Sustainable energy: Faculty Experts: For Journalists

Holly Troy Benz

McCormick School of Engineering

Clinical Associate Professor and Director of Master of Science in Energy & Sustainability

Field: Business Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Focus Areas: Climate Change, Corporate Social Responsibility, Electric Cars, Environmental Sustainability, Sustainable energy

Vinayak P. Dravid

McCormick School of Engineering

Abraham Harris Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Field: Materials Science, Nanotechnology

Focus Areas: Entrepreneurship, Environmental Sustainability, Sustainable energy, Water Quality and Purification

Jennifer Dunn

McCormick School of Engineering

Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering

Field: Chemical and Biological Engineering

Focus Areas: Biofuels, Climate Change, Environmental Sustainability, Pollution, Sustainable energy

Kimberly Gray

McCormick School of Engineering

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and (by courtesy) Chemical and Biological Engineering

Field: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Focus Areas: Environmental Sustainability, Solar Energy, Sustainable energy, Water Quality and Purification

Andrew D. Jacobson

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Professor of Earth and planetary science

Field: Earth Science

Focus Areas: Carbon Cycle, Climate Change, Decarbonization, Environmental Science, Geology, Sustainable energy

Kevin L. Kohlstedt

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Research Associate Professor of Chemistry

Field: Chemistry, Materials Science, Nanotechnology

Focus Areas: Biophysics, Machine Learning and Automation, Molecular Bonds, Quantum Mechanics, Solar Energy, Sustainable energy

Abraham Lerman

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Professor Emeritus of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Field: Earth Science

Focus Areas: Carbon Cycle, Climate Change, Geology, Sustainable energy

Nancy Loeb

Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law

Clinical Professor of Law Emerita

Field: Environmental Law

Focus Areas: Climate Change, Environmental Sustainability, Legal Advocacy, Sustainable energy

Jeffrey Lopez

McCormick School of Engineering

Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Field: Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chemistry, Data Science, Materials Science

Focus Areas: Climate Change, Electric Cars, Organic Chemistry, Robotics, Sustainable energy

Julius B. Lucks

McCormick School of Engineering

Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Field: Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Global Health, Synthetic Biology

Focus Areas: Biochemistry, Biophysics, Environmental Sustainability, Hunger, Food and Water Security, Sustainable energy, Water Quality and Purification

Justin M. Notestein

McCormick School of Engineering

Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Field: Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science, Nanotechnology

Focus Areas: Biofuels, Carbon Cycle, Molecular Bonds, Organic Chemistry, Sustainable energy

Brad Sageman

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Field: Earth Science

Focus Areas: Carbon Cycle, Climate Change, Decarbonization, Environmental Sustainability, Geology, Sustainable energy