric materials Surfaces and interfaces of organic and inorganic materials Epitaxial crystallization processes in oxide thin films and nanostructures
Kurt Feigl feigl@wisc.edu	Professor of Geoscience College of Letters & Sciences	Electricity Systems Geothermal	Tectonic applications of geodesy Measuring and modeling crustal deformation from earthquake faults, volcano activity, glacier loads, and fluid extraction. Geodetic measurement techniques Numerical modeling approaches
Michael Ferris ferris@cs.wisc.edu	Jacques-Louis Lions Chair and Stephen C. Kleene Professor of Computer Sciences College of Letters & Sciences	Modeling	Development of modeling tools and software Problem analysis routines, data manipulations, and solution visualization procedures Theory and applications of optimization
Mark Finster mark.finster@wisc.edu	Professor Emeritus School of Business	Industry	Sustainable strategy, design, and improvement of complex systems in a wide variety of industries and sectors, including for profit, government, education, not-for-profit, large and small organizations
Cary Forest cbforest@wisc.edu	Professor of Physics College of Letters & Sciences	Electricity Systems Nuclear	Liquid metal dynamos and MHD turbulence MHD instabilities in line-tied plasmas and their stabilization by moving metal walls Heat, current transport, and non-inductive currents in tokamaks and RFPs Flow-dominated plasmas
Dave Foster defoster@wisc.edu	Phil and Jean Myers Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering College of Engineering	Transportation & Fuels Engine Research Modeling	Thermodynamics Heat transfer Fluid mechanics Internal combustion engines Combustion kinetics Emission formation
Brian Fox bgfox@biochem.wisc.edu	Marvin J. Johnson Professor in Fermentation Biochemistry College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	Transportation & Fuels Conversion	Biochemical, catalytic, and spectroscopic studies of redox active enzymes Protein engineering The structure and reactivity of carbohydrate active enzymes
Dante Fratta fratta@wisc.edu	Associate Professor of Geological Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering College of Engineering	Electricity Systems Geothermal	Fundamental physical behavior of soils and rocks Assessment of the near-surface underground using non-invasive tomographic studies (geotomography) On-shore and off-shore near surface geophysics Evaluation of electrowetting phenomenon for surface tension changes in quaternary oil recovery Instrumenting and monitoring wind turbine foundation responses under cyclic loading Use of distributed fiber optic sensor arrays for imaging and characterizing low and high-temperature geothermal fields
Audrey Gasch agasch@wisc.edu	Professor of Genetics School of Medicine & Public Health	Transportation & Fuels Plant Genetics & Breeding	Elucidating the role, regulation, and evolution of eukaryotic stress responses Computational systems and synthetic biology Evolutionary and population genetics Gene expression, genomics, and proteomics
Jaal Ghandhi jaal.ghandhi@wisc.edu	John Bollinger Chair of Mechanical Engineering & Grainger Professor of Sustainable Energy College of Engineering	Transportation & Fuels Engine Research	Combustion and fluid mechanics or internal combustion engines Laser-based diagnostics
Holly Gibbs hkgibbs@wisc.edu	Associate Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies	Transportation & Fuels Biofuels & Bioproducts Environmental Studies Sustainable Agriculture	Agricultural expansion in U.S., Brazil, and globally Tropical deforestation Conservation, agriculture, and energy policy Impact evaluation Environmental sustainability
Linda Graham lkgraham@wisc.edu	Professor of Botany College of Letters & Sciences	Transportation & Fuels Biofuels & Bioproducts Plant Genetics & Breeding	Algal/plant-microbe symbioses Metagenomics & genomics Wastewater remediation
Corbett Grainger corbett.grainger@wisc.edu	Associate Professor of Agriculture & Applied Economics College of Letters & Sciences	Energy & Society Economics Policy & Regulation	Environmental and natural resource economics Distributional effects of environmental policies Rights-based management Air pollution Economics of climate change Electricity and economic development
Claudio Gratton cgratton@wisc.edu	Professor of Entomology College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	Transportation & Fuels Energy & Society Sustainable Agriculture Water Modeling	Landscape ecology of arthropods Sustainable management of bioenergy landscapes Examining the ecological links between lakes and land
Robert J. Hamers rjhamers@wisc.edu	Wisconsin Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Steenbock Professor of Physical Science College of Letters & Sciences	Electricity Systems Materials Solar Storage Spinoffs	Chemistry, photochemistry, electronic properties, and atomic-level structure of semiconductor surfaces and interfaces Chemical transformations and environmental impact of nanomaterials Development and implementation of novel analytical probes and characterization tools for in situ chemical analysis at surfaces and interfaces Electrochemical energy storage
Chris Hegna cchegna@wisc.edu	Harvey D. Spangler Professor of Engineering Physics College of Engineering	Electricity Systems Nuclear	Theoretical plasma physics Fusion science Magnetic confinement of plasmas Magnetohydrodynamics
Ive Hermans hermans@chem.wisc.edu	John and Dorothy Vozza Professor of Chemistry College of Engineering, College of Letters & Sciences	Transportation & Fuels Biofuels & Bioproducts Conversion	Synthesis of heterogeneous catalysts Immobilization of homogeneous catalysts Catalytic and kinetic studies Unravelling of reaction mechanisms (In situ) spectroscopy (Infrared, Raman, UV-Vis) Reactions in supercritical fluids and expanded liquid phases Use of renewable resources Quantum-chemical and theoretical kinetic calculations Reaction engineering High-pressure reaction technology
Andrea Hicks hicks5@wisc.edu	Assistant Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering College of Engineering	Modeling	Sustainability Environmental systems analysis and optimization Life cycle assessment Agent-based modeling Rebound effect Environmental implications of technology

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