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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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Ankit Agrawal

  • Research Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

McCormick School of Engineering

ankit-agrawal@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Healthcare informatics
  • High performance data mining
  • Machine learning, deep learning
  • Materials informatics
Subcategories: AI and Computational Sustainability, Sustainable Chemicals and Materials
McCormick School of Engineering Energy and Infrastructure:AI and Computational Sustainability;Sustainable Materials:Sustainable Chemicals and Materials

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 Sciences Ecosystems and Resilience:Conservation and Biodiversity;Society and Global Change:Public Health

Ludmilla Aristilde

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

McCormick School of Engineering

ludmilla.aristilde@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Waste carbon conversion
Subcategories: Catalysis and Green Chemistry, Environmental Health, Sustainable Chemicals and Materials
McCormick School of Engineering 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 Engineering Climate 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 Sciences Climate 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 Engineering Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Science and Technologies;Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Storage;Sustainable Materials:Sustainable Chemicals and Materials

Lydia Barnett

  • Associate Professor, History
  • Faculty Affiliate, Science in Human Culture; Environmental Policy and Culture

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

lydia.barnett@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Environmental history, climate history
  • Europe and European colonialism
  • History of science
  • Water and wetlands
Subcategories: Equity and Social Justice, Human and Organizational Behavior, Water
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Ecosystems and Resilience:Water;Society and Global Change:Equity and Social Justice;Society and Global Change:Human and Organizational Behavior

Scott Barnett

  • Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

McCormick School of Engineering

s-barnett@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Electrolytic hydrogen production
  • Fuel cell materials
  • Li ion battery materials
Subcategories: Building and Transportation, Electrification and Grid, Energy Science and Technologies, Energy Storage
McCormick School of Engineering Energy and Infrastructure:Building and Transportation;Energy and Infrastructure:Electrification and Grid;Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Science and Technologies;Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Storage

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 Law Ecosystems 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

Area of Expertise:

  • Caves and karst
  • Hydroclimate and paleoclimate
  • Open-sourced scientific instrumentation and code
  • Water resources
Subcategories: Conservation and Biodiversity, Paleoclimate and Earth Systems, Water
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Climate 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

Area of Expertise:

  • Epitaxial thin film growth
  • Synchrotron X-ray scattering and spectroscopy
Subcategories: Catalysis and Green Chemistry, Energy Science and Technologies, Energy Storage, Quantum
McCormick School of Engineering Energy 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 Sciences Society 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

Randall Berry

  • Chair and John A. Dever Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

McCormick School of Engineering

rberry@northwestern.edu

Subcategories: AI and Computational Sustainability, Economics and Finance, Electrification and Grid, Green Infrastructure
McCormick School of Engineering Ecosystems and Resilience:Green Infrastructure;Energy and Infrastructure:AI and Computational Sustainability;Energy and Infrastructure:Electrification and Grid;Markets and Public Policy:Economics and Finance

Tabitha Bonilla

  • Associate Professor, Human Development and Social Policy
  • Associate Professor, Political Science
  • Fellow, Institute for Policy Research

School of Education and Social Policy
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

tabitha.bonilla@northwestern.edu

Subcategories: Climate Migration, Communication and Advocacy, Equity and Social Justice, Human and Organizational Behavior
School of Education and Social Policy Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Society and Global Change:Climate Migration;Society and Global Change:Communication and Advocacy;Society and Global Change:Equity and Social Justice;Society and Global Change:Human and Organizational Behavior

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 Engineering Sustainable 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
Paula M. Trienens Institute for Sustainability and Energy

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 Sciences Other Northwestern UnitClimate 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 Engineering Climate 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
Paula M. Trienens Institute for Sustainability and Energy

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 Management Other Northwestern UnitMarkets 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
Office for Research

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 Engineering Other Northwestern UnitEnergy and Infrastructure:AI and Computational Sustainability;Energy and Infrastructure:Building and Transportation;Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Science and Technologies;Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Storage

Cécile 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 Engineering Society 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

Area of Expertise:

  • Optoelectronics
  • Solar materials and devices
  • Spectroscopy and microscopy
Subcategories: Electrification and Grid, Energy Science and Technologies, Sustainable Chemicals and Materials
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Energy 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 Engineering Energy 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

Area of Expertise:

  • Energy efficient separations
  • PFAS remediation and destruction
  • Polymer circularity
  • Water treatment
Subcategories: Circularity, Environmental Health, Sustainable Chemicals and Materials, Water
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Climate 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

Paula M. Trienens Institute for Sustainability and Energy

david.donnan@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Global food systems
  • Sustainable agriculture
  • Venture investing
Subcategories: Conservation and Biodiversity, Environmental Health, Plant Science, Public Health
Other Northwestern UnitClimate and Decarbonization:Environmental Health;Ecosystems and Resilience:Conservation and Biodiversity;Ecosystems and Resilience:Plant Science;Society and Global Change:Public Health

Vinayak Dravid

  • Abraham Harris Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
  • Founding Director, Northwestern University Atomic and Nanoscale Characterization (NUANCE) Center
  • Founding Director, Soft and Hybrid Nanotechnology Experimental (SHyNE) Resource, an NSF-NNCI Node

McCormick School of Engineering

v-dravid@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Environmental remediation
  • Materials characterization
Subcategories: Catalysis and Green Chemistry, Energy Science and Technologies, Environmental Health, Sustainable Chemicals and Materials, Water
McCormick School of Engineering Climate and Decarbonization:Environmental Health;Ecosystems and Resilience:Water;Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Science and Technologies;Sustainable Materials:Catalysis and Green Chemistry;Sustainable Materials:Sustainable Chemicals and Materials
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Ecosystems and Resilience:Green Infrastructure;Sustainable Materials:Sustainable Chemicals and Materials

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 Engineering Energy 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 Engineering Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Science and Technologies;Markets and Public Policy:Regulation and Governance;Sustainable Materials:Circularity;Sustainable Materials:Sustainable Chemicals and Materials

Louise Egerton-Warburton

  • Adjunct Professor, Biological Sciences
  • Adjunct Professor, Program in Plant Biology and Conservation
  • Conservation Scientist, Chicago Botanic Garden

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

legerton@chicagobotanic.org

Area of Expertise:

  • Applied mycology
  • Plant-soil interactions
  • Restoration of degraded lands
  • Sustainable agriculture
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Omar Farha

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

McCormick School of Engineering
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

o-farha@northwestern.edu

Subcategories: Carbon Capture, Circularity, Energy Storage, Water
McCormick School of Engineering Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Climate 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 Engineering Ecosystems 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 Journalism Climate 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 Sciences Ecosystems 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

Jean-Francois Gaillard

  • Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

McCormick School of Engineering

jf-gaillard@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Aquatic chemistry
  • Metal recovery
  • Metal speciation and bioavailability
Subcategories: Catalysis and Green Chemistry, Environmental Health, Water
McCormick School of Engineering Climate 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

Area of Expertise:

  • Neurobiology of insects an other invertebrates
  • Organismal responses to climate change
  • Sensory responses to temperature and humidity
Subcategories: Climate Migration, Conservation and Biodiversity, Environmental Health, Paleoclimate and Earth Systems
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Climate 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 Sciences Energy 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 Sciences Ecosystems and Resilience:Water;Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Science and Technologies;Sustainable Materials:Catalysis and Green Chemistry;Sustainable Materials:Sustainable Chemicals and Materials

Todd Gingrich

  • Assistant Professor, Chemistry

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

todd.gingrich@northwestern.edu

Subcategories: AI and Computational Sustainability, Catalysis and Green Chemistry, Energy Science and Technologies
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Energy and Infrastructure:AI and Computational Sustainability;Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Science and Technologies;Sustainable Materials:Catalysis and Green Chemistry

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
Pritzker School of Law

k-gray@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Design of nature-based systems
  • Environmental nanotechnology for micropollutant control
  • Nanotoxicology
  • Resource recovery; biomass conversion
Subcategories: Conservation and Biodiversity, Environmental Health, Equity and Social Justice, Green Infrastructure
McCormick School of Engineering Pritzker School of Law Climate 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

Area of Expertise:

  • Magnetotransport characterization of perovskites and other sustainable materials
  • Thermoelectric textiles for wearable energy harvesting
  • Transverse thermoelectrics for integrated thermal management
Subcategories: Energy Science and Technologies, Energy Storage, Quantum, Water
McCormick School of Engineering Ecosystems 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

Area of Expertise:

  • Intelligent manufacturing
  • Material behavior characterization and modeling
  • Metrology
Subcategories: AI and Computational Sustainability, Circularity, Sustainable Chemicals and Materials
McCormick School of Engineering Energy 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
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

sossina.haile@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Batteries
  • Electrochemical energy materials
  • Electrolysis and hydrogen production
  • Fuel cells
Subcategories: Energy Science and Technologies
McCormick School of Engineering Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Science and Technologies

Songi Han

  • Mark and Nancy Ratner Chair of Chemistry
  • Professor, Chemistry

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

songi.han@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Biological water structure and dynamics
  • Magnetic resonance spectroscopy
  • Quantum resonance sensing
  • Shape-controlled protein assembly
Subcategories: Carbon Capture, Catalysis and Green Chemistry, Quantum, Sustainable Chemicals and Materials, Water
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Climate and Decarbonization:Carbon Capture;Ecosystems and Resilience:Water;Sustainable Materials:Catalysis and Green Chemistry;Sustainable Materials:Quantum;Sustainable Materials:Sustainable Chemicals and Materials

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

Area of Expertise:

  • Environmental history/colonialism
  • Environmental impacts of commercial agriculture
  • Remote sensing/GIS
  • Water security and inequality
Subcategories: Environmental Health, Equity and Social Justice, Water
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Climate 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
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

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 Engineering Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Storage;Sustainable Materials:Circularity;Sustainable Materials:Quantum;Sustainable Materials:Sustainable Chemicals and Materials
Feinberg School of Medicine Climate 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)

McCormick School of Engineering
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

daniel.horton@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

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

Teresa Horton

  • Research Associate Professor, Anthropology
  • Chair, NCH2 Steering Committee

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

thorton@northwestern.edu

Subcategories: Conservation and Biodiversity, Environmental Health, Green Infrastructure, Water
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Climate and Decarbonization:Environmental Health;Ecosystems and Resilience:Conservation and Biodiversity;Ecosystems and Resilience:Green Infrastructure;Ecosystems and Resilience:Water

Bryan Hunter

  • Assistant Professor, Chemistry

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

bhunter@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Electrosynthesis
  • Heterogeneous catalysis for solar energy conversion
  • Synthesis of new sustainable materials
Subcategories: Catalysis and Green Chemistry, Energy Science and Technologies, Sustainable Chemicals and Materials
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Energy 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 Sciences Climate and Decarbonization:Carbon Capture;Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Science and Technologies;Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Storage;Sustainable Materials:Catalysis and Green Chemistry

Steven Jacobsen

  • Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Professor, Applied Physics Program

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

s-jacobsen@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • High-pressure science
  • Hydrogen bonding
  • Mineralogy and spectroscopy
  • Off-world construction
Subcategories: Energy Science and Technologies, Paleoclimate and Earth Systems, Sustainable Chemicals and Materials
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Climate and Decarbonization:Paleoclimate and Earth Systems;Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Science and Technologies;Sustainable Materials:Sustainable Chemicals and Materials

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 Sciences Climate and Decarbonization:Carbon Capture;Climate and Decarbonization:Carbon Removal;Climate and Decarbonization:Paleoclimate and Earth Systems

Igor Kadota

  • Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

McCormick School of Engineering

kadota@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Advanced wireless systems
  • Next generation wireless networks
  • Opportunistic sensing using wireless signals
Subcategories: AI and Computational Sustainability
McCormick School of Engineering Energy and Infrastructure:AI and Computational Sustainability

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 Sciences Energy 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)

McCormick School of Engineering
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Paula M. Trienens Institute for Sustainability and Energy

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
McCormick School of Engineering Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Other Northwestern UnitClimate 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 Sciences Markets 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

Area of Expertise:

  • Machine learning
  • Membrane modeling
  • Molecular and multi-scale simulations
  • Nanoscale systems
  • Sustainable materials, biomaterials
Subcategories: AI and Computational Sustainability, Green Infrastructure, Sustainable Chemicals and Materials, Water
McCormick School of Engineering Ecosystems 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
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

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 Engineering Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Energy and Infrastructure:AI and Computational Sustainability;Sustainable Materials:Quantum;Sustainable Materials:Sustainable Chemicals and Materials

Lynne Kiesling

  • Adjunct Professor, Master of Science in Energy and Sustainability (MSES), Paula M. Trienens Institute for Sustainability and Energy
  • Director, Institute for Regulatory Law & Economics at Pritzker School of Law

Pritzker School of Law
Paula M. Trienens Institute for Sustainability and Energy

lynne.kiesling@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Electric system digitization and its implications
  • Institutional analysis and market design
  • Regulatory economics
Subcategories: Economics and Finance, Electrification and Grid, Regulation and Governance
Pritzker School of Law Other Northwestern UnitEnergy and Infrastructure:Electrification and Grid;Markets and Public Policy:Economics and Finance;Markets and Public Policy:Regulation and Governance

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 Sciences Sustainable 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 Engineering Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Science and Technologies;Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Storage;Markets and Public Policy:Economics and Finance

Prem Kumar

  • Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Director, Center for Photonic Communication and Computing

McCormick School of Engineering

kumarp@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Optical remote sensing, environmental monitoring
  • Sustainability of quantum technologies
  • Quantum networks for sensing and computing
  • Quantum for sustainability
Subcategories: AI and Computational Sustainability, Building and Transportation, Energy Science and Technologies, Quantum
McCormick School of Engineering Energy and Infrastructure:AI and Computational Sustainability;Energy and Infrastructure:Building and Transportation;Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Science and Technologies;Sustainable Materials:Quantum

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 Engineering Climate 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 Engineering Energy 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 Engineering Climate and Decarbonization:Carbon Removal;Ecosystems and Resilience:Water

Christian Malapit

  • Assistant Professor, Chemistry

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

christian.malapit@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Electrocatalysis for chemical feedstock upgrading and waste degradation
  • Homogeneous catalysis
  • Molecular engineering for organic batteries
Subcategories: Carbon Capture, Catalysis and Green Chemistry, Energy Storage, Sustainable Chemicals and Materials
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Climate 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 Engineering Climate and Decarbonization:Carbon Capture;Ecosystems and Resilience:Plant Science;Sustainable Materials:Catalysis and Green Chemistry;Sustainable Materials:Sustainable Chemicals and Materials

Luisa Marcelino

  • Research Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

McCormick School of Engineering

l-marcelino@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Coral-microbes interactions
  • Environmental impacts on marine ecosystems
  • Marine ecosystems adaptation to climate change
  • Marine ecosystems resilience
Subcategories: Conservation and Biodiversity, Environmental Health
McCormick School of Engineering Climate and Decarbonization:Environmental Health;Ecosystems and Resilience:Conservation and Biodiversity

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

Area of Expertise:

  • Forest, land, and biodiversity dimensions of climate governance
  • Global environmental justice
  • International climate policy and politics
Subcategories: Conservation and Biodiversity, Equity and Social Justice, Regulation and Governance
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Ecosystems and Resilience:Conservation and Biodiversity;Markets and Public Policy:Regulation and Governance;Society and Global Change:Equity and Social Justice

Tobin J. Marks

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

McCormick School of 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
McCormick School of Engineering Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Energy 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)

McCormick School of Engineering
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

chadnano@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • AI-driven catalyst discovery
  • Clean energy
  • Materials science
  • Nanoscience and technology
Subcategories: Catalysis and Green Chemistry, Energy Science and Technologies, Energy Storage, Sustainable Chemicals and Materials
McCormick School of Engineering Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Energy 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, Environmental Journalism, Media
  • Faculty Fellow, Buffett Institute for Global Affairs
  • Affiliate, Center for Native American and Indigenous Research
  • Affiliate, Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program

Medill School of Journalism

ramoralesc@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Environmental journalism
  • Environment and resources
  • Indigenous and multicultural sustainability education
  • Native American and Indigenous peoples law and policy
Subcategories: Climate Migration, Communication and Advocacy, Conservation and Biodiversity, Equity and Social Justice
Medill School of Journalism Ecosystems 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

Area of Expertise:

  • Ecological network modeling
  • Metamaterials
  • Network solutions to energy storage
  • Renewable energy integration and grid modeling
Subcategories: Circularity, Electrification and Grid, Energy Storage, Plant Science
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Ecosystems 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 Sciences Sustainable 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

Area of Expertise:

  • Climate change communication; climate change misinformation
  • Public engagement
  • Science and politics
Subcategories: Communication and Advocacy, Human and Organizational Behavior, Public Health, Regulation and Governance
School of Communication Markets 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)

McCormick School of Engineering
Paula M. Trienens Institute for Sustainability and Energy

j-notestein@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Materials synthesis
  • Reaction engineering
  • Sustainable chemistry
Subcategories: Catalysis and Green Chemistry, Energy Science and Technologies, Green Infrastructure, Sustainable Chemicals and Materials
McCormick School of Engineering Other Northwestern UnitEcosystems 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)

McCormick School of Engineering
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
McCormick School of Engineering Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Sustainable 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 Sciences Climate 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 Engineering Climate 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 Engineering Ecosystems 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)

McCormick School of Engineering
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Paula M. Trienens Institute for Sustainability and Energy

krp@northwestern.edu

Subcategories: Catalysis and Green Chemistry, Circularity, Energy Science and Technologies, Sustainable Chemicals and Materials
McCormick School of Engineering Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Other Northwestern UnitEnergy and Infrastructure:Energy Science and Technologies;Sustainable Materials:Catalysis and Green Chemistry;Sustainable Materials:Circularity;Sustainable Materials:Sustainable Chemicals and Materials

Yang Qu

  • Assistant Professor, Human Development and Social Policy
  • Assistant Professor, Psychology (by courtesy)
  • Faculty Associate, Institute for Policy Research

School of Education and Social Policy
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

yangqu@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Beliefs, behavior, and brain
  • Cross-cultural comparison
  • Cultural influences on human development
Subcategories: Communication and Advocacy, Human and Organizational Behavior, Public Health
School of Education and Social Policy Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Society and Global Change:Communication and Advocacy;Society and Global Change:Human and Organizational Behavior;Society and Global Change:Public Health

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
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

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 Policy Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Society and Global Change:Communication and Advocacy

Mar Reguant

  • Professor, Economics

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

mar.reguant@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Electricity markets
  • Emissions markets
  • Energy transition
Subcategories: Building and Transportation, Climate Modelling, Economics and Finance, Electrification and Grid, Regulation and Governance
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Climate 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 Medicine Climate 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 Sciences Climate 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 Engineering Climate 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
Paula M. Trienens Institute for Sustainability and Energy

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 Sciences Other Northwestern UnitClimate 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

McCormick School of Engineering
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Paula M. Trienens Institute for Sustainability and Energy

ted.sargent@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Capturing, utilizing CO2 for efficient CO2-recycling fuels, CO2-sequestering materials
  • High-efficiency solar cells, perovskite tandem solar cells
  • Sensor development for UV and infrared wavelengths
Subcategories: Carbon Capture, Carbon Removal, Catalysis and Green Chemistry, Circularity, Electrification and Grid, Green Infrastructure, Sustainable Chemicals and Materials
McCormick School of Engineering Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Other Northwestern UnitClimate 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

Richard Schaller

  • Professor, Chemistry
  • Group Leader, Nanophotonics and Biofunctional Structures, Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Lab

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

schaller@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Manipulating light-matter interactions
  • Nanoscience and technology
  • Solar energy capture and conversion
  • Time-resolved optical spectroscopy
Subcategories: Catalysis and Green Chemistry, Energy Science and Technologies, Quantum, Sustainable Chemicals and Materials
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Science and Technologies;Sustainable Materials:Catalysis and Green Chemistry;Sustainable Materials:Quantum;Sustainable Materials:Sustainable Chemicals and Materials

George C. Schatz

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

McCormick School of 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
McCormick School of Engineering Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Ecosystems 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
Paula M. Trienens Institute for Sustainability and Energy

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 Engineering Other Northwestern UnitClimate 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
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

j-schwoch@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Climate, sustainability, and environmental justice
  • Earth observational satellites
  • Global media technologies
  • Telecommunications and radio spectrum policies
Subcategories: Climate Modelling, Electrification and Grid, Equity and Social Justice, Regulation and Governance
School of Communication Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Climate 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 Engineering Climate 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 Engineering Climate 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

Area of Expertise:

  • Human and social behavior
  • Mixed methods (qualitative and quantitative)
  • Transportation analysis
Subcategories: Building and Transportation, Climate Migration, Equity and Social Justice, Human and Organizational Behavior
McCormick School of Engineering Energy 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

McCormick School of Engineering
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
McCormick School of Engineering Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Science and Technologies;Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Storage;Sustainable Materials:Quantum

Bradley Stevenson

  • Research Associate Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

bradley.stevenson@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Linking microbial processes in modern ecosystems and ancient microbial fossils
  • Microbial corrosion of metals and minerals
  • Microbial ecology of natural and managed ecosystems
  • Subsurface microbiology
Subcategories: Building and Transportation, Environmental Health, Paleoclimate and Earth Systems, Water
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Climate and Decarbonization:Environmental Health;Climate and Decarbonization:Paleoclimate and Earth Systems;Ecosystems and Resilience:Water;Energy and Infrastructure:Building and Transportation

Dayne Swearer

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

McCormick School of Engineering
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
McCormick School of Engineering Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Energy and Infrastructure:Electrification and Grid;Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Science and Technologies;Sustainable Materials:Catalysis and Green Chemistry;Sustainable Materials:Sustainable Chemicals and Materials

Roel Tempelaar

  • Assistant Professor, Chemistry

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

roel.tempelaar@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Light-matter interactions
  • Nanoscience and technology
  • Quantum information science
  • Theory and computation
Subcategories: Energy Science and Technologies, Quantum
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Science and Technologies;Sustainable Materials:Quantum

John Torkelson

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

McCormick School of Engineering

j-torkelson@northwestern.edu

Subcategories: Carbon Capture, Catalysis and Green Chemistry, Circularity, Sustainable Chemicals and Materials
McCormick School of Engineering Climate 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

Area of Expertise:

  • Autonomous environmental sensing
  • Data science
  • Geophysics of the solid Earth
  • Seismology
Subcategories: Carbon Capture, Energy Science and Technologies, Environmental Health, Green Infrastructure
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Climate and Decarbonization:Carbon Capture;Climate and Decarbonization:Environmental Health;Ecosystems and Resilience:Green Infrastructure;Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Science and Technologies

Ann Vertovec

  • Health System Clinician, Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Health System
  • Northwestern Medicine Osher Affiliate Faculty, Osher Center for Integrative Health at Northwestern University

Feinberg School of Medicine

avertovec@nm.org

Subcategories: Conservation and Biodiversity, Environmental Health, Public Health
Feinberg School of Medicine Climate and Decarbonization:Environmental Health;Ecosystems and Resilience:Conservation and Biodiversity;Society and Global Change:Public Health

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)

McCormick School of Engineering
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Paula M. Trienens Institute for Sustainability and Energy

m-wasielewski@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Solar energy capture and conversion
  • Time-resolved optical magnetic resonance spectroscopy
  • Quantum Information science
Subcategories: Carbon Removal, Energy Science and Technologies, Energy Storage, Quantum, Sustainable Chemicals and Materials
McCormick School of Engineering Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Other Northwestern UnitClimate 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
Paula M. Trienens Institute for Sustainability and Energy

klausweber@kellogg.northwestern.edu

Subcategories: Carbon Capture, Circularity, Communication and Advocacy, Human and Organizational Behavior, Regulation and Governance
Kellogg School of Management Other Northwestern UnitClimate 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

Area of Expertise:

  • Distributed optimization and learning
  • Market model and analysis
  • Smart grid
Subcategories: AI and Computational Sustainability, Building and Transportation, Electrification and Grid, Regulation and Governance
McCormick School of Engineering Energy 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

Timothy Wei

  • Adjunct Professor, Mechanical Engineering

McCormick School of Engineering

timothy.wei@northwestern.edu

Subcategories: Building and Transportation, Carbon Capture, Energy Storage, Sustainable Chemicals and Materials
McCormick School of Engineering Climate and Decarbonization:Carbon Capture;Energy and Infrastructure:Building and Transportation;Energy and Infrastructure:Energy Storage;Sustainable Materials:Sustainable Chemicals and Materials

Robert A. Weinstock

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

Pritzker School of Law

robert.weinstock@law.northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Environmental and administrative litigation
  • Environmental justice
  • U.S. environmental and energy law
Subcategories: Communication and Advocacy, Equity and Social Justice, Green Infrastructure, Regulation and Governance
Pritzker School of Law Ecosystems 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
Paula M. Trienens Institute for Sustainability and Energy

george.wells@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Environmental biotechnology for sustainable water/wastewater treatment
  • Microbial ecology of engineered and impacted natural environments
  • Microbial nitrogen and phosphorus cycling
  • Resource recovery and circular economy
Subcategories: Carbon Removal, Catalysis and Green Chemistry, Circularity, Green Infrastructure
McCormick School of Engineering Other Northwestern UnitClimate 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

Area of Expertise:

  • Advanced batteries
  • Light-weight structural materials
  • Solar thermochemical hydrogen
  • Thermoelectric materials
Subcategories: AI and Computational Sustainability, Carbon Capture, Energy Science and Technologies, Energy Storage
McCormick School of Engineering Climate 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

Area of Expertise:

  • Causal inference
  • Machine learning
  • Measurement error
Subcategories: AI and Computational Sustainability, Human and Organizational Behavior, Paleoclimate and Earth Systems, Public Health
McCormick School of Engineering Climate 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

Area of Expertise:

  • Environmental politics and policy
  • Modern U.S. history 
Subcategories: Conservation and Biodiversity, Equity and Social Justice, Green Infrastructure, Regulation and Governance
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Ecosystems 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 Management Climate 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
Paula M. Trienens Institute for Sustainability and Energy

ryan.young@northwestern.edu

Area of Expertise:

  • Physical chemistry
  • Solar energy
  • Quantum information science
Subcategories: Energy Science and Technologies
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Other Northwestern UnitEnergy and Infrastructure:Energy Science and Technologies

Sera Young

  • Associate Professor, Anthropology
  • Fellow, Institute for Policy Research

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

sera.young@northwestern.edu

Subcategories: Communication and Advocacy, Environmental Health, Public Health, Water
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Climate and Decarbonization:Environmental Health;Ecosystems and Resilience:Water;Society and Global Change:Communication and Advocacy;Society and Global Change:Public Health

Nyree Zerega

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

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Paula M. Trienens Institute for Sustainability and Energy

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 Sciences Other Northwestern UnitClimate and Decarbonization:Carbon Capture;Ecosystems and Resilience:Conservation and Biodiversity;Ecosystems and Resilience:Plant Science