Faculty & Research

A Salata Institute seed grant recipient, Joe Blatt AB ’70, EdM ’77 is leading a cross-Harvard team to develop more effective messaging to help break the gridlock of climate change denial.

In the new role, Beerbohm will launch a series of initiatives designed to advance constructive dialogue in classrooms and seminar halls across the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

From developing sustainable fertilizers and improving plant-based meats to using microbes to break down plastic packaging, researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard are creating technologies to decarbonize food production while providing enough food for our global needs.

In a Wall Street Journal video, Emily Broad Leib JD '08, founder and director of the Food Law and Policy Clinic at Harvard Law School, explains why creating policies that make it easier to donate food could transform the U.S. food system and slow climate change.

Elaine Buckberg, a new senior fellow at the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability, will lead a team of researchers from Harvard and MIT through the new Driving Toward Seamless Public EV Charging initiative.

The Salata Institute Seed Grant Program has announced its first cohort of awards, which will support 19 faculty members working across seven Harvard Schools with funding for projects ranging from exploring a new, algae-based building insulation material to researching the carbon footprint of AI-driven computing.

The Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability and Harvard Global Health Institute announced the appointment of two Burke Climate and Health Fellows who will launch studies focused on urgent issues at the nexus of climate change and health.

In the face of pervasive wildfire smoke and chronic air pollution, Harvard Graduate School of Design associate professor Holly Samuelson MDes ’09, DDes ’13 is focused on strategies architects can use to design efficient, ventilated buildings that ensure the safety and quality of indoor air while also lowering carbon emissions.

More precise than other methane-sensing satellites that came before, MethaneSAT will allow scientists to track emissions to their sources and provide key data for reduction efforts.

Jinyoung Seo PhD ’23 is working to remove climate-damaging hydrofluorocarbons found in traditional air conditioning units while also making cooling systems smaller and much more efficient.