Changing the trajectory of the environmental crisis

The Institute for Environmental Sustainability represents an urgent mission: to intensify scientific research and discovery that will fuel innovation and lead to game-changing sustainable solutions to protect the Earth’s future.

Dr. Michal Leskes from the Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science uses nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to design high-energy, long-lasting, energy storage systems. With a focus on rechargeable batteries, her research provides an important avenue of inquiry for meeting the planet’s energy needs in a sustainable fashion.

Dr. David Zeevi from the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, is utilizing AI and novel genomic sequencing technologies to examine the DNA of bacteria from heavily polluted environments. He anticipates this approach will offer a computational jump start on designing a microbial solution for cleaning up the planet.

Dr. Yael Kiro from the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences is using historical records to reconstruct the climate over the past few hundred thousand years, offering an important long-term perspective on a variety of atmospheric conditions. Her findings provide important insights into future scenarios of the planet’s current warming.