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
James LaGro jalagro@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Professor of Planning & Landscape Architecture College of Letters & Sciences	Sustainable cities Water resources Infrastructure siting Land use and landscape ecology Green infrastructure
Robert Landick landick@bact.wisc.edu Investigator	Dr. Laurens Anderson Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry, Faculty Affiliate for Bacteriology College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	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
Tyler Lark lark@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Scientist Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
Rebecca Larson rebecca.larson@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies	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	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 Energy Expert	Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering & Associate Chair of Undergraduate Studies College of Engineering	grid security grid reliability
Benjamin Lindley lindley2@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Assistant Professor of Nuclear Engineering & Engineering Physics College of Engineering	Design and analysis of advanced nuclear reactors Design and analysis of nuclear-renewable hybrid energy systems Development of net-zero emissions energy systems
Richard Lindroth richard.lindroth@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Vilas Distinguished Achievement and Douglas D. Sorenson Professor of Entomology College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	Genetic and environmental factors influencing poplar production Plant chemistry Sustainable forestry
Fang Liu fang.liu3@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Assistant Professor in Materials Science and Engineering College of Engineering	• Energy storage technology • Batteries for transportation and power grid • High-throughput experimentation • Ion intercalation and separation • CO2 capture and conversion
Steven Loheide loheide@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering College of Engineering	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
Whitney Loo wloo@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Assistant Professor of Chemical & Biological Engineering College of Engineering	Energy Storage Technology Batteries Polymer Electrolytes Fuel Cell Membranes Membrane-Based Separations
Dan Ludois ludois@wisc.edu Investigator	Jean van Bladel Associate Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering College of Engineering	Power electronics Electric machines Wireless power transfer Sustainable engineering technologies and practices
Jim Luedtke jrluedt1@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Harvey D. Spangler Faculty Scholar of Industrial and Systems Engineering College of Engineering	Stochastic optimization, especially optimization with risk constraints Mixed integer optimization, linear and nonlinear Applications of optimization
Zhenqiang Ma mazq@engr.wisc.edu Energy Expert	Lynn H. Matthias Professor & Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering College of Engineering	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
Hiroshi Maeda maeda2@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Professor of Botany College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	Evolutionary diversification of tyrosine biosynthesis and downstream natural product pathways Regulation of the Shikimate and aromatic amino acid pathways in plants Crop-based production of natural products through synthetic biology Amino acid sensing and response mechanisms in plants Defining the nitrogen flux maps (NFMs) of plants
Hiroshi Maeda maeda2@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Professor of Botany College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	Evolutionary diversification of tyrosine biosynthesis and downstream natural product pathways Regulation of the Shikimate and aromatic amino acid pathways in plants Crop-based production of natural products through synthetic biology Amino acid sensing and response mechanisms in plants Defining the nitrogen flux maps (NFMs) of plants
Erica L-W Majumder emajumder@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Assistant Professor of Bacteriology College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	Anaerobic metabolism Electron transfer Microbe-metal interactions Waste stream bioconversion to inorganic or polymer products Microbe-plastic interactions Contaminant biodegradation Metabolomics Activity of microbial chemistries
John Markley markley@biochem.wisc.edu Energy Expert	Steenbock Professor of Biomolecular Structure & Biochemistry College of Agricultural & Life Sciences	Metabolomics Macromolecular structure Redox active proteins
Luca Mastropasqua luca.mastropasqua@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering College of Engineering	Energy storage technology Fuel cells Hydrogen production Decarbonization of heavy industries Electrochemically-derived fuels and products
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	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 College of Engineering	Semiconductor lasers Metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) growth of semiconductors III/V compound semiconductor materials and devices
Katherine (Trina) McMahon trina.mcmahon@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering College of Engineering	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	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	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 Nuclear Engineering & Engineering Physics College of Engineering	Nuclear reactor physics Computational engr. Radiation hydrodynamics Technology enhanced learning Fusion reactor design
Kevin Myers kmyers2@wisc.edu Energy Expert	Assistant Scientist Wisconsin Energy Institute	RNA-seq, ChIP-seq, Tn-seq, TSS-seq data Metagenomic and metatranscriptomic data Bioinformatics Development of computational pipelines and tools
Greg Nellis gfnellis@engr.wisc.edu Energy Expert	William A. and Irene Ouweneel-Bascom Professor of Mechanical Engineering College of Engineering	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	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, 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	strategic science communication science communication training, marketing, and branding Public opinion and media coverage of climate and energy issues

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