| Propelling Women In Power Podcast

What comes to mind when you think about curiosity? For today’s guest, Sarynna Lopez-Meza, Research Coordinator at the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, her curiosity is what guided her through her career.

Women in STEM

| Allison Bender

Wisconsin KidWind has named recent Darlington High School graduate Laura Weaver winner of the 2023 WI KidWind Alumni award for her contributions to the hands-on wind energy competition over the past four years.    

Wind, Education & Outreach

| Propelling Women In Power Podcast

This week we sat down with Rebecca (Becky) Ong, Director of Graduate Programs and Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Michigan Technological University, as she shares her journey from her childhood love of plants to her groundbreaking research converting them into biofuels.

Women in STEM, Biofuels & Bioproducts, Conversion, Plant Deconstruction

| Britta Wellenstein

Today we spoke to Daven Khana, a Ph.D. candidate in the DAN Lab led by Daniel Amador-Noguez at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Daven obtained his bachelor's in microbiology and genetics at the University of Georgia.

Biofuels & Bioproducts

| Britta Wellenstein

Kids gripped bubbling bags of water, plants, and yeast as part of a hands-on lesson in making biofuel. 

“What crop do you think produces the most ethanol?” Wisconsin Energy Institute (WEI) graduate researchers Tessa Hoffman and Emily Ubbelohde asked.

Education & Outreach

| Propelling Women In Power Podcast

Rock-licking teen to two-time All American track athlete to albedo expert.

Women in STEM, Environmental Studies, Science Communication, Sustainable Agriculture

| Chris Hubbuch

Commonly known as brewer’s yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae tends to get credit for bread, beer, wine, ethanol and just about any other product of fermentation. 

Biofuels & Bioproducts, Conversion