| Adam Malecek

Industrial production of steel, cement and plastics emits a significant amount of carbon into the atmosphere. While viable options at scale for decarbonizing such industries don’t yet exist, Luca Mastropasqua is leveraging his expertise in electrochemical systems to develop more sustainable solutions for industry sectors that are difficult to decarbonize.

Transportation & Fuels, Materials, Storage

| Britta Wellenstein

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.

Women in STEM, Energy & Society, Environmental Studies, Policy & Regulation, Modeling

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Wisconsin Energy Institute researcher Troy Runge has been appointed associate dean for research in the UW–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.

Biofuels & Bioproducts, Conversion, Industry

| Chris Hubbuch

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. 

Carbon capture, Policy & Regulation, Science Communication

| Abigail Becker

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

Energy & Society

| Adam Malecek

In energy policy debates, nuclear energy and renewable energy technologies are sometimes viewed as competitors.

In reality, they could be better, together.

Electricity Systems, Nuclear, Solar

| Chris Hubbuch

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.

Transportation & Fuels, Biofuels & Bioproducts, Conversion, Engine Research, Plant Deconstruction, Plant Genetics & Breeding, Energy & Society, Economics, Industry