Faculty & Research

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.

The Climate and Sustainability Translational Fund and supporting program will provide support for Harvard-based projects to de-risk technologies towards startup formation, creating the next generation of solutions to ensure a cleaner and healthier future.

The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Boston University School of Public Health have been awarded a $6.7 million, three-year grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to create a Research Coordinating Center on climate change and health.

Collaborative Fund and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University are joining forces to launch a research and innovation alliance focused on new, sustainable materials to fight climate change.

Reducing methane emissions can buy the world crucial time to avoid catastrophic global warming. A Harvard team is helping provide policymakers with the tools to help policymakers do just that.

In her book, Minding the Climate: How Neuroscience Can Help Solve Our Environmental Crisis, Harvard neuroscientist Ann-Christine Duhaime explores how our brain’s wiring affects our ability to deal with the complexity of climate change.

Harvard government professors Dustin Tingley and Stephen Ansolabehere collaborated with students to design the course “Politics of the Environment and Climate Change.” The course contends with climate change as a fundamentally political problem, challenging students to navigate obstacles and opportunities for effective policymaking at all levels of government. 

Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health have developed a biodegradable, antimicrobial food packaging system that extends shelf life and eliminates microbial contamination.