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Trienens Institute Faculty Affiliates

Paula M. Trienens Institute Faculty Affiliates represent collective expertise across the University, bringing an interdisciplinary perspective to inherently complex local and global sustainability and energy challenges.

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Katherine Amato

  • Associate Professor, Anthropology

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

katherine.amato@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Environmental impacts on biology and health
  • Host-microbe interactions
  • Wildlife ecology
Subcategories: Conservation and Biodiversity, Public Health
Weinberg College of Arts and SciencesEcosystems and Resilience:Conservation and Biodiversity;Society and Global Change:Public Health

Ludmilla Aristilde

  • Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering
  • Assistant Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences (by courtesy)

McCormick School of Engineering

ludmilla.aristilde@northwestern.edu

Subcategories: Carbon Removal, Catalysis and Green Chemistry, Environmental Health, Sustainable Chemicals and Materials
McCormick School of EngineeringClimate and Decarbonization:Carbon Removal;Climate and Decarbonization:Environmental Health;Sustainable Materials:Catalysis and Green Chemistry;Sustainable Materials:Sustainable Chemicals and Materials

Nivedita Arora

  • Allen K. and Johnnie Cordell Breed Junior Professor of Design, Electrical and Computer Engineering

McCormick School of Engineering

nivedita@northwestern.edu

Subcategories: Circularity, Energy Science and Technologies, Energy Storage, Environmental Health
McCormick School of EngineeringClimate and Decarbonization:Environmental Health;Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Science and Technologies;Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Storage;Sustainable Materials:Circularity

Yarrow Axford

  • William Deering Professor in Geological Sciences, Earth and Planetary Sciences

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

axford@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Climate history/paleoclimate
  • Glacier fluctuations in the Arctic environment
  • Greenland ice sheet
  • Paleolimnology
Subcategories: Communication and Advocacy, Equity and Social Justice, Paleoclimate and Earth Systems, Water
Weinberg College of Arts and SciencesClimate and Decarbonization:Paleoclimate and Earth Systems;Ecosystems and Resilience:Water;Society and Global Change:Communication and Advocacy;Society and Global Change:Equity and Social Justice

Oluwaseyi Balogun

  • Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
  • Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

McCormick School of Engineering

o-balogun@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Materials characterization and imaging
  • Mechanics of soft matter
  • Micro- and nanoscale thermal transport
Subcategories: Energy Science and Technologies, Energy Storage, Sustainable Chemicals and Materials
McCormick School of EngineeringEnergy and Infrastructure:Energy Science and Technologies;Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Storage;Sustainable Materials:Sustainable Chemicals and Materials

Scott Barnett

  • Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

McCormick School of Engineering

s-barnett@northwestern.edu

Subcategories: Building and Transportation, Electrification and Grid, Energy Science and Technologies
McCormick School of EngineeringEnergy and Infrastructure:Building and Transportation;Energy and Infrastructure:Electrification and Grid;Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Science and Technologies

Michael Barsa

  • Professor of Practice, Pritzker School of Law

Pritzker School of Law

m-barsa@law.northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Climate change federalism 
  • Federal agency climate power
  • Public trust doctrine
  • Trade and food security
Subcategories: Electrification and Grid, Green Infrastructure, Human and Organizational Behavior, Regulation and Governance
Pritzker School of LawEcosystems and Resilience:Green Infrastructure;Energy and Infrastructure:Electrification and Grid;Markets and Public Policy:Regulation and Governance;Society and Global Change:Human and Organizational Behavior

Patricia Beddows

  • Associate Professor of Instruction, Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Director, Environmental Science Program

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

p-beddows@northwestern.edu

Subcategories: Conservation and Biodiversity, Paleoclimate and Earth Systems, Water
Weinberg College of Arts and SciencesClimate and Decarbonization:Paleoclimate and Earth Systems;Ecosystems and Resilience:Conservation and Biodiversity;Ecosystems and Resilience:Water

Michael Bedzyk

  • Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
  • Professor, Physics and Astronomy (by courtesy)

McCormick School of Engineering

bedzyk@northwestern.edu

Subcategories: Catalysis and Green Chemistry, Energy Science and Technologies, Energy Storage, Quantum
McCormick School of EngineeringEnergy and Infrastructure:Energy Science and Technologies;Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Storage;Sustainable Materials:Catalysis and Green Chemistry;Sustainable Materials:Quantum

Julia Behrman

  • Assistant Professor

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

julia.behrman@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Family demography
  • Inequalities
  • Social impacts of climatic shocks
  • Sociology of education
Subcategories: Climate Migration, Equity and Social Justice, Human and Organizational Behavior, Public Health
Weinberg College of Arts and SciencesSociety and Global Change:Climate Migration;Society and Global Change:Equity and Social Justice;Society and Global Change:Human and Organizational Behavior;Society and Global Change:Public Health

Linda Broadbelt

  • Sarah Rebecca Roland Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering
  • Associate Dean for Graduate Research and Education, McCormick School of Engineering

McCormick School of Engineering

broadbelt@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Design of biopriviledged molecules and pathways
  • Modeling kinetics of complex systems
  • Polymer recycling and redesign
Subcategories: Catalysis and Green Chemistry, Circularity, Sustainable Chemicals and Materials
McCormick School of EngineeringSustainable Materials:Catalysis and Green Chemistry;Sustainable Materials:Circularity;Sustainable Materials:Sustainable Chemicals and Materials

William Burns

  • Visiting Professor, Environmental Policy and Culture
  • Professor of Research and Founding Co-Director, Institute for Carbon Removal Law & Policy at American University

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

william.burns@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Domestic and international law
  • Ethics/justice
  • Public engagement
Subcategories: Carbon Capture, Carbon Removal, Equity and Social Justice, Regulation and Governance
Weinberg College of Arts and SciencesClimate and Decarbonization:Carbon Capture;Climate and Decarbonization:Carbon Removal;Markets and Public Policy:Regulation and Governance;Society and Global Change:Equity and Social Justice

Giuseppe Buscarnera

  • Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering 
  • Director of Graduate Studies, Civil and Environmental Engineering 

McCormick School of Engineering

g-buscarnera@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Geohazard mitigation
  • Infrastructure materials
  • Subsurface resources
Subcategories: Carbon Removal, Energy Science and Technologies, Green Infrastructure, Sustainable Chemicals and Materials
McCormick School of EngineeringClimate and Decarbonization:Carbon Removal;Ecosystems and Resilience:Green Infrastructure;Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Science and Technologies;Sustainable Materials:Sustainable Chemicals and Materials

Meghan Busse

  • Associate Professor, Strategy

Kellogg School of Management

m-busse@kellogg.northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Business strategy and climate
  • Climate and environmental policy
  • Energy markets
Subcategories: Economics and Finance, Human and Organizational Behavior, Regulation and Governance
Kellogg School of ManagementMarkets and Public Policy:Economics and Finance;Markets and Public Policy:Regulation and Governance;Society and Global Change:Human and Organizational Behavior

Jian Cao

  • Cardiss Collins Professor, Mechanical Engineering
  • Associate Vice President for Research, Office for Research

McCormick School of Engineering

jcao@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Material behavior characterization and modeling
  • Metal additive manufacturing
  • Smart manufacturing
Subcategories: AI and Computational Sustainability, Building and Transportation, Energy Science and Technologies, Energy Storage
McCormick School of EngineeringEnergy and Infrastructure:AI and Computational Sustainability;Energy and Infrastructure:Building and Transportation;Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Science and Technologies;Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Storage

Cecile Chazot

  • Julia Weertman Assistant Professor. Materials Science and Engineering

McCormick School of Engineering

cchazot@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Biopolymers and composites
  • Natural fibers
  • Plastic and textile recycling
  • Structural color and bio-inspired photonics
Subcategories: Equity and Social Justice, Sustainable Chemicals and Materials
McCormick School of EngineeringSociety and Global Change:Equity and Social Justice;Sustainable Materials:Sustainable Chemicals and Materials

Bin Chen

  • Research Assistant Professor, Chemistry

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

bin.chen@northwestern.edu

Subcategories: Electrification and Grid, Energy Science and Technologies, Sustainable Chemicals and Materials
Weinberg College of Arts and SciencesEnergy and Infrastructure:Electrification and Grid;Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Science and Technologies;Sustainable Materials:Sustainable Chemicals and Materials

Yip-Wah Chung

  • Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
  • Professor, Mechanical Engineering (by courtesy)

McCormick School of Engineering

ywchung@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Design of energy-efficient lubricants and additives
  • Friction, wear, and lubrication
  • Mechanochemistry and Tribocatalysis
  • Multifunctional alloy and coating design
Subcategories: Building and Transportation, Sustainable Chemicals and Materials
McCormick School of EngineeringEnergy and Infrastructure:Building and Transportation;Sustainable Materials:Sustainable Chemicals and Materials

William Dichtel

  • Robert L. Letsinger Professor, Chemistry

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

wdichtel@northwestern.edu

Subcategories: Circularity, Environmental Health, Sustainable Chemicals and Materials, Water
Weinberg College of Arts and SciencesClimate and Decarbonization:Environmental Health;Ecosystems and Resilience:Water;Sustainable Materials:Circularity;Sustainable Materials:Sustainable Chemicals and Materials

David Donnan

  • Adjunct Professor, Master of Science in Energy and Sustainability (MSES)
  • Adjunct Professor, Paula M. Trienens Institute for Sustainability and Energy
  • Investor and Partner (Emeritus), Kearney

david.donnan@northwestern.edu

Subcategories: Conservation and Biodiversity, Environmental Health, Plant Science, Public Health
Climate and Decarbonization:Environmental Health;Ecosystems and Resilience:Conservation and Biodiversity;Ecosystems and Resilience:Plant Science;Society and Global Change:Public Health

David Dunand

  • Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

McCormick School of Engineering

dunand@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Alloys for efficient transportation and power production
  • Green metallurgy: hydrogen production of steel
  • Iron-air batteries
  • Thermoelectrics
Subcategories: Building and Transportation, Circularity, Energy Storage, Sustainable Chemicals and Materials
McCormick School of EngineeringEnergy and Infrastructure:Building and Transportation;Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Storage;Sustainable Materials:Circularity;Sustainable Materials:Sustainable Chemicals and Materials

Jennifer Dunn

  • Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering
  • Professor, Mechanical Engineering (by courtesy)
  • Director, Center for Engineering Sustainability and Resilience (CESR)
  • Associate Director, Northwestern-Argonne Institute of Science and Engineering (NAISE)

McCormick School of Engineering

jennifer.dunn1@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Energy systems modeling
  • Hydrogen economy
  • Life cycle assessment of emerging energy, water, and material systems
  • Sustainable mineral supply chains
Subcategories: Circularity, Energy Science and Technologies, Regulation and Governance, Sustainable Chemicals and Materials
McCormick School of EngineeringEnergy and Infrastructure:Energy Science and Technologies;Markets and Public Policy:Regulation and Governance;Sustainable Materials:Circularity;Sustainable Materials:Sustainable Chemicals and Materials
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Omar Farha

  • Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor, Chemistry
  • Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering (by courtesy)

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

o-farha@northwestern.edu

Subcategories: Carbon Capture, Circularity, Energy Storage, Water
Weinberg College of Arts and SciencesClimate and Decarbonization:Carbon Capture;Ecosystems and Resilience:Water;Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Storage;Sustainable Materials:Circularity

Hayes Ferguson

  • Clinical Professor, Entrepreneurship and Innovation
  • Director, Farley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation

McCormick School of Engineering

hayes@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Entrepreneurship and innovation
  • Media
  • Venture investing
Subcategories: Equity and Social Justice, Human and Organizational Behavior, Water
McCormick School of EngineeringEcosystems and Resilience:Water;Society and Global Change:Equity and Social Justice;Society and Global Change:Human and Organizational Behavior

Abigail Foerstner

  • Associate Professor, Integrated Marketing Communications
  • Director, Graduate Health, Environment and Science Journalism
  • National training PI and Program Manager, World Health Organization

Medill School of Journalism

a-foerstner@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Climate change communications and data visualizations
  • Climate change and communities of color
  • Health threats of environmental injustice
  • Multimedia science and environmental communications
Subcategories: Communication and Advocacy, Environmental Health, Equity and Social Justice, Public Health
Medill School of JournalismClimate and Decarbonization:Environmental Health;Society and Global Change:Communication and Advocacy;Society and Global Change:Equity and Social Justice;Society and Global Change:Public Health

Alicia Foxx

  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Plant Biology and Conservation
  • Conservation Scientist, Chicago Botanic Garden

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

afoxx@chicagobotanic.org

Area of Expertise:

  • Applied plant science
  • Data synthesis
  • Plant ecology
  • Plant-microbe interactions
Subcategories: AI and Computational Sustainability, Conservation and Biodiversity, Equity and Social Justice, Plant Science
Weinberg College of Arts and SciencesEcosystems and Resilience:Conservation and Biodiversity;Ecosystems and Resilience:Plant Science;Energy and Infrastructure:AI and Computational Sustainability;Society and Global Change:Equity and Social Justice
McCormick School of EngineeringClimate and Decarbonization:Environmental Health;Ecosystems and Resilience:Water;Sustainable Materials:Catalysis and Green Chemistry

Marco Gallio

  • Associate Professor, Neurobiology

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

marco@northwestern.edu

Subcategories: Climate Migration, Conservation and Biodiversity, Environmental Health, Paleoclimate and Earth Systems
Weinberg College of Arts and SciencesClimate and Decarbonization:Environmental Health;Climate and Decarbonization:Paleoclimate and Earth Systems;Ecosystems and Resilience:Conservation and Biodiversity;Society and Global Change:Climate Migration

James Gaynor

  • Assistant Professor, Chemistry

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

james.gaynor@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Lasers
  • Photochemistry and Coherence
  • Ultrafast Spectroscopy
  • Vibronic and Electronic Coupling
Subcategories: Catalysis and Green Chemistry, Energy Science and Technologies, Energy Storage, Quantum
Weinberg College of Arts and SciencesEnergy and Infrastructure:Energy Science and Technologies;Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Storage;Sustainable Materials:Catalysis and Green Chemistry;Sustainable Materials:Quantum

Franz Geiger

  • Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor, Chemistry
  • Director of Graduate Curriculum, Chemistry

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

f-geiger@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Critical and sustainable materials chemistry
  • Molecular geochemistry and atmospheric chemistry
  • Molecular electrochemistry
  • Ocean wave energy harvesting
Subcategories: Catalysis and Green Chemistry, Energy Science and Technologies, Sustainable Chemicals and Materials, Water
Weinberg College of Arts and SciencesEcosystems and Resilience:Water;Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Science and Technologies;Sustainable Materials:Catalysis and Green Chemistry;Sustainable Materials:Sustainable Chemicals and Materials

Kimberly Gray

  • Professor and Roxelyn and Richard Pepper Family Chair, Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Professor, Pritzker Law School
  • Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering (by courtesy)

McCormick School of Engineering

k-gray@northwestern.edu

Subcategories: Conservation and Biodiversity, Environmental Health, Equity and Social Justice, Green Infrastructure
McCormick School of EngineeringClimate and Decarbonization:Environmental Health;Ecosystems and Resilience:Conservation and Biodiversity;Ecosystems and Resilience:Green Infrastructure;Society and Global Change:Equity and Social Justice

Matthew Grayson

  • Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Director, McCormick Global Initiatives

McCormick School of Engineering

m-grayson@northwestern.edu

Subcategories: Energy Science and Technologies, Energy Storage, Quantum, Water
McCormick School of EngineeringEcosystems and Resilience:Water;Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Science and Technologies;Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Storage;Sustainable Materials:Quantum

Ping Guo

  • Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering

McCormick School of Engineering

ping.guo@northwestern.edu

Subcategories: AI and Computational Sustainability, Circularity, Sustainable Chemicals and Materials
McCormick School of EngineeringEnergy and Infrastructure:AI and Computational Sustainability;Sustainable Materials:Circularity;Sustainable Materials:Sustainable Chemicals and Materials

Sossina Haile

  • Walter P. Murphy Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
  • Professor, Applied Physics
  • Joint Professor, Chemistry

McCormick School of Engineering

sossina.haile@northwestern.edu

Subcategories: Energy Science and Technologies
McCormick School of EngineeringEnergy and Infrastructure:Energy Science and Technologies

Mark Hauser

  • Professor, Anthropology
  • Director, Program for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
  • Affiliate, Environmental Sciences, Black Studies

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

mark-hauser@northwestern.edu

Subcategories: Environmental Health, Equity and Social Justice, Water
Weinberg College of Arts and SciencesClimate and Decarbonization:Environmental Health;Ecosystems and Resilience:Water;Society and Global Change:Equity and Social Justice

Mark Hersam

  • Walter P. Murphy Professor Professor and Department Chair, Materials Science and Engineering
  • Professor, Applied Physics; Chemistry; Electrical and Computer Engineering; and Medicine (by courtesy)
  • Director, Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC)

McCormick School of Engineering

m-hersam@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Energy storage technologies
  • Nanoelectronic materials
  • Photovoltaics and solar energy
  • Quantum information sciences
Subcategories: Circularity, Energy Storage, Quantum, Sustainable Chemicals and Materials
McCormick School of EngineeringEnergy and Infrastructure:Energy Storage;Sustainable Materials:Circularity;Sustainable Materials:Quantum;Sustainable Materials:Sustainable Chemicals and Materials
Feinberg School of MedicineClimate and Decarbonization:Environmental Health;Society and Global Change:Equity and Social Justice;Society and Global Change:Public Health

Daniel Horton

  • Assistant Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering (by courtesy)

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

daniel.horton@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Air quality & public health
  • Climate change impacts & hazards
  • Climate and environmental justice
Subcategories: Building and Transportation, Climate Modelling, Equity and Social Justice, Public Health
Weinberg College of Arts and SciencesClimate and Decarbonization:Climate Modelling;Energy and Infrastructure:Building and Transportation;Society and Global Change:Equity and Social Justice;Society and Global Change:Public Health

Bryan Hunter

  • Assistant Professor, Chemistry

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

bhunter@northwestern.edu

Subcategories: Catalysis and Green Chemistry, Energy Science and Technologies, Sustainable Chemicals and Materials
Weinberg College of Arts and SciencesEnergy and Infrastructure:Energy Science and Technologies;Sustainable Materials:Catalysis and Green Chemistry;Sustainable Materials:Sustainable Chemicals and Materials

Joseph Hupp

  • Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor, Chemistry

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

j-hupp@northwestern.edu

Subcategories: Carbon Capture, Catalysis and Green Chemistry, Energy Science and Technologies, Energy Storage
Weinberg College of Arts and SciencesClimate and Decarbonization:Carbon Capture;Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Science and Technologies;Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Storage;Sustainable Materials:Catalysis and Green Chemistry

Andrew Jacobson

  • Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

adj@earth.northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Ancient ocean acidification events
  • Aqueous geochemistry, chemical weathering, carbon cycling
  • Decarbonization employing geoengineering strategies
  • Radiogenic isotope geochemistry
Subcategories: Carbon Capture, Carbon Removal, Paleoclimate and Earth Systems
Weinberg College of Arts and SciencesClimate and Decarbonization:Carbon Capture;Climate and Decarbonization:Carbon Removal;Climate and Decarbonization:Paleoclimate and Earth Systems

Julia Kalow

  • Associate Professor, Chemistry

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

jkalow@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Polymer chemistry
  • Polymer upcycling
  • Sustainable and circular polymers
Subcategories: Circularity, Energy Science and Technologies, Sustainable Chemicals and Materials
Weinberg College of Arts and SciencesEnergy and Infrastructure:Energy Science and Technologies;Sustainable Materials:Circularity;Sustainable Materials:Sustainable Chemicals and Materials

Mercouri Kanatzidis

  • Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor, Chemistry
  • Professor, Materials Science & Engineering (by courtesy)

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

m-kanatzidis@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Energy harvesting
  • Radiation detection materials
  • Solar energy and thermal energy conversion materials
  • Synthesis science of chalcogenides and halides
Subcategories: Carbon Capture, Catalysis and Green Chemistry, Energy Science and Technologies, Sustainable Chemicals and Materials
Weinberg College of Arts and SciencesClimate and Decarbonization:Carbon Capture;Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Science and Technologies;Sustainable Materials:Catalysis and Green Chemistry;Sustainable Materials:Sustainable Chemicals and Materials

Diego Känzig

  • Assistant Professor, Economics
  • NBER Faculty Research Fellow

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

dkaenzig@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Climate change and economic inequality
  • Climate and energy policy
  • Household finance
  • Macroeconomics of climate change
Subcategories: Climate Migration, Economics and Finance, Equity and Social Justice, Regulation and Governance
Weinberg College of Arts and SciencesMarkets and Public Policy:Economics and Finance;Markets and Public Policy:Regulation and Governance;Society and Global Change:Climate Migration;Society and Global Change:Equity and Social Justice

Sinan Keten

  • Professor, Mechanical Engineering

McCormick School of Engineering

s-keten@northwestern.edu

Subcategories: AI and Computational Sustainability, Green Infrastructure, Sustainable Chemicals and Materials, Water
McCormick School of EngineeringEcosystems and Resilience:Green Infrastructure;Ecosystems and Resilience:Water;Energy and Infrastructure:AI and Computational Sustainability;Sustainable Materials:Sustainable Chemicals and Materials

Pedram Khalili

  • Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Director, Graduate Studies, Applied Physics Program

McCormick School of Engineering

pedram@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Energy-efficient computing
  • Microelectronics
  • Sustainable AI
  • Sustainable semiconductor manufacturing
Subcategories: AI and Computational Sustainability, Quantum, Sustainable Chemicals and Materials
McCormick School of EngineeringEnergy and Infrastructure:AI and Computational Sustainability;Sustainable Materials:Quantum;Sustainable Materials:Sustainable Chemicals and Materials

Hacksung Kim

  • Research Associate Professor, Center for Catalysis and Surface Science (CCSS)
  • Chemical Sciences and Engineering IR & Raman Lab lead, Argonne National Laboratory

hskim@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • IR and Raman spectroscopy
  • Spectroscopic characterization of catalysts and materials
  • UV- and resonance-Raman spectroscopy
  • Vibrational and x-ray electronic spectroscopy
Subcategories: Carbon Removal, Catalysis and Green Chemistry
Climate and Decarbonization:Carbon Removal;Sustainable Materials:Catalysis and Green Chemistry

Yosi Kratish

  • Research Assistant Professor, Chemistry

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

yosi.kratish@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Catalytic plastic recycling
  • Computational chemistry
  • Heterogeneous single-site catalysis
  • Homogeneous catalysts
Subcategories: Catalysis and Green Chemistry, Circularity, Sustainable Chemicals and Materials
Weinberg College of Arts and SciencesSustainable Materials:Catalysis and Green Chemistry;Sustainable Materials:Circularity;Sustainable Materials:Sustainable Chemicals and Materials

Manohar Kulkarni

  • Clinical Full Professor and Assistant Chair, Mechanical Engineering

McCormick School of Engineering

manohar.kulkarni@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Comparative Utility Rates Analyses
  • Energy Management and Economics
  • Energy Optimal Control of Thermal Systems
  • Industrial Energy Utilization
Subcategories: Economics and Finance, Energy Science and Technologies, Energy Storage
McCormick School of EngineeringEnergy and Infrastructure:Energy Science and Technologies;Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Storage;Markets and Public Policy:Economics and Finance

Harold Kung

  • Walter P. Murphy Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering

McCormick School of Engineering

hkung@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Green chemical processing

Subcategories: Carbon Removal, Catalysis and Green Chemistry, Conservation and Biodiversity, Electrification and Grid, Energy Science and Technologies, Energy Storage
McCormick School of EngineeringClimate and Decarbonization:Carbon Removal;Ecosystems and Resilience:Conservation and Biodiversity;Energy and Infrastructure:Electrification and Grid;Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Science and Technologies;Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Storage;Sustainable Materials:Catalysis and Green Chemistry

Jeff Lopez

  • Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering

McCormick School of Engineering

jlopez@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Charge transport
  • Lithium-ion batteries
  • Materials design for energy storage applications
  • Reactions at electrochemical interfaces
Subcategories: Circularity, Electrification and Grid, Energy Storage, Sustainable Chemicals and Materials
McCormick School of EngineeringEnergy and Infrastructure:Electrification and Grid;Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Storage;Sustainable Materials:Circularity;Sustainable Materials:Sustainable Chemicals and Materials

Richard Lueptow

  • Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering; and Mechanical Engineering
  • Senior Associate Dean for Operations and Research, McCormick School of Engineering

McCormick School of Engineering

r-lueptow@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Molecular level simulation
  • Reverse osmosis/nanofiltration membranes
  • Water purification and treatment
Subcategories: Carbon Removal, Water
McCormick School of EngineeringClimate and Decarbonization:Carbon Removal;Ecosystems and Resilience:Water
Weinberg College of Arts and SciencesClimate and Decarbonization:Carbon Capture;Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Storage;Sustainable Materials:Catalysis and Green Chemistry;Sustainable Materials:Sustainable Chemicals and Materials

Niall Mangan

  • Assistant Professor, Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics

McCormick School of Engineering

niall.mangan@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Data-driven methods for model identification
  • Device physics for photovoltaics
  • Mathematical modeling of energy systems
  • Sustainable biosynthesis and catalysis
Subcategories: Carbon Capture, Catalysis and Green Chemistry, Plant Science, Sustainable Chemicals and Materials
McCormick School of EngineeringClimate and Decarbonization:Carbon Capture;Ecosystems and Resilience:Plant Science;Sustainable Materials:Catalysis and Green Chemistry;Sustainable Materials:Sustainable Chemicals and Materials
McCormick School of EngineeringClimate and Decarbonization:Environmental Health;Ecosystems and Resilience:Conservation and Biodiversity

Tobin J. Marks

  • Vladimir N. Ipatieff Professor of Catalytic Chemistry, Chemistry
  • Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering; and Materials Science and Engineering

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

t-marks@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Catalytic approaches to responsible uses of biofeedstocks
  • Catalytic approaches to waste plastics recycling
  • Responsible uses of shale gas hydrocarbons
  • Strategies for low-cost flexible high-efficiency plastic solar cells
Subcategories: Catalysis and Green Chemistry, Circularity, Energy Science and Technologies, Sustainable Chemicals and Materials
Weinberg College of Arts and SciencesEnergy and Infrastructure:Energy Science and Technologies;Sustainable Materials:Catalysis and Green Chemistry;Sustainable Materials:Circularity;Sustainable Materials:Sustainable Chemicals and Materials

Chad Mirkin

  • George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry, Chemistry
  • Professor, Biomedical Engineering; Chemical and Biological Engineering; Hematology/Oncology; and Materials Science and Engineering
  • Director, International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN)

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

chadnano@northwestern.edu

Subcategories: Catalysis and Green Chemistry, Energy Science and Technologies, Energy Storage, Sustainable Chemicals and Materials
Weinberg College of Arts and SciencesEnergy and Infrastructure:Energy Science and Technologies;Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Storage;Sustainable Materials:Catalysis and Green Chemistry;Sustainable Materials:Sustainable Chemicals and Materials

Reynaldo Morales Cardenas

  • Assistant Professor, Media and Strategic Marketing Communications
  • Assistant Professor, Buffett Institute for Global Affairs

Medill School of Journalism

ramoralesc@northwestern.edu

Subcategories: Climate Migration, Communication and Advocacy, Conservation and Biodiversity, Equity and Social Justice
Medill School of JournalismEcosystems and Resilience:Conservation and Biodiversity;Society and Global Change:Climate Migration;Society and Global Change:Communication and Advocacy;Society and Global Change:Equity and Social Justice

Adilson Motter

  • Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor, Physics and Astronomy

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

motter@northwestern.edu

Subcategories: Circularity, Electrification and Grid, Energy Storage, Plant Science
Weinberg College of Arts and SciencesEcosystems and Resilience:Plant Science;Energy and Infrastructure:Electrification and Grid;Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Storage;Sustainable Materials:Circularity

SonBinh Nguyen

  • Professor of Teaching Excellence, Chemistry

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

stn@northwestern.edu

Subcategories: Catalysis and Green Chemistry, Sustainable Chemicals and Materials
Weinberg College of Arts and SciencesSustainable Materials:Catalysis and Green Chemistry;Sustainable Materials:Sustainable Chemicals and Materials

Erik Nisbet

  • Owen L. Coon Professor of Policy Analysis and Communication, Communication Studies
  • Director, Master of Science in Communication (MSc)
  • Director, Center for Communication and Public Policy
  • Faculty Associate, Institute for Policy Research

School of Communication

erik.nisbet@northwestern.edu

Subcategories: Communication and Advocacy, Human and Organizational Behavior, Public Health, Regulation and Governance
School of CommunicationMarkets and Public Policy:Regulation and Governance;Society and Global Change:Communication and Advocacy;Society and Global Change:Human and Organizational Behavior;Society and Global Change:Public Health

Justin Notestein

  • Professor and Chair, Chemical and Biological Engineering
  • Director, Center for Catalysis and Surface Science (CCSS)

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

j-notestein@northwestern.edu

Subcategories: Catalysis and Green Chemistry, Energy Science and Technologies, Green Infrastructure, Sustainable Chemicals and Materials
Weinberg College of Arts and SciencesEcosystems and Resilience:Green Infrastructure;Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Science and Technologies;Sustainable Materials:Catalysis and Green Chemistry;Sustainable Materials:Sustainable Chemicals and Materials

Teri Odom

  • Joan Husting Madden and William H. Madden, Jr. Professor and Chair, Chemistry; Materials Science and Engineering (by courtesy)

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

todom@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Designing hybrid hard and soft interface materials
  • Light trapping at the nanoscale
  • Manipulating light-matter interactions
  • Scalable nanomanufacturing
Subcategories: Quantum, Sustainable Chemicals and Materials
Weinberg College of Arts and SciencesSustainable Materials:Quantum;Sustainable Materials:Sustainable Chemicals and Materials

Magdalena Osburn

  • Associate Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

maggie@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Isotope organic geochemistry
  • Microbe mineral interactions
  • Microbial carbon cycling
  • Subsurface geomicrobiology
Subcategories: Carbon Removal, Paleoclimate and Earth Systems
Weinberg College of Arts and SciencesClimate and Decarbonization:Carbon Removal;Climate and Decarbonization:Paleoclimate and Earth Systems

Aaron Packman

  • Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering; and Mechanical Engineering (by courtesy)
  • Director, Center for Water Research

McCormick School of Engineering

a-packman@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Ecohydrology
  • Urban climate resilience
  • Water resources
  • Water quality
Subcategories: Conservation and Biodiversity, Environmental Health, Equity and Social Justice, Green Infrastructure
McCormick School of EngineeringClimate and Decarbonization:Environmental Health;Ecosystems and Resilience:Conservation and Biodiversity;Ecosystems and Resilience:Green Infrastructure;Society and Global Change:Equity and Social Justice

Kyoo-Chul (Kenneth) Park

  • Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering

McCormick School of Engineering

kpark@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Microplastics capture
  • Microplastics filtration
Subcategories: Circularity, Energy Science and Technologies, Water
McCormick School of EngineeringEcosystems and Resilience:Water;Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Science and Technologies;Sustainable Materials:Circularity

Kenneth Poeppelmeier

  • Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor, Chemistry
  • Professor, Materials Science and Engineering (by courtesy)

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

krp@northwestern.edu

Subcategories: Catalysis and Green Chemistry, Circularity, Energy Science and Technologies, Sustainable Chemicals and Materials
Weinberg College of Arts and SciencesEnergy and Infrastructure:Energy Science and Technologies;Sustainable Materials:Catalysis and Green Chemistry;Sustainable Materials:Circularity;Sustainable Materials:Sustainable Chemicals and Materials

David Rapp

  • Walter Dill Scott Professor of Education and Social Policy
  • Professor, Learning Sciences & Psychology
  • Director of Undergraduate Education, SESP

School of Education and Social Policy

rapp@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Discourse comprehension
  • Fake news and experiences with inaccuracies
  • Learning
  • Memory and language
Subcategories: Communication and Advocacy
School of Education and Social PolicySociety and Global Change:Communication and Advocacy

Mar Reguant

  • Professor, Economics

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

mar.reguant@northwestern.edu

Subcategories: Building and Transportation, Climate Modelling, Economics and Finance, Electrification and Grid, Regulation and Governance
Weinberg College of Arts and SciencesClimate and Decarbonization:Climate Modelling;Energy and Infrastructure:Building and Transportation;Energy and Infrastructure:Electrification and Grid;Markets and Public Policy:Economics and Finance;Markets and Public Policy:Regulation and Governance

Melinda Ring

  • Director, Osher Center for Integrative Health
  • Drs. Pat and Carl Greer Distinguished Physician, Integrative Medicine
  • Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine and Medical Social Sciences

Feinberg School of Medicine

melinda.ring@nm.org

Area of Expertise:

  • Environmental impact on chronic diseases
  • Planetary health
  • Sustainable nutrition and food systems
Subcategories: Communication and Advocacy, Environmental Health, Equity and Social Justice, Public Health
Feinberg School of MedicineClimate and Decarbonization:Environmental Health;Society and Global Change:Communication and Advocacy;Society and Global Change:Equity and Social Justice;Society and Global Change:Public Health

Amy Rosenzweig

  • Weinberg Family Distinguished Professor, Molecular Biosciences
  • Professor, Chemistry

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

amyr@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Biology of methanotropic (methane-consuming) bacteria
  • Chemistry of biological methane oxidation catalysts
  • Metalloenzyme structure and function
Subcategories: Building and Transportation, Carbon Capture, Carbon Removal, Environmental Health
Weinberg College of Arts and SciencesClimate and Decarbonization:Carbon Capture;Climate and Decarbonization:Carbon Removal;Climate and Decarbonization:Environmental Health;Energy and Infrastructure:Building and Transportation

Alessandro Rotta Loria

  • Assistant Professor & Louis Berger Junior Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

McCormick School of Engineering

af-rottaloria@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Geothermal energy harvesting and storage
  • Infrastructure decarbonization
  • Mechanics of geomaterials
  • Urban climate
Subcategories: AI and Computational Sustainability, Carbon Removal, Energy Science and Technologies, Sustainable Chemicals and Materials
McCormick School of EngineeringClimate and Decarbonization:Carbon Removal;Energy and Infrastructure:AI and Computational Sustainability;Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Science and Technologies;Sustainable Materials:Sustainable Chemicals and Materials

Brad Sageman

  • Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Co-Director, Paula M. Trienens Institute for Sustainability and Energy
  • Academic Director, Master of Science in Energy and Sustainability (MSES)

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

b-sageman@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Biogeochemical cycles; regulation of oceanic and climatic processes
  • Ocean anoxia; ocean acidification; carbon dioxide removal strategies
  • Orbital forcing of climate, astrochronology, and geologic time
  • Stratigraphy and sedimentation
Subcategories: Carbon Capture, Environmental Health, Paleoclimate and Earth Systems
Weinberg College of Arts and SciencesClimate and Decarbonization:Carbon Capture;Climate and Decarbonization:Environmental Health;Climate and Decarbonization:Paleoclimate and Earth Systems

Ted Sargent

  • Lynn Hopton Davis and Greg Davis Professor, Chemistry; Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Co-Executive Director, Paula M. Trienens Institute for Sustainability and Energy

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

ted.sargent@northwestern.edu

Subcategories: Carbon Capture, Carbon Removal, Catalysis and Green Chemistry, Circularity, Electrification and Grid, Green Infrastructure, Sustainable Chemicals and Materials
Weinberg College of Arts and SciencesClimate and Decarbonization:Carbon Capture;Climate and Decarbonization:Carbon Removal;Ecosystems and Resilience:Green Infrastructure;Energy and Infrastructure:Electrification and Grid;Sustainable Materials:Catalysis and Green Chemistry;Sustainable Materials:Circularity;Sustainable Materials:Sustainable Chemicals and Materials

George C. Schatz

  • Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor, Chemistry; Chemical and Biological Engineering

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

g-schatz@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Light-matter interactions
  • Nanomaterials and plasmonics
  • Theory and computation
Subcategories: Catalysis and Green Chemistry, Quantum, Sustainable Chemicals and Materials, Water
Weinberg College of Arts and SciencesEcosystems and Resilience:Water;Sustainable Materials:Catalysis and Green Chemistry;Sustainable Materials:Quantum;Sustainable Materials:Sustainable Chemicals and Materials

Neil Schweitzer

  • Research Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering
  • REACT Operations Director, Paula M. Trienens Institute for Sustainability and Energy

McCormick School of Engineering

neil.schweitzer@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Heterogeneous catalysis
  • Materials characterization
  • Reactor system design
Subcategories: Carbon Capture, Carbon Removal, Catalysis and Green Chemistry, Circularity
McCormick School of EngineeringClimate and Decarbonization:Carbon Capture;Climate and Decarbonization:Carbon Removal;Sustainable Materials:Catalysis and Green Chemistry;Sustainable Materials:Circularity

James Schwoch

  • Professor, Communication Studies
  • Professor, Program of Science in Human Culture

School of Communication

j-schwoch@northwestern.edu

Subcategories: Climate Modelling, Electrification and Grid, Equity and Social Justice, Regulation and Governance
School of CommunicationClimate and Decarbonization:Climate Modelling;Energy and Infrastructure:Electrification and Grid;Markets and Public Policy:Regulation and Governance;Society and Global Change:Equity and Social Justice

Linsey Seitz

  • Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering

McCormick School of Engineering

linsey.seitz@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Characterization of dynamic catalyst materials
  • Custom reactor design
  • Electrocatalysis
  • In situ X-ray spectroscopy
Subcategories: Carbon Capture, Catalysis and Green Chemistry, Energy Science and Technologies, Sustainable Chemicals and Materials
McCormick School of EngineeringClimate and Decarbonization:Carbon Capture;Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Science and Technologies;Sustainable Materials:Catalysis and Green Chemistry;Sustainable Materials:Sustainable Chemicals and Materials

Randall Snurr

  • John G. Searle Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering

McCormick School of Engineering

snurr@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Atmospheric water harvesting
  • Energy-efficient separations
  • Nanoporous materials for carbon capture
Subcategories: AI and Computational Sustainability, Carbon Capture, Catalysis and Green Chemistry, Sustainable Chemicals and Materials
McCormick School of EngineeringClimate and Decarbonization:Carbon Capture;Energy and Infrastructure:AI and Computational Sustainability;Sustainable Materials:Catalysis and Green Chemistry;Sustainable Materials:Sustainable Chemicals and Materials

Amanda Stathopoulos

  • William Patterson Junior Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

McCormick School of Engineering

a-stathopoulos@northwestern.edu

Subcategories: Building and Transportation, Climate Migration, Equity and Social Justice, Human and Organizational Behavior
McCormick School of EngineeringEnergy and Infrastructure:Building and Transportation;Society and Global Change:Climate Migration;Society and Global Change:Equity and Social Justice;Society and Global Change:Human and Organizational Behavior

Nathaniel Stern

  • Professor, Physics and Astronomy
  • Co-Director, Applied Physics Graduate Program

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

n-stern@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Light-matter interactions
  • Nanomaterials
  • Nanophotonics
  • Quantum information sciences
Subcategories: Energy Science and Technologies, Energy Storage, Quantum
Weinberg College of Arts and SciencesEnergy and Infrastructure:Energy Science and Technologies;Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Storage;Sustainable Materials:Quantum
Weinberg College of Arts and SciencesClimate and Decarbonization:Environmental Health;Climate and Decarbonization:Paleoclimate and Earth Systems;Ecosystems and Resilience:Water;Energy and Infrastructure:Building and Transportation

Kimberly Marion Suiseeya

  • Assistant Professor, Political Science; and Environmental Policy and Culture
  • Faculty Affiliate, Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR)
  • Faculty Fellow, Buffett Institute for Global Affairs
  • Faculty Associate, Institute for Policy Research

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

kimberly.suiseeya@northwestern.edu

Subcategories: Conservation and Biodiversity, Equity and Social Justice, Regulation and Governance
Weinberg College of Arts and SciencesEcosystems and Resilience:Conservation and Biodiversity;Markets and Public Policy:Regulation and Governance;Society and Global Change:Equity and Social Justice

Dayne Swearer

  • Assistant Professor, Chemistry; Chemical and Biological Engineering
  • Fellow, Northwestern-Argonne Institute of Science and Engineering - ANL Nanoscience and Technology Division

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

dayne.swearer@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Heterogeneous Catalysis
  • Low-Temperature Plasmas
  • Operando Spectroscopy and Microscopy
  • Plasmonics & Nanophotonics
Subcategories: Catalysis and Green Chemistry, Electrification and Grid, Energy Science and Technologies, Sustainable Chemicals and Materials
Weinberg College of Arts and SciencesEnergy and Infrastructure:Electrification and Grid;Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Science and Technologies;Sustainable Materials:Catalysis and Green Chemistry;Sustainable Materials:Sustainable Chemicals and Materials

John Torkelson

  • Walter P. Murphy Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering; and Materials Science

McCormick School of Engineering

j-torkelson@northwestern.edu

Subcategories: Carbon Capture, Catalysis and Green Chemistry, Circularity, Sustainable Chemicals and Materials
McCormick School of EngineeringClimate and Decarbonization:Carbon Capture;Sustainable Materials:Catalysis and Green Chemistry;Sustainable Materials:Circularity;Sustainable Materials:Sustainable Chemicals and Materials

Suzan van der Lee

  • Sarah Rebecca Roland Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

suzan@northwestern.edu

Subcategories: Carbon Capture, Energy Science and Technologies, Environmental Health, Green Infrastructure
Weinberg College of Arts and SciencesClimate and Decarbonization:Carbon Capture;Climate and Decarbonization:Environmental Health;Ecosystems and Resilience:Green Infrastructure;Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Science and Technologies

Michael R. Wasielewski

  • Clare Hamilton Hall Professor, Chemistry
  • Professor, Applied Physics
  • Paula M. Trienens Institute for Sustainability and Energy, Executive Director
  • Director, Center for Molecular Quantum Transduction (CMQT)

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

m-wasielewski@northwestern.edu

Subcategories: Carbon Removal, Energy Science and Technologies, Energy Storage, Quantum, Sustainable Chemicals and Materials
Weinberg College of Arts and SciencesClimate and Decarbonization:Carbon Removal;Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Science and Technologies;Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Storage;Sustainable Materials:Quantum;Sustainable Materials:Sustainable Chemicals and Materials

Klaus Weber

  • Professor, Management and Organizations
  • Faculty Director of Sustainability and Social Impact, Kellogg School of Management

Kellogg School of Management

klausweber@kellogg.northwestern.edu

Subcategories: Carbon Capture, Circularity, Communication and Advocacy, Human and Organizational Behavior, Regulation and Governance
Kellogg School of ManagementClimate and Decarbonization:Carbon Capture;Markets and Public Policy:Regulation and Governance;Society and Global Change:Communication and Advocacy;Society and Global Change:Human and Organizational Behavior;Sustainable Materials:Circularity

Ermin Wei

  • Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering; and Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences

McCormick School of Engineering

ermin.wei@northwestern.edu

Subcategories: AI and Computational Sustainability, Building and Transportation, Electrification and Grid, Regulation and Governance
McCormick School of EngineeringEnergy and Infrastructure:AI and Computational Sustainability;Energy and Infrastructure:Building and Transportation;Energy and Infrastructure:Electrification and Grid;Markets and Public Policy:Regulation and Governance

Robert A. Weinstock

  • Clinical Associate Professor, Pritzker School of Law
  • Director, Environmental Advocacy Center

Pritzker School of Law

robert.weinstock@law.northwestern.edu

Subcategories: Communication and Advocacy, Equity and Social Justice, Green Infrastructure, Regulation and Governance
Pritzker School of LawEcosystems and Resilience:Green Infrastructure;Markets and Public Policy:Regulation and Governance;Society and Global Change:Communication and Advocacy;Society and Global Change:Equity and Social Justice

George Wells

  • Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

McCormick School of Engineering

george.wells@northwestern.edu

Subcategories: Carbon Removal, Catalysis and Green Chemistry, Circularity, Green Infrastructure
McCormick School of EngineeringClimate and Decarbonization:Carbon Removal;Ecosystems and Resilience:Green Infrastructure;Sustainable Materials:Catalysis and Green Chemistry;Sustainable Materials:Circularity

Chris Wolverton

  • Jerome B. Cohen Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

McCormick School of Engineering

c-wolverton@northwestern.edu

Subcategories: AI and Computational Sustainability, Carbon Capture, Energy Science and Technologies, Energy Storage
McCormick School of EngineeringClimate and Decarbonization:Carbon Capture;Energy and Infrastructure:AI and Computational Sustainability;Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Science and Technologies;Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Storage

Zach Wood-Doughty

  • Assistant Professor of Instruction, Computer Science

McCormick School of Engineering

zach@northwestern.edu

Subcategories: AI and Computational Sustainability, Human and Organizational Behavior, Paleoclimate and Earth Systems, Public Health
McCormick School of EngineeringClimate and Decarbonization:Paleoclimate and Earth Systems;Energy and Infrastructure:AI and Computational Sustainability;Society and Global Change:Human and Organizational Behavior;Society and Global Change:Public Health

Keith Woodhouse

  • Associate Professor, History
  • Director, Environmental Policy and Culture

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

keith.woodhouse@northwestern.edu

Subcategories: Conservation and Biodiversity, Equity and Social Justice, Green Infrastructure, Regulation and Governance
Weinberg College of Arts and SciencesEcosystems and Resilience:Conservation and Biodiversity;Ecosystems and Resilience:Green Infrastructure;Markets and Public Policy:Regulation and Governance;Society and Global Change:Equity and Social Justice

Aaron Yoon

  • Assistant Professor, Accounting Information and Management

Kellogg School of Management

aaron.yoon@kellogg.northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Firm ESG disclosure strategies
  • Measuring and quantifying ESG activities and risk
  • Utility of ESG information for investors
Subcategories: Carbon Removal, Economics and Finance, Insurance and Risk Management, Regulation and Governance
Kellogg School of ManagementClimate and Decarbonization:Carbon Removal;Markets and Public Policy:Economics and Finance;Markets and Public Policy:Insurance and Risk Management;Markets and Public Policy:Regulation and Governance

Ryan Young

  • Research Professor, Chemistry
  • Director of Laboratory Research, Paula M. Trienens Institute for Sustainability and Energy
  • Director of Operations, Center for Molecular Quantum Transduction (CMQT)

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

ryan.young@northwestern.edu

Subcategories: Energy Science and Technologies
Weinberg College of Arts and SciencesEnergy and Infrastructure:Energy Science and Technologies

Nyree Zerega

  • Professor of Instruction & Director, Plant Biology and Conservation
  • Professor, Molecular Biosciences (by courtesy)

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

n-zerega@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Conservation of crop wild relatives
  • Perennial agroecosystems
  • Plant biodiversity and evolution
  • Pollination
Subcategories: Carbon Capture, Conservation and Biodiversity, Plant Science
Weinberg College of Arts and SciencesClimate and Decarbonization:Carbon Capture;Ecosystems and Resilience:Conservation and Biodiversity;Ecosystems and Resilience:Plant Science