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 & GLBRC Director, Ira L. Baldwin Professor of Bacteriology
College of Agricultural & Life Sciences
Ive Hermans
John and Dorothy Vozza Professor of Chemistry
College of Engineering, College of Letters & Sciences
Chris Todd Hittinger
Professor of Genetics for the J.F. Crow Institute for the Study of Evolution
College of Agricultural & Life Sciences
Chris Kucharik
Professor and Department Chair of Agronomy
College of Agricultural & Life Sciences, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
Robert Landick
Dr. Laurens Anderson Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry, Faculty Affiliate for Bacteriology
College of Agricultural & Life Sciences
Dan Ludois
Jean van Bladel Associate Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering
College of Engineering
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
John Ralph
Professor of Biochemistry, Faculty Affiliate for Biological Systems Engineering
College of Agricultural & Life Sciences
Troy Runge
Patrick Walsh and Noreen Warren Endowed Professor and Chair, Biological Systems Engineering
College of Agricultural & Life Sciences
Shannon Stahl
Professor of Chemistry, Steenbock Professor of Chemical Sciences
College of Letters & 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.
Brian Fox
Chair, Department of Biochemistry, 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
Tricia Kiley
Professor and Department Chair of Biomolecular Chemistry
School of Medicine & Public Health
Brian Pfleger
Karen and William Monfre Professor of Chemical & Biological Engineering
College of Engineering
Vatsan Raman
Professor of Biochemistry, Bacteriology, and Chemical and Biological Engineering
College of Agricultural & Life Sciences
Michael G. Thomas
Professor of Bacteriology, Alfred Toepfer Faculty Fellow
College of Letters & Sciences
Ophelia Venturelli
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Bacteriology, and Chemical and Biological Engineering
College of Agricultural & Life Sciences
Elizabeth Wright
Henry Lardy Professor of Biochemistry and Morgridge Institute for Research
College of Letters & Sciences