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Biography Morgan Edwards is the inaugural Wes Foell Professor of Energy Analysis and Policy and an Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s La Follette School of Public Affairs. Her research and teaching focus on human-centered energy responses to the climate crisis across policymaking scales. She draws on mixed quantitative and qualitative methods, combining large …

Biography Dr. Andrea Hicks is an associate professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and interim director of sustainability education and research at the Office of Sustainability. She is also an affiliate member of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, Geological Engineering, and Freshwater and Marine Sciences Program. She is the Hanson Family …

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Biography Ben Lindley joined the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Department of Nuclear Engineering & Engineering Physics as Assistant Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics in 2020. His research interests include the market and economic context for nuclear power and the role it can play in low carbon energy systems with high penetration of variable renewables. …

Biography Our research group is an enthusiastic group of scientists interested in understanding the scale interactions in our atmosphere. We are interested in spatial scales ranging from meso- to planetary-scales and atmospheric variability on timescales of days to weeks. Our work lies at the intersection between basic and applied research and focuses on understanding the …

Biography For full bio, visit Prof. Nemet’s departmental page. Gregory Nemet is a Professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the La Follette School of Public Affairs and the Nelson Institute’s Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment. His research and teaching focus on improving analysis of the global energy system and, more generally, on …

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Biography Brad Pierce began serving as Director of the Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison on Oct. 1, 2018. Prior to this appointment, he was a Physical Scientist at the NOAA/NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR), Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) in Madison, WI and a …

As a professor in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, my research focuses on socio-technological and socio-ecological transitions that can support a more sustainable, resilient, equitable, and just future for humans and the communities of life with whom we share our one planetary home. My work is motivated by the …