Alternative sources, new technology
Harvey Blanch
Emeritus professor of chemical engineering
- (510) 642-1387
- blanch@berkeley.edu
Areas of expertise: biochemical engineering, enzyme engineering, enzymes for cellulosic biofuel production, ethanol and other fuels
Elton Cairns
Professor of chemical engineering
- (510) 486-5028
- ejcairns@lbl.gov
Areas of expertise: hydrogen full cells, fuel cell technology, methanol and ethanol fuel cells, lithium ion batteries and new battery technology.
Douglas Clark
Professor of biochemical engineering
- (510) 642-2408
- clark@berkeley.edu
Areas of expertise: biochemical engineering, with particular emphasis on enzyme technology, biomaterials, and bioenergy.
Lutgard C. De Jonghe
Emeritus professor of materials science and engineering
- (510) 486=6138
- dejonghe@lbl.gov
Areas of expertise: efficient and clean-burning fuel cells that burn hydrogen or hydrocarbons extracted from natural gas and converted to electricity.
Daniel M. Kammen
Professor of energy and society in the Energy and Resources Group
- (510) 642-1139
- kammen@berkeley.edu
Areas of expertise: developing and employing renewable, appropriate sources of energy to reduce energy cost and boost efficiency; cultural context and social impacts of new technologies and resources management system.
Jay D. Keasling
Professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering
- (510) 495-2620
- keasling@berkeley.edu
Areas of expertise: engineering pathways for alternative biofuels from isoprenoids and fatty acids, examining the toxicity of biofuels to the host microorganism with the aim of engineering tolerance into the producer.
John S. Newman
Emeritus professor of chemical engineering
- (510) 642-4063
- newman@newman.cchem.berkeley.edu
Areas of expertise: lithium batteries for hybrid, industrial electrochemical processes, and methanol fuel cells, investigation of efficient and economical methods for electrochemical energy conversion and storage.
Jan Rabaey
Professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences
- (510) 642-2328
- jan@eecs.berkeley.edu
Areas of expertise: technological innovations to enhance energy efficiency through use of smart buildings and design of low-power technologies for computer systems.
Catherine Wolfram
Professor of business administration
- (510) 642-2588
- cwolfram@berkeley.edu
Expertise: Climate change, energy efficiency, regulation of business, energy and environmental markets.
Consumer behavior, usage
Maximilian Auffhammer
Professor of agricultural and resource economics
- (510) 643-5472
- auffhammer@berkeley.edu
- @auffhammer
Economics of energy, climate change impacts on energy consumption.
Severin Borenstein
E.T. Grether Professor of Business Administration and Public Policy, faculty director of the Energy Institute at Berkeley Haas
- (510) 642-3689
- severinborenstein@berkeley.edu
- @BorensteinS
Oil and gasoline market pricing and competition, energy markets, climate change, electricity deregulation, market formation and competition, U.S. and international airline competition.
Daniel M. Kammen
Professor of energy and society in the Energy and Resources Group
- (510) 642-1139
- kammen@berkeley.edu
Areas of expertise: developing and employing renewable, appropriate sources of energy to reduce energy cost and boost efficiency; cultural context and social impacts of new technologies and resources management system.
Richard B. Norgaard
Emeritus professor in the Energy and Resources Group
- (510) 642-3465
- norgaard@berkeley.edu
Areas of expertise: economics of renewable energy, economics of climate change and the economic, institutional and historical contexts of energy.
Catherine Wolfram
Professor of business administration
- (510) 642-2588
- cwolfram@berkeley.edu
Expertise: Climate change, energy efficiency, regulation of business, energy and environmental markets.
Policy and regulation
Maximilian Auffhammer
Professor of agricultural and resource economics
- (510) 643-5472
- auffhammer@berkeley.edu
- @auffhammer
Economics of energy, climate change impacts on energy consumption.
Severin Borenstein
E.T. Grether Professor of Business Administration and Public Policy, faculty director of the Energy Institute at Berkeley Haas
- (510) 642-3689
- severinborenstein@berkeley.edu
- @BorensteinS
Oil and gasoline market pricing and competition, energy markets, climate change, electricity deregulation, market formation and competition, U.S. and international airline competition.
Jonas Meckling
Associate Professor of energy and environmental policy
- (510)643-1966
- meckling@berkeley.edu
Expertise: Climate policy, energy policy, political economy
Richard B. Norgaard
Emeritus professor in the Energy and Resources Group
- (510) 642-3465
- norgaard@berkeley.edu
Areas of expertise: economics of renewable energy, economics of climate change and the economic, institutional and historical contexts of energy.
Steven Weissman
Lecturer emeritus in law and in public policy
- (510) 717-2422
- sweissman@law.berkeley.edu
Public utilities, environment and climate change, energy and air quality and solid waste management policies,
Catherine Wolfram
Professor of business administration
- (510) 642-2588
- cwolfram@berkeley.edu
Expertise: Climate change, energy efficiency, regulation of business, energy and environmental markets.
Nuclear
Richard Muller
Professor emeritus of physics
- (510) 735-6877
- ramuller@lbl.gov
Area of expertise: general and popular physics; nuclear waste disposal; concept of time; Earth cycles; climate change
Per Peterson
Professor of nuclear engineering
- (510) 643-7749
- peterson@nuc.berkeley.edu
Areas of expertise: reactor safety, advanced reactor systems, waste management and inertial fusion energy.