Our research investigators and affiliates are connecting, collaborating, and coordinating efforts to generate the knowledge and clean technologies that will accelerate a transition to sustainable, resilient, and affordable energy systems. In collaboration with our students and staff, our researchers work closely with companies, farmers, educators, and students to ensure that our technologies strengthen Wisconsin’s economy, create jobs, and improve the health and wellbeing of its citizens.
Investigators and Affiliates
Investigators
WEI Investigators are UW–Madison faculty and scientists who have some or all of their laboratories or research programs physically located in the WEI building.
Timothy Donohue
WEI Director, Ira L. Baldwin Professor of Bacteriology
College of Agricultural & Life Sciences
Chris Kucharik
Professor and Department Chair of Agronomy
College of Agricultural & Life Sciences, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
Katherine (Trina) McMahon
Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering
College of Engineering
Dan Noguera
Wisconsin Distinguished Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering
College of Engineering
Troy Runge
Patrick Walsh and Noreen Warren Endowed Professor and Chair, Biological Systems Engineering
College of Agricultural & Life Sciences
Affiliates
WEI Affiliates are UW–Madison faculty and scientists and non-UW–Madison faculty whose research occurs outside the WEI building, but who access WEI core facilities, are active collaborators on WEI-administered grants, or conduct research relevant to the WEI mission.
Michael Casler
Research Geneticist, U.S. Department of Agriculture
College of Agricultural & Life Sciences
James Dumesic
Ernest Micek Distinguished Chair and Michel Boudart Professor of Chemical & Biological Engineering
College of Engineering
Michael Ferris
Jacques-Louis Lions Chair and Stephen C. Kleene Professor of Computer Sciences
College of Letters & Sciences
Brian Fox
Marvin J. Johnson Professor in Fermentation Biochemistry
College of Agricultural & Life Sciences
Holly Gibbs
Associate Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies
Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
Mikhail Kats
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Dugald. C. Jackson Faculty Scholar
College of Engineering
Tricia Kiley
Professor and Department Chair of Biomolecular Chemistry
School of Medicine & Public Health
Bernard Lesieutre
Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering & Associate Chair of Undergraduate Studies
College of Engineering
Greg Nellis
William A. and Irene Ouweneel-Bascom Professor of Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering
Brian Pfleger
Jay and Cynthia Ihlenfeld Professor of Chemical & Biological Engineering
College of Engineering
Reid Van Lehn
Conway Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
College of Engineering
Ophelia Venturelli
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Bacteriology, and Chemical and Biological Engineering
College of Agricultural & Life Sciences
Elizabeth Wright
Professor of Biochemistry, Morgridge Institute for Research Affiliate
College of Letters & Sciences