Energy Experts

From biofuels to batteries, UW–Madison has a wealth of expertise in energy. The researchers working in energy at UW–Madison are generating the knowledge and clean technologies that will accelerate a transition to sustainable, resilient, and affordable energy systems. 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 Interests
Joy Altwies altwies@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Faculty Associate/Program Director of Engineering Professional Development College of Engineering	Green and High-Performance Buildings Sustainable Construction Building Commissioning, Commissioning Process HVAC & R Systems Technology Innovation and Adoption
Daniel Amador-Noguez amadornoguez@wisc.edu Affiliate	Associate Professor of Bacteriology College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	Metabolomics and metabolic regulation in biofuel producing bacteria Bacterial biofilms Human gut microbiome
Richard Amasino amasino@biochem.wisc.edu Energy Expert	Professor of Biochemistry College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	Plant genetics Plant flowering Vernalization Arabidopsis thaliana Brachypodium distachyon
Dan Anderson danderson@bus.wisc.edu Energy Expert	Professor Emeritus of Risk Management and Insurance School of Business	Sustainability risks facing businesses and organizations Sustainability risk management strategies
Mark H. Anderson manderson@engr.wisc.edu Energy Expert	Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering College of Engineering	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 Ané jeanmichel.ane@wisc.edu Affiliate	Kellet Professor of Bacteriology & Agronomy College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	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 Investigator	Professor of Biological Systems Engineering College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	Biological systems analysis and assessment Life cycle assessment Techno-economic analysis
Michael Arnold msarnold@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Professor of Materials Science & Engineering College of Engineering	Carbon nanotubes Atomically thin sheets of graphene Two-dimensional materials Semiconducting molecules and polymers Heterostructures that integrate these components with conventional, macroscopic materials
Josh Arnold josh.arnold@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Campus Energy Advisor Office of Sustainability	Energy analysis and policy Energy conservation Energy efficiency Renewable energy projects Stakeholder engagement and market development
William Banholzer wbanholzer@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Senior Advisor, Wisconsin Energy Institute Research Professor, Honorary Fellow of Chemical & Biological Engineering College of Engineering	Commercialization of technology Materials and process development with emphasis on the intersection with business opportunities
Sebastian Bednarek sybednar@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Professor of Biochemistry College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	Plant cell biology Intracellular protein trafficking Membrane biogenesis Plant cell cytokinesis
Arganthael Berson berson2@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Lecturer of Mechanical Engineering College of Engineering	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 Energy Expert	Professor Emeritus of Industrial & Systems Engineering College of Engineering	Critical infrastructure protection Security Technology hazards Risk analysis Decision analysis Operations research
Mary Blanchard mary.blanchard@wisc.edu Investigator	WEI Associate Director Wisconsin Energy Institute
Paul Block paul.block@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Associate Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering College of Engineering	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 Energy Expert	Duane H. and Dorothy M. Bluemke & Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering Electrical & Computer Engineering College of Engineering	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 Energy Expert	Professor & Chair of Life Sciences Communication College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	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
Grace Bulltail bulltail@wisc.edu Investigator	Assistant Professor Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies	water resource engineering natural resource management nexus of water, energy, and land use environmental justice in Indigenous communities
Alan Carroll carroll@geology.wisc.edu Energy Expert	Professor of Geoscience College of Letters & Sciences	Continental tectonics Basin evolution Ancient lakes Petroleum geology Paleoclimatology China geology
Peter Carstensen peter.carstensen@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Professor Emeritus of Law University of Wisconsin Law School	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 Energy Expert	Research Geneticist, U.S. Department of Agriculture College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	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
Kaiping Chen kchen67@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Assistant Professor of Life Sciences Communication College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	Civic engagement in sustainability policymaking Climate justice Computational social science Discourse on controversial and emerging technologies Science communication
Kyoung-Shin Choi kschoi@chem.wisc.edu Energy Expert	Professor of Chemistry College of Letters & Sciences	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 Affiliate	Professor of Biomolecular Chemistry & Chemistry College of Letters & Sciences	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 Energy Expert	Former Director, Wisconsin Energy Institute Wisconsin Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Engineering Physics College of Engineering	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 Energy Expert	Assistant Professor of Engineering Physics College of Engineering	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 Energy Expert	Professor and Department Chair of Agriculture & Applied Economics College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	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 Energy Expert	Ira L. Baldwin Professor of Bacteriology College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	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 Energy Expert	Professor of Agronomy College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	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 Energy Expert	Professor of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences College of Letters & Sciences, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies	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

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