Institute for Energy and Environment
Professor Emeritus of Silviculture and Forest Management Wayne Clatterbuck studies the ecological changes in species composition, tree arrangement and forest development. He and his colleagues researched how tree species interact and change over time when impacted by natural disasters or other disturbances.
Associate Professor of Petrology and Planetary Geoscience Molly McCanta spent two months cruising the south Aegean Sea on board the International Ocean Discovery Program’s JOIDES Resolution as part of International Ocean Discovery Program Expedition 398.
UT will lead 15 universities and eight national laboratories in a $25 million nuclear technology consortium funded by the US Department of Energy. The partnership aims to produce new knowledge and a diverse workforce to enable the US and its allies to safely and securely triple nuclear power output throughout the world by 2050.
Jacob Suissa, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, joined fern biologist Fay-Wei Li from the Boyce Thompson Institute and Cornell University ant biologist Corrie Moreau to examine the evolution of ant-bribing defense mechanisms in plants.
Steven Wilhelm, professor of microbiology, and Brittany Zepernick, postdoctoral researcher in microbiology, joined Robert McKay from the University of Windsor to research how diatom communities in open waters differ from those that live under ice.
Researchers from UT and ORNL are prioritizing circular bioeconomy projects focused on expanding the use of biomass and preventing or reducing waste to create more sustainable agriculture and manufacturing systems.
