Sustainability :: UW–Madison Experts

Alex Wiedenhoeft

Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Botany

Specialist in the anatomy and function of wood, forensic wood science, and forensic botany

Adena Rissman

Professor of the human dimensions of ecosystem management, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology

Expert on the social and policy aspects of natural resources management and conservation, including land protection, forestry, wildlife habitat, water quality

Matthew Ginder-Vogel

Assistant Professor, Environmental Chemistry, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Expert on chemistry of metals and nutrients in environmental systems, drinking water, and waste disposal.

Ming-Yi Chou

Associate scientist

Adam Bechle

UW Sea Grant Institute

Elizabeth Hennessy

Assistant Professor, environmental studies, history, history of science

Expert on the Galápagos archipelago, the politics of conservation and ecotourism, political ecology, environmental and animal history

Zhou Zhang

Associate Professor, Biological Systems Engineering

Expert on machine learning, remote sensing, multi-sensor data fusion, drone data collection and analysis, digital agriculture

Andrew W. Stevens

Assistant Professor, Agricultural and Applied Economics

Expert on applied agricultural and food policy with interests ranging from US agricultural production to consumer food demand and food security

Katie Freeman

Program Manager and Instructor, Wisconsin Area Health Education Centers

Sustainable development expert with a focus on the ethics of tourism and voluntourism and the role of tourism in conservation and international development.

Michelle Miller

Associate Director, Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems

Expert on regional food systems and food supply chains, including food transportation, labor and governance.

Diane Mayerfeld

Senior Outreach Specialist, Division of Extension, Community Development Institute

Expert on large-scale renewable energy siting and sustainable agriculture

Tim Osswald

Professor, Mechanical Engineering; co-Director, Polymer Engineering Center

Expert in the fields of plastics technology and manufacturing, including 3D printing

Corbett Grainger

Associate Professor, Ag & Applied Economics

Expert on environmental policy, natural resource policy, and income distribution.

Chris McCahill

Managing Director, State Smart Transportation Institute

Expert in transportation engineering and urban planning. Focused on sustainable practices and data-driven policies.

Max Besbris

Associate Professor of Sociology

Expert on climate-related disasters and how people make decisions in economic markets.

Line Roald

Assistant Professor

Expert on electric power systems, renewable energy, transmission and distribution grids and energy system analysis. Passionate about sustainability, climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Qunying Huang

Professor, Geography; Director, Spatial Computing and Data Mining

Expert on wildfires, floods, Remote Sensing, AI/ML

Victor Cabrera

Professor and Extension Specialist in Dairy Management; Animal and Dairy Science

Development of decision support tools for improving dairy farm management. Leading the Dairy Brain project integrating live farm data pipelines for improved decision-making.

Sangkee Min

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Expert on Advanced Manufacturing, Smart Manufacturing, Advanced Machining

Theresa Delgadillo

Professor of English and Chican@ and Latin@ Studies

I study Latinx literatures and visual cultures.

Morgan Edwards

Assistant Professor, La Follette School of Public Affairs

Expert on climate policy, fossil fuel phaseout, and state and local climate solutions

Andrea Strzelec, Ph.D., FSAE

Associate Scientist, Engine Research Center, Dept of Mechanical Engineering

Recognized for distinguished SAE leadership and impact in advancing the understanding of fuel effects on combustion, particulates, and emissions controls

Cary Forest

Professor, Physics

Expert on Experimental Plasma Physics for Nuclear Fusion and Plasma Astrophysics

Mark Anderson

Associate Professor

Expert on advanced sustainable thermal energy production and utilization

Zach Feiner

Research scientist, Center for Limnology

Expert on fish and fisheries, aquatic ecology, and climate change impacts on Wisconsin waters

Stephanie Diem

Assistant Professor, Nuclear Engineering & Engineering Physics

Expert on fusion energy and experimental plasma physics.

Jennifer Raynor

Assistant Professor of Natural Resource Economics, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology

Expert on the economic dimensions of natural resource management and policy, with a focus on fish and wildlife

Patrick McDaniel

Patrick McDaniel, Tsun-Ming Shih Professor of Computer Sciences

Expert on topics in computer and network security and technical public policy.

Manos Mavrikakis

Professor/Chemical and Biological Engineering

Expert in Chemical Engineering, Catalysis, Sensors, Energy Conversion, Molecular Simulations, Nanotechnology

Paul Block

Associate Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering

Expert on water resources management, hydrologic disaster preparedness, and climate prediction

Mohan Qin

Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Experts on sustainable water and wastewater treatment

Teri Allendorf

Honorary Fellow, FWE

Expert on community conservation of global biodiversity

Paul Koch

Professor, Department of Plant Pathology

Expert on sustainable turfgrass management, including lawns, parks, golf courses, and athletic fields

Xiaopeng Li

Professor, transportation engineering; director, Connected & Autonomous Transportation Systems Laboratory

Expert on connected & automated vehicles, automated, connected, electrical and shared (ACES) transportation, traffic operations, traffic energy, transportation safety, cooperative sensing, etc.