Hydrogen and Renewables

Meet some of the faculty at the University of Missouri who are advancing research in hydrogen and renewables.

Portrait of Jaime Barros-Rios
Jaime Barros-Rios

Assistant Professor, Division of Plant Science and Technology

Research Highlight
Rational design of sustainable biomass feedstocks using poplar tree genomics

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Wes Bernskoetter

Professor, Department of Chemistry

Research Highlight
Valorizing CO2 into commodity chemicals using catalysis

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Felix Fritschi

C. Alice Donaldson Professor, Division of Plant Science and Technology; Interim Director, Missouri Soybean Center

Research Highlight
“Mechanisms of switchgrass adaptation across the U.S. latitudinal gradient”

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Chung-Ho Lin

Research Professor, School of Natural Resources

Research Highlight
“Development of biocatalyst systems for renewable biofuel production”

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Hongyan Ma

Kummer Impact Professor, Francisco Benavides Scholar, Associate Professor, Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Missouri S&T

Research Highlight
Carbon capture, conversion, utilization and permanent storage in ‘rocks‘”

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Robin Rotman

Assistant Professor of Energy and Environmental Law and Policy, School of Natural Resources

Research Highlight
Cochran Programs for International Fellows

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Mike Skyuta

Associate Professor, Division of Applied Social Sciences; Executive Director, The Financial Research Institute

Research Highlight
“The role and need for policy research in CEI”

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Jay Thelen

Professor, Division of Biochemistry

Research Highlight
Pushing carbon into fatty acid synthesis to produce higher-oil plants

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Caixia “Ellen” Wan

Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering

“Mizzou has multidisciplinary teams for energy innovation. We have faculty here working on hydrogen, scale to conversion and storage about energy research, grid and energy storage, energy policy, nuclear energy. There is a strong expertise and great knowledge as well as a strong capability for energy innovation.”

Research Highlight
“Hydrogen as a clean energy career: promises and challenges”

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Yangchuan Xing

Cramer W. LaPierre Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering

Research Highlight
“Hydrogen as a clean energy career: promises and challenges”

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Xiangqun Zeng

Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering

“Mizzou hired lots of very good new faculty through MizzouForward. And all these faculty bring in diverse expertise in energy that can energize the whole community to make a significant impact in health, environmental and energy.”

Research Highlight
“Next generation hydrogen sensor for hydrogen emission and leak detection”