Natural & Physical Sciences

Erin Hale from the Department of Chemistry and Brendon Panke from the Center for Healthy Minds, both received 2024 University Staff Recognition Awards, recognized for achievements in building collegiality with colleagues and students, dedication to craft, problem-solving, improving workplace culture and demonstrating leadership.

Collin Sutton will research fractured rock flows at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico.

L&S Professor of Physics Francis Halzen is one of 120 scientists elected this year in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research, according to the academy’s announcement of the new members this week.

The integrative biology researcher is honored for his work on intersectional ecology.

The groundbreaking electrochemist is honored for her work developing and understanding electrodes and catalysts for use in electrochemical and photoelectrochemical applications critical to creating a sustainable future.

The state’s record-breaking warm winter prompts concern about its natural resources in the face of global climate change.

Earlier this month, UW–Madison and Sandia National Laboratories, the largest of the Department of Energy National Laboratories, celebrated the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the two institutions for a strategic partnership to sustain the future of science and engineering for national security.

Three L&S faculty rank among the eight UW­–Madison scholars who have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society.

Professor of Geography speculates on the impacts of a warming winter to plants, wildlife and human activity in the Northern United States.