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 Tags	Research Interests
Joy Altwies altwies@wisc.edu Energy Expert	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 Affiliate	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 Affiliate	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 Energy Expert	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 Affiliate	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 Energy Expert	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 Investigator	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 Energy Expert	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
Josh Arnold josh.arnold@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Campus Energy Advisor Office of Sustainability	Electricity Systems Building Efficiency Energy & Society	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	Conversion Industry	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	Transportation & Fuels Plant Genetics & Breeding	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	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 Energy Expert	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 Energy Expert	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 Energy Expert	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 Energy Expert	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 Energy Expert	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 Energy Expert	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 Energy Expert	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 Affiliate	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 Energy Expert	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 Affiliate	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 Energy Expert	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 Energy Expert	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 Energy Expert	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 Affiliate	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 Energy Expert	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 Energy Expert	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 Investigator	WEI Interim Director Ira L. Baldwin 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 Energy Expert	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 Affiliate	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
Morgan Edwards morgan.edwards@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Assistant Professor of Public Affairs La Follette School of Public Affairs	Energy & Society Policy & Regulation	Just transitions, fossil fuels, and stranded assets Leaks in natural gas distribution systems Measuring impacts of local climate action Negative emissions technologies Valuing impacts of non-CO₂ emissions
Tom Eggert tleggert@wisc.edu Energy Expert	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 Energy Expert	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 Energy Expert	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 Affiliate	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 Energy Expert	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 Energy Expert	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 Energy Expert	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 Affiliate	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
Jennifer Franck jafranck@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Assistant Professor of Engineering Physics College of Engineering	Electricity Systems Wind	Computational fluid dynamics Unsteady fluid mechanics Turbulent flows Wind and tidal energy Aerodynamics Flow control Propulsion Fluid-structure interaction
Dante Fratta fratta@wisc.edu Energy Expert	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
Zachary Freedman zfreedman@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Assistant Professor of Soil Microbiology College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	Transportation & Fuels Biofuels & Bioproducts Sustainable Agriculture	Microbial communities and their ecosystem functions Microbiome Plant-soil-microbial interactions Quantitative, trait-based microbial ecology
Audrey Gasch agasch@wisc.edu Affiliate	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 Energy Expert	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 Affiliate	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 Energy Expert	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 Energy Expert	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 Investigator	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
Dominic Gross dominic.gross@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering College of Engineering	Electricity Systems Electricity Distribution Microgrids	Control of microgrids and power systems dominated by power electronics Grid-forming control of converter-interfaced renewable generation and energy storage devices Grid-forming control of power converters subject to constraints Distributed control and optimization of complex networked systems
Robert J. Hamers rjhamers@wisc.edu Energy Expert	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 Energy Expert	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 Energy Expert	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 Energy Expert	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
Chris Todd Hittinger cthittinger@wisc.edu Investigator	Associate Professor of Genetics College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	Transportation & Fuels Conversion Electricity Systems Energy & Society Education & Outreach Industry Spinoffs Modeling	Yeast genetics, biodiversity, and synthetic biology Evolutionary genomics Carbon metabolism Brewing Isobutanol Fermentation
Tracey Holloway taholloway@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Gaylord Nelson Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies & Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies	Environmental Studies Modeling	Air quality research Regional air quality
George Huber gwhuber@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Professor of Chemical & Biological Engineering College of Engineering	Transportation & Fuels Biofuels & Bioproducts Conversion	Renewable energy Biofuels and biochemicals Heterogeneous catalysis Pyrolysis Zeolites Conceptual process design
Randy Jackson rdjackson@wisc.edu Investigator	Campbell-Bascom Professor of Grassland Ecology College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	Transportation & Fuels Plant Deconstruction Plant Genetics & Breeding Sustainable Agriculture	Structure and function of managed, semi-natural, and natural grassland ecosystems Landscape-level nutrient exchange Ecosystem-level carbon and nutrient cycling Plant community responses to disturbances
Tom Jahns jahns@engr.wisc.edu Investigator	Grainger Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering College of Engineering	Electricity Systems Electricity Distribution Microgrids Storage Industry	Power electronics Microgrids Electric machines and actuators Adjustable-speed drives Brushless motor drives and generators Automotive and aerospace electric systems
Hongrui Jiang hongrui@engr.wisc.edu Energy Expert	Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering College of Engineering	Electricity Systems Materials Solar	MicroElectroMechanical System Microsensors and microactuators BioMEMS and micro-optics Microfluidics Lab on chips Biomimetics and bioinspiration
Song Jin jin@chem.wisc.edu Energy Expert	Professor of Chemistry College of Letters & Sciences	Conversion Materials Solar Storage	Solar energy conversion Energy storage Nanomaterials Renewable Energy applications
Sarah Johnston sarah.johnston@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Assistant Professor of Agriculture and Applied Economics College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	Economics Policy & Regulation	Industrial organization Energy and environmental economics Renewable energy subsidies
Shawn Kaeppler smkaeppl@wisc.edu Affiliate	Professor of Agronomy College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	Biofuels & Bioproducts Plant Genetics & Breeding	Seed development and composition genetic and genomic analysis Lignocellulosic biofuel Abiotic stress tolerance Epigenetics
Heidi Kaeppler hfkaeppl@wisc.edu Affiliate	Associate Professor of Agronomy College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	Transportation & Fuels Plant Genetics & Breeding	Genetic engineering and gene-editing of crops for genomics/epigenomics research and genetic improvement Enhancement of bioenergy-related traits
Mikhail Kats mkats@wisc.edu Affiliate	Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Dugald. C. Jackson Faculty Scholar College of Engineering	Materials Solar	Optics and photonics Nanoscience and nanotechnology Optical materials Thermal radiation Metasurfaces Thin-film optics Device physics Human vision
Jason Kawasaki jkawasaki@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Harvey D. Spangler Assistant Professor of Materials Science & Engineering College of Engineering	Materials	Heteroepitaxy of Heusler and intermetallic thin films Thermoelectrics Topological insulators Engineering electronic and magnetic properties via strain and quantum confinement Molecular beam epitaxy Scanning tunneling microscopy Photoemission spectroscopy
Paul Kelleher paul.kelleher@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Associate Professor of Medical History and Bioethics, Philosophy School of Medicine & Public Health	Energy & Society Policy & Regulation	Ethical and philosophical aspects of climate change policy Ethics and economics of pricing carbon dioxide emissions Health and environmental policy
Tricia Kiley pjkiley@wisc.edu Affiliate	Professor and Department Chair of Biomolecular Chemistry School of Medicine & Public Health	Transportation & Fuels Conversion	Biomolecular folding and interactions Gene expression Metals in biology E. coli
Younghyun Kim younghyun.kim@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering College of Engineering	Building Efficiency Storage	Secure and reliable CPS Powering the loT Lower-power embedded systems Energy harvesting and storage
Dan Klingenberg dan.klingenberg@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering College of Engineering	Transportation & Fuels	Colloid science Suspension rheology Electromagnetic phenomena in materials multiphase flow Experimental rheology of fiber suspensions Simulation of Brownian electro- and magnetorheological suspensions Simulation of fiber suspensions
Sage Kokjohn kokjohn@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering College of Engineering	Engine Research Modeling	High efficiency energy conversion Thermodynamics and fluid mechanics Turbulent combustion modelling
Ananth Krishnamurthy ananth.krishnamurthy@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering College of Engineering	Modeling	Production inventory systems Assembly operations Product variety and customization Warehouse systems Quick response manufacturing
Chris Kucharik kucharik@wisc.edu Investigator	Professor and Department Chair of Agronomy Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment College of Agricultural & Life Sciences, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies	Transportation & Fuels Biofuels & Bioproducts Environmental Studies Sustainable Agriculture Water Modeling	Sustainable Biofuels Agroecosystem modeling Sustainable agriculture Terrestrial carbon sequestration Urban heat islands
Gerald Kulcinski glkulcin@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Grainger Professor of Nuclear Engineering-Emeritus; Director Emeritus, Fusion Technology Institute College of Engineering	Electricity Systems Nuclear	Magnetic/inertial fusion reactor systems studies Radiation damage and nuclear materials Near term applications of fusion energy Lunar mining of helium-3
James LaGro jalagro@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Professor of Planning & Landscape Architecture College of Letters & Sciences	Environmental Studies Policy & Regulation Sustainable Agriculture Water	Sustainable development Water resources Urban design downtown revitalization Land use and landscape ecology Green infrastructure
Robert Landick landick@bact.wisc.edu Investigator	Professor of Biochemistry College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	Transportation & Fuels Biofuels & Bioproducts Conversion	Regulation of transcript elongation in bacteria and humans Genetic analysis of RNA polymerase RNA polymerase structure and function Regulation of Bacterial RNAP Transcriptional Regulation in vivo
Rebecca Larson rebecca.larson@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Associate Professor of Biological Systems Engineering College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	Transportation & Fuels Biofuels & Bioproducts Conversion Sustainable Agriculture	Biological waste Manure management Handling and treatment of agricultural and food processing waste Land application of various waste streams Waste-to-energy technologies
Robert Lasseter rhlasseter@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Professor Emeritus of Electrical & Computer Engineering College of Engineering	Electricity Systems Electricity Distribution Microgrids	Distributed resources Restructuring of electrical power system Application of power electronics to utility systems Simulation methods Power electronic circuits and control HVDC, SVC, FACTS and custom power applications
Bernard Lesieutre lesieutre@engr.wisc.edu Affiliate	Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering & Associate Chair of Undergraduate Studies College of Engineering	Electricity Systems Electricity Distribution Policy & Regulation	grid security grid reliability
Richard Lindroth richard.lindroth@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Vilas Distinguished Achievement and Douglas D. Sorenson Professor of Entomology College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	Transportation & Fuels Biofuels & Bioproducts Plant Genetics & Breeding Sustainable Agriculture	Genetic and environmental factors influencing poplar production Plant chemistry Sustainable forestry
Steven Loheide loheide@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering College of Engineering	Environmental Studies Water Modeling	Hydroecology/ ecohydrology Hydrogeology River restoration Food-water-energy nexus Remote sensing Hydrologic consequences of climate change Vegetative water use / vegetation patterning Sustainable land-use practices Stream-aquifer interactions Ecosystem function / services Human interaction with aquatic ecosystems
Dan Ludois ludois@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Associate Professor & Dugald C. Jackson Faculty Scholar of Electrical & Computer Engineering College of Engineering	Electricity Systems Storage Wind Spinoffs	Power electronics Electric machines Non-contact power transfer Sustainable engineering technologies and practices
Zhenqiang Ma mazq@engr.wisc.edu Energy Expert	Lynn H. Matthias Professor & Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering College of Engineering	Electricity Systems Materials Nuclear Solar	High-speed RF devices and circuits, optoelectronic devices and nanophotonics Semiconductor materials processing and heterogeneous integration Flexible electronics, flexible optoelectronics and flexible photonics Energy conversion semiconductor devices Bioelectronics and biomimetics Semiconductor device physics Power electronics
Christos Maravelias christos.maravelias@wisc.edu Affiliate	Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor & Paul A. Elfers Professor of Chemical & Biological Engineering College of Engineering	Biofuels & Bioproducts Economics Modeling	Chemical production planning and scheduling Optimization methods for process synthesis Supply chain management Computational methods for novel material discovery Assessmsent of biomass-to-fuels/chemicals strategies
John Markley markley@biochem.wisc.edu Energy Expert	Steenbock Professor of Biomolecular Structure & Biochemistry College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	Transportation & Fuels Conversion Plant Genetics & Breeding Materials Modeling	Metabolomics Macromolecular structure Redox active proteins
Manos Mavrikakis emavrikakis@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Paul A. Elfers Professor, James A. Dumesic Professor, & Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Chemical & Biological Engineering College of Engineering	Electricity Systems Materials Storage	Thermodynamics Kinetics and catalysis Surface science Computational chemistry Electronic materials Fuel cells applications Environmental chemical engineering
Luke Mawst ljmawst@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering Electrical & Computer Engineering College of Engineering	Electricity Systems	Semiconductor lasers Metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) growth of semiconductors III/V compound semiconductor materials and devices
Katherine (Trina) McMahon trina.mcmahon@wisc.edu Affiliate	Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering College of Engineering	Transportation & Fuels Conversion Water	Water quality Freshwater sciences Wastewater treatment Microbiology Nutrient removal Water quality modeling Limnology
Franklin Miller fkmiller@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering College of Engineering	Electricity Systems Solar Supercritical Fluids	Cryogenics Thermodynamics of Superfluid 3He-4He mixtures Sub-Kelvin cooling for space science Energy systems
Dane Morgan ddmorgan@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Harvey D. Spangler Professor of Materials Science & Engineering College of Engineering	Electricity Systems Materials Modeling	Computational materials science for materials design Ab initio electronic structure methods and multiscale techniques for large time/length scales and thermokinetics Ab initio based modeling of electrochemical systems and processes Nuclear materials Battery and fuel cell electrodes Earth mantle materials Electronic materials
Gregory Moses gregory.moses@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Spangler Professor Emeritus of Engineering Physics College of Engineering	Electricity Systems Nuclear Modeling	Nuclear reactor physics Computational engr. Radiation hydrodynamics Technology enhanced learning Fusion reactor design
Greg Nellis gfnellis@engr.wisc.edu Affiliate	William A. and Irene Ouweneel-Bascom Professor of Mechanical Engineering College of Engineering	Electricity Systems Solar Supercritical Fluids	Thermodynamics Heat Transfer Heat Exchangers Refrigeration and Power Cycles
John Nelson jsnelson4@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Adjunct Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering College of Engineering	Electricity Systems Building Efficiency	Production, conversion, and consumption of energy and fuels Lean facility delivery Sustainable system analysis & deployment Organizational value clarity
Gregory Nemet nemet@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Professor of Public Affairs La Follette School of Public Affairs	Energy & Society Policy & Regulation	Energy, climate, and science & technology policy Innovation Low-carbon energy systems Negative emissions Research & development Learning by doing
Todd Newman tpnewman@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Assistant Professor of Life Sciences Communication College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	Energy & Society Science Communication	strategic science communication science communication training, marketing, and branding Public opinion and media coverage of climate and energy issues
Dan Noguera noguera@engr.wisc.edu Investigator	Wisconsin Distinguished Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering College of Engineering	Transportation & Fuels Conversion	Environmental engineering Bioenergy Biotechnology Microbial ecology Biological nutrient removal Bioinformatics Biodegradation pathways Anaerobic digestion
Marisa Otegui otegui@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Professor of Botany and Genetics College of Letters & Sciences	Transportation & Fuels Plant Genetics & Breeding	Cell biology Intracellular membrane traffic Cytokinesis Endosperm development
Mutlu Özdogan ozdogan@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Associate Professor of Forest & Wildlife Ecology College of Agricultural & Life Sciences, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies	Environmental Studies Sustainable Agriculture	Remote sensing Land-use and land-cover change Hydrology Climate change
Xuejun Pan xpan@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Professor of Biological Systems Engineering College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	Transportation & Fuels Biofuels & Bioproducts Plant Deconstruction	Biomass pretreatment for bioconversion Lignocellulose saccharification to fermentable sugars Conversion of lignocellulose to chemicals and liquid fuels Production of value-added products from cellulose, lignin, and hemicellulose Plant cell wall changes during biorefining
Wenxiao Pan wpan9@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering College of Engineering	Electricity Systems Materials Storage	Multiscale modeling Numerical methods Scientific computing High performance computing Fluid-solid interactions Complex fluids Multiphase flows Soft matter Energy storage materials Manufacturing
Sara Patterson spatters@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Professor Emerita of Horticulture College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	Transportation & Fuels Plant Genetics & Breeding Environmental Studies Sustainable Agriculture	Developmental and genetic characterization of the abscission process and senescence in plants Role and value of school and community gardens
Jonathan Patz patz@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Director, Global Health Institute Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies	Energy & Society Environmental Studies	Health effects of climate change Global health
Jason Peters jason.peters@wisc.edu Affiliate	Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences School of Pharmacy	Transportation & Fuels Biofuels & Bioproducts Conversion	CRISPR technology in bacteria CRISPR interference (CRISPRi)
Brian Pfleger brian.pfleger@wisc.edu Affiliate	Jay and Cynthia Ihlenfeld Professor of Chemical & Biological Engineering College of Engineering	Transportation & Fuels Biofuels & Bioproducts Conversion	Metabolic engineering Biotechnology Synthetic biology Natural products Protein engineering Cyanobacteria Sustainability
John Pfotenhauer pfot@engr.wisc.edu Energy Expert	Professor of Mechanical Engineering College of Engineering	Electricity Systems Solar Supercritical Fluids	Low temperature refrigeration Cryogenics Applied superconductivity
R. William Provencher bill.provencher@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Professor of Agricultural & Applied Economics College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	Electricity Systems Electricity Distribution Energy & Society Economics	Environmental and resource economics Demand-side management of energy Valuation of ecosystem services Socio-ecological interactions Dynamic allocation of resources
John Ralph jralph@wisc.edu Investigator	Professor of Biochemistry College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	Transportation & Fuels Biofuels & Bioproducts Plant Genetics & Breeding	Lignin biosynthesis, structure, chemistry, and reactions Lignocellulosics bioprocessing Development of synthetic methods for biosynthetic products Solution-state NMR
Vatsan Raman sraman4@wisc.edu Affiliate	Assistant Professor of Biochemistry College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	Transportation & Fuels Plant Genetics & Breeding	Systems and synthetic biology Computational protein design combined with high-throughput phenotyping Allosteric transcription factor design Directed evolution of microbial biosynthetic pathways
Douglas Reindl dreindl@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Professor of Mechanical Engineering College of Engineering	Electricity Systems Building Efficiency Electricity Distribution Solar Storage Modeling	Industrial refrigeration systems and technology Refrigeration optimization and process improvement Building energy systems Thermal energy storage systems Renewable energy systems
Doug Reinemann doug.reinemann@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Professor of Biological Systems Engineering College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	Biofuels & Bioproducts Electricity Systems Energy & Society Sustainable Agriculture	Renewable energy technology and policy Sustainable development of bioenergy systems Rural energy issues Effects of the electrical environment on farm animals
Rolf Reitz reitz@engr.wisc.edu Energy Expert	Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering College of Engineering	Transportation & Fuels Engine Research	Combustion, gas dynamics Spray motion and formation Hydrocarbon kinetics Engine fluid dynamics Computer modeling
Christy Remucal remucal@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Associate Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering College of Engineering	Energy & Society Water Modeling	Formation of reactive oxygen species in water Polar organic contaminants in natural and engineered aquatic systems Molecular composition and reactivity of dissolved organic matter
Line Roald roald@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Assistant Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering College of Engineering	Electricity Systems Electricity Distribution Solar Wind	Modeling, optimization and control of energy systems Integration of renewable energy and resilience to uncertain events Stochastic optimization
Joel Rogers jrogers@cows.org Energy Expert	Sewell-Bascom Professor of Law, Political Science, Public Affairs, and Sociology University of Wisconsin Law School	Policy & Regulation	Public policy Administrative law Cities and development
Philip Romero promero2@wisc.edu Affiliate	Assistant Professor of Biochemistry College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	Transportation & Fuels Biofuels & Bioproducts Conversion Modeling	Protein engineering Computational modeling and machine learning Automated and high-throughput technologies
Thatcher Root twroot@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Professor of Chemical & Biological Engineering College of Engineering	Transportation & Fuels Biofuels & Bioproducts Conversion Education & Outreach	Surface chemistry Catalysis Diffusion in porous media Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy Mediated fuel cells Selective oxidation catalysts
David Rothamer rothamer@wisc.edu Affiliate	Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering College of Engineering	Transportation & Fuels Engine Research	Laser based diagnostics Internal combustion engines Soot formation Influence of fuel properties on combustion
Troy Runge trunge@wisc.edu Investigator	Associate Professor and Chair, Biological Systems Engineering College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	Transportation & Fuels Biofuels & Bioproducts Industry Modeling	Bioenergy: biomass composition impact on bioprocessing systems, including anaerobic digestion, combustion, gasification, and catalysis Biomaterials: pulp, paper, bio-based chemicals, cellulose composites and nonwoven structures
Chris Rutland rutland@engr.wisc.edu Energy Expert	Phil and Jean Myers Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Emeritus College of Engineering	Transportation & Fuels Engine Research	Computational fluid dynamics Turbulence, combustion, and spray modeling for internal combustion (IC) engines Turbulent reacting flows Large eddy simulation IC engine aftertreatment modeling
Lori Sakk sakk@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Director, Wisconsin Public Utility Institute	Policy & Regulation
Gregg Sanford gsanford@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Associate Scientist, Agronomy College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	Transportation & Fuels Biofuels & Bioproducts Sustainable Agriculture	Sustainable intensification in agriculture Ecosystem services Perennial systems Organic and conventional cropping systems
Bulent Sarlioglu sarlioglu@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Associate Professor of Engineering Professional Development and Electrical and Computer Engineering College of Engineering	Transportation & Fuels Electricity Systems Storage Education & Outreach	Electric machines, drives, power electronics Electric actuation systems Automotive, aerospace, naval and renewable energy applications Complex and interdisciplinary power system architecture
Trey Sato tksato@glbrc.wisc.edu Investigator	Senior Scientist, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center Wisconsin Energy Institute	Transportation & Fuels Biofuels & Bioproducts Conversion	Multiomic analysis of microbial cellulosic biofuel synthesis Stress tolerance in yeast
Dietram A. Scheufele scheufele@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Taylor-Bascom Chair & Director of Undergraduate Studies, Life Sciences Communication College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	Science Communication	Social media Media Public opinion Science communication Science policy
Jordan R. Schmidt schmidt@chem.wisc.edu Energy Expert	Professor of Chemistry College of Letters & Sciences	Transportation & Fuels Biofuels & Bioproducts Conversion Materials Modeling	Next Generation Ab Initio Force Field Development Microkinetic Modeling Metal Organic Framework Nucleation and Crystallization Nano-porous materials for flue gas separation
Rebecca Smith rasmith29@wisc.edu	Assistant Scientist, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center Wisconsin Energy Institute	Transportation & Fuels Plant Deconstruction Plant Genetics & Breeding	Lignin biosynthesis, structure, chemistry, and reactions Lignocellulosics bioprocessing Development of synthetic methods for biosynthetic products
Carl Sovinec csovinec@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Associate Chair for Graduate Studies and Thomas and Suzanne Werner Professor of Engineering Physics College of Engineering	Electricity Systems Nuclear Modeling	Computational plasma physics Magnetohydrodynamics Numerical methods for partial differential equations
Kumar Sridharan kumar@engr.wisc.edu Energy Expert	Distinguished Research Professor of Engineering Physics College of Engineering	Electricity Systems Materials Nuclear Supercritical Fluids	Nuclear reactor materials research and development Emerging and commercial surface engineering technologies Conventional and advanced materials characterization and analysis techniques Materials applications, challenges, and solutions for a broad spectrum of industrial applications
Shannon Stahl stahl@chem.wisc.edu Investigator	Steenbock Professor of Chemical Sciences College of Letters & Sciences	Transportation & Fuels Biofuels & Bioproducts Conversion Electricity Systems Storage	Catalysis (homogeneous, heterogeneous, and electrochemical) Fuel cells and flow batteries Hydrocarbon and biomass conversion and upgrading Selective oxidation Electrochemical energy storage and conversion Green chemistry
Garret Suen gsuen@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Associate Professor of Bacteriology College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	Transportation & Fuels Biofuels & Bioproducts	Herbivore-associated Microbial Ecology Rumen Microbiology Metagenomics Biofuels
Izabela Szlufarska szlufarska@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Harvey D. Spangler Professor of Engineering College of Engineering	Materials	Computational materials science Mechanical behavior at the nanoscale Defect behavior in semiconductors and insulators under irradiation Solid/liquid interfaces Nucleation and kinetics of medium range order in bulk metallic glasses
Steph Tai tai2@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Professor of Law University of Wisconsin Law School	Policy & Regulation	Judicial decision-making about environmental and energy regulation Development of private systems for environmental governance
Michael G. Thomas michael.thomas@wisc.edu Affiliate	E. B. Fred Professor of Bacteriology College of Letters & Sciences	Transportation & Fuels Biofuels & Bioproducts Conversion	Antibiotic discovery and development Metabolic engineering
James Tinjum jmtinjum@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering College of Engineering	Electricity Systems Geothermal Wind Education & Outreach	Environmental geotechnics including waste containment systems Energy geotechnics including heat transfer in geothermal systems and buried power cables Thermal and transportation geotechnics Characterization of geosynthetic materials Containment, stabilization, and remediation of contaminated waste Beneficial reuse of industrial byproducts
Mario F. Trujillo mtrujillo@wisc.edu Affiliate	Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering College of Engineering	Transportation & Fuels Engine Research Materials Modeling	Liquid sprays in a crossflow Liquid breakup and particle advection dynamics Multiple droplet impingement heat transfer Two-phase flow heat transfer numerics Computational characterization of plunging of liquid jets on a quiescent pool Interface capturing methods
Reid Van Lehn vanlehn@wisc.edu Affiliate	Conway Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering College of Engineering	Biofuels & Bioproducts Materials Modeling	Molecular simulation Machine learning Solvent effects Nano-bio interactions Engineering nanomaterials and soft materials Multiscale modeling
Giri Venkataramanan giri@engr.wisc.edu Energy Expert	Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering College of Engineering	Electricity Systems Electricity Distribution Microgrids	Applications of power electronics in building lighting, climate conditioning, industrial motor control, electric generation, transmission and distribution and transportation systems Renewable power generation systems such as wind power, solar power and geothermal power Operation and control of microgrids and smart grids in distributed generation, energy storage, combined heat and power, electric, hybrid electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicle
Ophelia Venturelli venturelli@wisc.edu Affiliate	Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Bacteriology, and Chemical and Biological Engineering College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	Transportation & Fuels Biofuels & Bioproducts Conversion	Microbe-microbe interactions Microbial engineering Microbial metabolism
Daniel J. Vimont dvimont@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences College of Letters & Sciences	Environmental Studies Modeling	Climate science Climate variations Climate change impacts in Wisconsin
Xudong Wang xudong@engr.wisc.edu Energy Expert	Professor of Materials Science and Engineering College of Engineering	Electricity Systems Materials Solar	Oxide nanomaterials growth and characterization Piezoelectric nanostructures and nanodevices for mechanical energy harvesting Semiconductor nanomaterials and devices for solar energy harvesting and energy storage Nanoscale piezoelectric effect and piezotronics Piezocatalysis and interface between piezoelectricity and electrochemistry
David L. Weimer weimer@lafollette.wisc.edu Energy Expert	Edwin E. Witte Professor of Political Economy, Political Science, and Public Affairs College of Letters & Sciences	Economics Policy & Regulation	Energy Policy Strategic Petroleum Reserves Cost-Benefit Analysis
Thea Whitman twhitman@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Assistant Professor of Soil Science College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	Environmental Studies Sustainable Agriculture	Soil biogeochemistry Microbial ecology Global environmental change Soil organic carbon Climate change
Scott Williams spwilliams@wisc.edu Energy Expert	WEI Research and Education Coordinator Wisconsin Energy Institute	Education & Outreach	Collegiate energy education Energy career opportunities Energy policy and regulation Wind energy training
Paul P.H. Wilson paul.wilson@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Department Chair and Grainger Professor of Nuclear Engineering, Engineering Physics College of Engineering	Nuclear Policy & Regulation	Monte Carlo methods Nuclear fuel cycles Energy policy Proliferation analysis Transmutation/depletion/activation
Daniel Wright danielb.wright@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering College of Engineering	Environmental Studies Water	Satellite and ground-based rainfall remote sensing Rainfall and flood processes at urban and regional scales Computationally-intensive simulation for probabilistic natural hazards risk assessment Statistical and stochastic hydrology Modernization of stormwater and flood management theory and practice Climate, weather, land use, and other impacts on floods and other hydrologic phenomena
John C. Wright wright@chem.wisc.edu Energy Expert	Andreas C. Albrecht Professor of Chemistry College of Letters & Sciences	Materials Solar	Analysis of nanomaterials using imaging and photoluminescence Analysis of ultrafast quantum dot dynamics Femtosecond and picosecond laser systems Spectroelectrochemistry Spectroscopy of biologically relevant metal centers
Elizabeth Wright erwright2@wisc.edu Affiliate	Professor of Biochemistry, Morgridge Institute for Research Affiliate College of Letters & Sciences	Transportation & Fuels	Cryo-EM Development of antimicrobials, therapeutics, and vaccines Advanced light and electron microscopy imaging
Martin Zanni zanni@chem.wisc.edu Energy Expert	V. W. Meloche-Bascom Professor of Chemistry College of Letters & Sciences	Materials Solar	Two-dimensional infrared (2D-IR) spectroscopy Two-dimensional white-light (2D-WL) spectroscopy and microscopy Two-dimensional sum-frequency generation (2D-SFG) spectroscopy Amyloid formation Ion channels and membrane proteins Energy transfer of solar cell materials Aggregation of crystallin proteins Wide-field femtosecond infrared imaging
Victor M. Zavala victor.zavala@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Baldovin-DaPra Associate Professor of Chemical & Biological Engineering College of Engineering	Biofuels & Bioproducts Electricity Distribution Modeling	Computational optimization and statistics High-performance computing Energy systems Agricultural systems Materials
Zhou Zhang zzhang347@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Assistant Professor of Biological Systems Engineering College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	Sustainable Agriculture Modeling	Crop growth monitoring and yield prediction High-throughput image based plant phenotyping Hyperspectral/multispectral imagery, RGB imagery and LiDAR Machine learning for high dimensional data analysis Multi-source remote sensing data fusion Sustainable agriculture UAV-based imaging platform developments for precision agriculture
Yaoping Zhang yaoping.zhang@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Senior Scientist, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center Wisconsin Energy Institute	Transportation & Fuels Biofuels & Bioproducts Conversion	Microbial performance in hemicellulosic hydrolysates produced from different feedstocks Engineered ethanologenic microbes Multiomic fermentation

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