Payne Institute Advisory Board member Dr. Paula Gant will assume GTI Energy’s leadership as President and CEO effective July 5, 2022. Since joining GTI Energy in 2019, Dr. Gant has led efforts to enhance the creation and market impact of technology-based energy and environmental solutions. May 2, 2022.
Payne Institute Earth Observation Group Director Christopher Elvidge received the 2021 Most Downloaded Paper Award from the Journal of Environmental Management (JEM) for the co-authored article titled Light Pollution in USA and Europe: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. The Award recognizes papers published in JEM in a given year (2019 in this case) that received the highest numbers of downloads (Web of Science) in the following three years including the year of publication (2019-2021 in this case). Dr. Elvidge’s contribution to the scientific advancement of resources, conservation and recycling fields has been highly recognized. March 6, 2022.
Payne Institute Faculty Fellow Mike McGuirk has received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award for research that could contribute to the discovery of new materials for solar energy production, low density conductors and more. McGuirk will receive $756,000 over five years for the project, which will focus on chalcogen bonding, a recently discovered interaction between molecules that scientists believe could lead to the realization of a new class of crystalline framework materials: Chalcogen-Bonded Organic Frameworks. February 25, 2022.
Payne Institute Director Morgan Bazilian is proud to serve as a advisor for the F1000Research Energy Gateway. The Energy gateway aims to provide stakeholders across academia, industry and policy with a space to disseminate work related to all areas of energy research. By providing fast, open publication alongside access to underlying data the gateway looks to facilitate the rapid and transparent sharing of energy research. This research includes a broad range of topics and interdisciplinary areas such as renewable energy, energy storage materials, energy efficiency and conservation, and energy justice, economics and policy, to name just a few. December 15, 2021.
UC San Diego Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation features Payne Institute Faculty Fellow Kathleen Hancock in their Alumni Confidential. Kathleen Hancock, an associate professor of political science at the Colorado School of Mines and expert in the politics of renewable energy, talks about the unexpected allies leading efforts to transition to renewable energy in the U.S., gives advice to young scholars, and explains why she thinks it’s possible to be both a scholar and an activitist. Kathleen was a dissertation fellow with IGCC in 1996–97. November 10, 2021.
Colorado School of Mines and NREL Advanced Energy Systems PhD Candidate Kate Anderson received the C3E 2021 Mid-Career Award for Social, Economic, and Policy Innovation. November 4, 2021.
Payne Institute Fellow Dr. Jay Lemery has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM). Election to the Academy is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine and recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service. October 18, 2021.
Payne Institute Director Morgan D. Bazilian is honoured to be appointed as a new member to the Climate Change Advisory Council (CCAC). A critical part of Ireland’s transition to a low carbon society is the provision of accurate and timely advice. The CCAC needs to have a broad and diverse balance of skills and experience that will advise Government on both carbon budgets and progress on implementation of the climate action plan. October 13, 2021.
National Science Foundation Invests $75 Million In Five New Data Science Institutes
Payne Institute Faculty Fellow Eric Toberer has been named as a lead of an NSF Harnessing the Data Revolution Institutes. The institutes will bring together researchers and engineers in data science to develop and apply new technologies in several areas of science spanning biology, physics, neuroscience, geophysics, and climate change. October 4, 2021.
The Payne Institute is a proud founding partner of the University Energy Institute Collaborative (UEIC). In September 2019, more than 100 leaders from U.S.-based colleges and universities began formation of The University Energy Institute Collaborative at a Summit in Pittsburgh, PA. The network has grown to encompass over 150 energy institutes. As a collaborating energy and climate research community, we appreciate that the scale of any solution needs to match the scale of the problem — at the global, national, and local levels — and we are committed to ensuring our country has the energy system that we all need. August 1, 2021.