Professor Naomi Pierce has created a new device that allows her team to complete multi-spectral scans and identify unique nanostructures on butterfly wings. Her research team will use this knowledge to inform bio-inspired design of materials with functions including enhanced thermoregulation, IR radiative cooling, and UV resistance.
Belinda Tato is creating a new kind of gathering place, that highlights both local climate change realities, and locals resilient outlook for the future. Through her community-based design process, Tato is creating climatically comfortable spaces that bring people together to learn and converse.
Harvard Associate Professor of Materials Science, Xin Li is developing the energy storage materials of the future. The Li Lab has created solid state batteries that outperform current lithium-ion batteries used today. Their research is pushing boundaries that could lead to major breakthroughs for electric vehicle technology.
Mauricio Santillana, Adjunct Professor at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health was invited to write a chapter on antimicrobial resistance and climate change for Greta Thunberg's, "The Climate Book"
The Aizenberg Lab is reimagining air-conditioning in order to meet growing global demand for cooling while combatting climate change. Their novel evaporative cooling technology uses advanced materials science and design to make affordable, environmentally-positive eco-friendly air conditioners that work in most climates without the use of synthetic refrigerants.