Wrigley Institute faculty affiliates receive USC President’s Sustainability Research Award

Nine Wrigley faculty affiliates from across three USC schools were among 15 scholars to receive the 2023 President’s Sustainability Research Award.

This award provides seed funding to support projects that “expand and enhance USC’s research strengths and capabilities in sustainability,” with the goal of helping researchers prepare competitive applications for federal funding opportunities. Topics include but are not limited to: Human Health and Well-Being; Infrastructure and Built Environment; Natural Environment/Ecosystem Services; Communications, Policy, and Institutions; and Risk Analysis and Economic Impact. The funding covers materials and supplies, investigator and administrative personnel salary, and other allowable budget expenses for scholars to expand their research.

2023 USC President’s Sustainability Research Award Recipients from the Wrigley Institute

William Berelson, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts & Sciences; Kelly Sanders, USC Viterbi School of Engineering

A network of air quality sensors to serve LA communities impacted by point source emissions and help develop neighborhood-scale insight into CO2 and pollutant inputs and sinks

Megan Fieser, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts & Sciences

Catalytic Upcycling of Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) to Electroactive Polymers

Andrew Gracey and Sergey Nuzhdin, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts & Sciences

Establishing healthy coastal ecosystems via captive breeding of sunflower sea stars

Matthew Kahn and Robert Metcalfe, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts & Sciences

The Economics of Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation (with Paulina Oliva)

Clay Wang, USC School of Pharmacy; Travis Willians, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts & Sciences