Ciaran Gallagher is a graduate researcher in the Holloway lab studying air quality models. Ciaran studied environmental chemistry at Wellesley, but has since used her analytical skills outside of the laboratory to assess science policy and environmental justice.
Wisconsin Energy Institute researcher Troy Runge has been appointed associate dean for research in the UW–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.
Most efforts in the fight to slow climate change have focused on replacing fossil fuels with clean energy sources, but scientists say that just reducing greenhouse gas emissions isn’t enough: we also need to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
As issues of climate change and environmental justice disproportionately affect communities of color, Kaiping Chen, an assistant professor in University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Department of Life Sciences Communications (LSC) and her team aim to empower and amplify Black and Latinx voices in susta
In energy policy debates, nuclear energy and renewable energy technologies are sometimes viewed as competitors.
In reality, they could be better, together.
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison are working to develop plant-based fuels that are a key piece of the nation’s blueprint for decarbonizing transportation.
Scientists at the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center engineered a new type of poplar with more of a valuable platform chemical and less lignin overall, resulting in wood that is easier to deconstruct and more valuable.