| 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

| Chris Hubbuch

Troy Runge grew up around silos. As the new director of agricultural and life science research at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, he’s hoping to tear some down.

Biofuels & Bioproducts, Conversion, Plant Deconstruction, Energy & Society, Industry

| Chris Hubbuch

Wisconsin Energy Institute researcher Shannon Stahl is one of two University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty elected to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honors that a scientist can receive.

Biofuels & Bioproducts, Plant Deconstruction, Energy & Society, Environmental Studies

| Propelling Women In Power

How do you stay resilient? From learning to cope with the stress of being an immigrant and mom to dealing with the exclusivity of academia, Anne-Sophie Bohrer has been learning how to build resilience since the beginning of her career.

Women in STEM

| CALS NEWS

With the advent of spring comes warmer weather—and gardening season.

Education & Outreach