{"id":4198,"date":"2025-07-07T16:27:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T16:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/?page_id=4198"},"modified":"2026-04-27T17:56:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T17:56:43","slug":"climate-and-carbon-management","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/research\/crosscutting-research-initiatives\/climate-and-carbon-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate and Carbon Management"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--full-width-image-and-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--full-width-image-and-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"image-container\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2024\/05\/climate-carbon-web-AdobeStock_297691822-1-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2024\/05\/climate-carbon-web-AdobeStock_297691822-1-1280x720.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2024\/05\/climate-carbon-web-AdobeStock_297691822-1-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"smoke pours from a smokestack against a backdrop of smoggy air and mountains covered in tall pine trees\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n  <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          In the Push for Climate Solutions, Momentum Matters\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>The Climate and Carbon Management Initiative, seeded by a $4 million gift from the Ballmer Group, tackles the issue at the very root of climate change: too much carbon in our atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>Across disciplines and through research, education, and public outreach, we&#8217;re addressing this challenge head-on. Our ultimate goal: to create solutions for reducing carbon in our air and our economy, so we can all thrive in a cleaner, safer future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n      <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--spacer \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--spacer\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n           \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--video-pane is-landscape\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--video-pane\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n\n  \n  <div class=\"description-link-container\">\n\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Project Spotlight: The Fate of Coastal Wetlands\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Coastal wetlands store as much carbon as the Amazon, but sea level rise caused by climate change is threatening their existence. <\/p>\n<p>With support from the Wrigley Institute&#8217;s Climate and Carbon Management Initiative, USC researchers are studying California&#8217;s wetlands for insights to help similar ecosystems around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/today.usc.edu\/what-is-blue-carbon-uscs-research-on-carbon-capture-in-upper-newport-bay\/\n  target=\"_blank\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Get the full story\"  \n>\n    Get the full story \n  <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><polygon fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#FC0\" points=\"19.3,27.5 29.3,17.5,19.3,7.5 16.3,10.4 21.4,15.4 6.7,15.4 6.7,19.6 21.4,19.6 16.3,24.6 \"\/><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n\n  <div class=\"swiper\">\n\n    <div class=\"swiper-wrapper cards-container\">\n\n      \n        \n                          \n        \n          <div class=\"card swiper-slide\">\n\n                          <div class=\"image-container\">\n\n\n                    \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/07\/David-under-pier-768x432.jpeg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/07\/David-under-pier.jpeg 1920w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/07\/David-under-pier-1280x720.jpeg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/07\/David-under-pier-768x432.jpeg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"A researcher wearing a hat, sunglasses, and plaid shirt and holding a measuring device smiles as he sits on the water in a kayak in front of a pier\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                \n                                  <a href=\"#card-183155509\" aria-label=\"Play video in lightbox\" class=\"play-video\">\n                    <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 75 75\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 75 75\" xml:space=\"preserve\">\n                      <rect fill=\"#FFCC00\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\"\/>\n                      <polygon fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" points=\"44.4,37.5 34.2,43.9 34.2,31.1 \"\/>\n                    <\/svg>\n                  <\/a>\n                              <\/div>\n\n            \n            <div class=\"overlay\">\n              <span class=\"card-title\">See &#8220;blue carbon&#8221; 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research in action<\/h3>\n          \n          \n                  <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"right\">\n                          \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>&#8220;This breakthrough will help us anticipate and respond to climate change impacts, allowing us to better protect our vulnerable watersheds.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;David Ba\u00f1uelas, postdoctoral researcher<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n          \n                  <\/div>\n\n      <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n  \n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n        \n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n  \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--editorial-cards \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--editorial-cards\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Current Research Projects\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"cards-container\">\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/07\/chem-glasses-formulas-2x3-crop-web-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/07\/chem-glasses-formulas-2x3-crop-web-1280x720.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/07\/chem-glasses-formulas-2x3-crop-web-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"a gloved hand holds a glass beaker of blue liquid in front of a line of lab glassware\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                  \n                    Accelerating Alkalinity Reactions for Carbon Capture and Storage\n\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>This project develops chemical resins to increase the ocean\u2019s capacity for carbon storage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PI:<\/strong>\u00a0Seth John, associate professor of Earth Sciences<\/p>\n<p><em>USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts &amp; Sciences<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Research Launchpad:<\/strong>\u00a0Applied Environmental Solutions<\/p>\n<p><strong>More About This Research<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtel.rocks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit the Marine Trace Element (MTEL) lab website &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/x_Lw8or8HZg\">Video: What is ocean alkalinity enhancement? &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/07\/person-facing-decision-web-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/07\/person-facing-decision-web-1280x720.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/07\/person-facing-decision-web-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"a person stands on an empty road with two arrows branching off to the left and right\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                  \n                    Advancing Smarter Decisions About Atmospheric Carbon Removal\n\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>This project develops tools and insights to help people and organizations make informed decisions about direct air capture of carbon dioxide.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PI:<\/strong>\u00a0Joe \u00c1rvai, Dana and David Dornsife Chair in Psychology and Professor of Biological Sciences and Environmental Studies<\/p>\n<p><em>Dornsife College of Letters, Arts &amp; Sciences<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Research Launchpad:<\/strong>\u00a0Social Transformation<\/p>\n<p><strong>More About this Research<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s10584-021-03110-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">Paper: Consumer acceptance of products from carbon capture and utilization &gt;&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joearvai.org\/all-cup-of-joe\/checking-out-a-prototype-co2-capture-facility-in-switzerland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">Blog: Checking Out a Prototype CO2 Capture Facility in Switzerland &gt;&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/using-captured-co-in-everyday-products-could-help-fight-climate-change-but-will-consumers-want-them-158683\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">Story: Using captured CO\u2082 in everyday products could help fight climate change, but will consumers want them? &gt;&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_NJR-_-6nOc?feature=shared\">Video: Facts about Capturing Carbon from the Air &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joearvai.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">Joe \u00c1rvai\u2019s website &gt;&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/08\/CO2-emissions-marcin-jozwiak-unsplash-web-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/08\/CO2-emissions-marcin-jozwiak-unsplash-web-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"smog and smoke fill the air around a complex of buildings (Photo by Marcin Jozwiak on Unsplash)\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                  \n                    Captured Carbon Dioxide for Fungal Fermentation of High Value Compounds\n\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>This project investigates whether captured carbon dioxide can be used as raw material for usable compounds created by fungus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PIs:<\/strong> Clay C. C. Wang, Professor of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences; Smaranda Marinescu, Associate Professor of Chemistry<\/p>\n<p><em>USC Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Dornsife College of Letters, Arts &amp; Sciences<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Research Launchpad:<\/strong>\u00a0Applied Environmental Solutions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/09\/urban-air-quality-web-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/09\/urban-air-quality-web-1280x720.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/09\/urban-air-quality-web-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"people and cars on a busy urban street with poor air quality\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                  \n                    Carbon Capture and Its Effects on Public Health\n\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>This project investigates the effects of carbon capture technologies on air quality and public health.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PI:<\/strong> Sam Silva, Assistant Professor of Earth Sciences, Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Population and Public Health Sciences<\/p>\n<p><em>Dornsife College of Letters, Arts &amp; Sciences<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Research Launchpad:<\/strong> Applied Environmental Solutions<\/p>\n<p><strong>More About this Research<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.samjsilva.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit the Silva Lab website &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2024\/07\/salt-marsh-web-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2024\/07\/salt-marsh-web-1280x720.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2024\/07\/salt-marsh-web-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"A view of the Uper Newport Bay Ecological Reserve, a large tidal salt marsh in Southern California. A shallow stream flows between a low bank of short green grasses on one side and a hill covered in green grass and brown scrub on the other.\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                  \n                    Effects of Sea Level Rise on Carbon-Capturing Estuarine Bacteria\n\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>This project monitors how sea-level rise is affecting carbon-storing microbes in Orange County, CA, salt marshes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PI:<\/strong>\u00a0Cameron Thrash, associate professor of biological sciences<\/p>\n<p><em>USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts &amp; Sciences<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Research Launchpad:<\/strong>\u00a0Earth and Environmental Systems<\/p>\n<p><strong>More About This Research<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thethrashlab.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit the Thrash Lab website &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/today.usc.edu\/what-is-blue-carbon-uscs-research-on-carbon-capture-in-upper-newport-bay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Story: What is \u2018blue carbon\u2019? Inside USC research on carbon capture &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/11\/Arctic-rocks-ocean-USGS-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/11\/Arctic-rocks-ocean-USGS-1280x720.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/11\/Arctic-rocks-ocean-USGS-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"a large chunk of eroded rock stands in the ocean, separated from the rocky coastline where it was originally connected (photo by U.S. Geological Survey)\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                  \n                    Enhanced Rock Weathering for Large-Scale Carbon Capture and Storage\n\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>This project investigates the scaleability and potential ecological impacts of marine enhanced rock weathering for carbon storage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PI:<\/strong> Josh West, Professor of Earth Sciences and Environmental Studies<\/p>\n<p><em>Dornsife College of Letters, Arts &amp; Sciences<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Research Launchpad:<\/strong> Applied Environmental Solutions<\/p>\n<p><strong>More About this Research<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dr-joshwest.weebly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit Josh West&#8217;s lab website &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/08\/methane-bubbles-jeremy-lanfranchi-unsplash-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/08\/methane-bubbles-jeremy-lanfranchi-unsplash-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"methane bubbles up from underwater (Photo by Jeremy Lanfranchi on Unsplash)\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                  \n                    Microbial Consumption of Methane in Urban-Adjacent Marine Basins\n\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>This projects measures how much methane is being consumed by microbes living on the seafloor in Southern California\u2019s San Pedro Channel.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PI:<\/strong>\u00a0Karen Lloyd, Wrigley Chair in Environmental Studies and Professor of Earth Sciences<\/p>\n<p><em>USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts &amp; Sciences<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Research Launchpad:<\/strong>\u00a0Earth and Environmental Systems<\/p>\n<p><strong>More About this Research<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/2025\/02\/27\/biogeochemist-karen-lloyd-studies-deep-ocean-microbes-joins-wrigley-institute-usc-faculty\/\">Story: Karen Lloyd joins USC &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/lV3ZXnROlh8\">Video: 5 Facts About Deep-Sea Microorganisms &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2024\/06\/container-ship-Research-Projects-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2024\/06\/container-ship-Research-Projects-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"a green container ship travels full-steam through the ocean, its deck loaded with a multicolored array of shipping containers\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                  \n                    Ocean Impacts of Emerging Carbon Sequestration Methodologies\n\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>This project investigates whether carbon dioxide captured from shipping emissions can be safely stored in the ocean.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PI:\u00a0<\/strong>William Berelson, Paxson H. Offield Professor in Coastal and Marine Systems and professor of Earth sciences, environmental studies, and spatial sciences<\/p>\n<p><em>USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts &amp; Sciences<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Research Launchpad:<\/strong>\u00a0Applied Environmental Solutions<\/p>\n<p><strong>More About this Research<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/berelson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit the Berelson Lab website &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/today.usc.edu\/ocean-inspired-tech-could-speed-up-carbon-capture-from-ships\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Story: Ocean-inspired tech to speed carbon capture from ships &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/2024\/03\/04\/the-berelson-lab-leads-ocean-carbon-capture-research-at-usc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Story: Berelson Lab leads carbon capture at USC &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/today.usc.edu\/natural-carbon-capture-unlocking-oceans-secret\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Story: Unlocking the ocean\u2019s secrets for carbon capture &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/2025\/06\/25\/new-usc-technology-may-halve-emissions-from-global-shipping\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Story: New tech may halve emissions from global shipping &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/08\/water-droplet-sunlight-abigail-unsplash-web-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/08\/water-droplet-sunlight-abigail-unsplash-web-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"the sun shines through a a water droplet (Photo by Abigail on Unsplash)\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                  \n                    Redox-Active Materials for Sustainable Hydrogen Fuel Production\n\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>This project enhances the efficiency of reactions that use sunlight to produce hydrogen fuel from water.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PI:<\/strong>\u00a0Kandis Leslie Gilliard-AbdulAziz, WiSE Gabiland Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering<\/p>\n<p><em>USC Viterbi School of Engineering<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Research Launchpad:<\/strong>\u00a0Applied Environmental Solutions<\/p>\n<p><strong>More About this Research<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sustainable-lab.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit the Sustainable Lab website &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/08\/coral-reef-francesco-ungaro-unsplash-web-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/08\/coral-reef-francesco-ungaro-unsplash-web-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"a large coral reef stretches into the distance under the ocean (Photo by Francesco Ungaro on Unsplash)\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                  \n                    Seawater-Assisted Electrochemical Carbon Sequestration\n\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>This project tests the manufacture of undersea structures as a method for capturing and storing carbon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PI:<\/strong>\u00a0Qiming Wang, Stephen Schrank Early Career Chair and Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering<\/p>\n<p><em>USC Viterbi School of Engineering<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Research Launchpad:<\/strong>\u00a0Applied Environmental Solutions<\/p>\n<p><strong>More About this Research<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.usc.edu\/lbmm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit the Qiming Wang Research Group website &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n        \n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n  \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--editorial-cards \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--editorial-cards\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Meet the Researchers\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"cards-container\">\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/08\/Leslie_Abdul-Aziz_9x16-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/08\/Leslie_Abdul-Aziz_9x16.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/08\/Leslie_Abdul-Aziz_9x16-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                  \n                    Leslie Abdul-Aziz\n\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><em>WiSE Gabilan Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Leslie Abdul-Aziz is a chemical engineer whose research focuses on developing new materials for the sustainable production of low-carbon chemicals, such as clean fuels.<\/p>\n<p>Through her Climate and Carbon Management project, she is improving the efficiency of clean hydrogen production, focusing especially on the use of sunlight to create hydrogen fuel from water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/07\/Joe_Arvai_Headshot-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/07\/Joe_Arvai_Headshot.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/07\/Joe_Arvai_Headshot-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Joe Arvai\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                  \n                    Joe \u00c1rvai\n\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><em>Dana and David Dornsife Chair in Psychology; Professor of\u00a0 Biological Sciences and Environmental Studies; Director, USC Wrigley Institute<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Joe \u00c1rvai is a behavioral scientist who conducts research on how to improve decision-making about sustainability and the environment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">His Climate and Carbon Management research focuses on developing and testing decision-support tools for government and industry, and on investigating consumer attitudes and preferences about capturing carbon directly from the air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/08\/Will_Berelson_9x16-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/08\/Will_Berelson_9x16.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/08\/Will_Berelson_9x16-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                  \n                    Will Berelson\n\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><em>Paxson H. Offield Professor in Coastal and Marine Systems and Professor of Earth Sciences, Environmental Studies and Spatial Sciences<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Will Berelson is a biogeochemist who studies how chemical reactions in the ocean influence local and global processing and storage of carbon.<\/p>\n<p>His work with the Climate and Carbon Management Initiative focuses on novel processes that capture and break down carbon dioxide emissions for safe, long-term storage in the ocean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/11\/Steffen-Buessecker-expanded-background-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/11\/Steffen-Buessecker-expanded-background-1280x720.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/11\/Steffen-Buessecker-expanded-background-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Steffen Buessecker\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                  \n                    Steffen Buessecker\n\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><em>Postdoctoral Researcher<\/em><\/p>\n<p>PIs: Will Berelson and Josh West (Earth Sciences and Environmental Studies)<\/p>\n<p>Steffen Buessecker researches microbial and mineral processes that have the potential to impact Earth&#8217;s climate.<\/p>\n<p>At the Wrigley Institute, his work investigates the scaleability and possible ecological impacts of marine enhanced rock weathering. This technique accelerates the natural dissolving of minerals in the ocean, which helps to capture and store CO2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/09\/usc_headshot_768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/09\/usc_headshot_768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"YC Chan\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                  \n                    YC Chan\n\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><em>Postdoctoral Researcher<\/em><\/p>\n<p>PI: Sam Silva (Earth Sciences)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YC Chan is an astrobiologist who studies how the atmospheric chemistry of aerosols and trace gases shapes the emergence, sustainability, and detectability of life in the Universe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the Wrigley Institute, he is examining the impacts of carbon removal technologies on air quality and public health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2026\/04\/Keifer-Forsch-crop-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2026\/04\/Keifer-Forsch-crop-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Keifer Forsch\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                  \n                    Kiefer Forsch\n\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><em>Postdoctoral Researcher<\/em><\/p>\n<p>PI: Seth John (Earth Sciences)<\/p>\n<p>Kiefer Forsch is a marine biogeochemist who studies how trace metals affect microbial ecosystems and carbon cycling in the ocean.<\/p>\n<p>At the Wrigley Institute, Forsch is exploring ocean-based approaches to enhance nitrogen fixation and carbon storage, while also assessing solutions&#8217; environmental impacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/08\/Seth_John_9x16-1-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/08\/Seth_John_9x16-1.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/08\/Seth_John_9x16-1-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                  \n                    Seth John\n\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <div class=\"text-container\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Associate Professor of Earth Sciences<\/i><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Seth John is a geochemist who studies how trace elements help support life in the ocean, and how they can help us understand the history of biological and geological processes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Under the Climate and Carbon Management Initiative, he is studying the creation of new resins to help break down captured carbon dioxide for safe, long-term storage underground or in the ocean.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/08\/Karen_Lloyd_9x16-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/08\/Karen_Lloyd_9x16.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/08\/Karen_Lloyd_9x16-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                  \n                    Karen Lloyd\n\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p class=\"p1\"><i>Wrigley Chair in Environmental Studies and Professor of Earth Sciences<\/i><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Karen Lloyd is a biogeochemist who studies the behavior of microbes that leave deep in the Earth&#8217;s surface and in extreme environments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Through the Climate and Carbon Management Initiative, she is researching deep-dwelling ocean microbes and their effects on the methane found in Southern California&#8217;s San Pedro Channel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/08\/smaranda_m-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/08\/smaranda_m-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Smaranda Marinescu\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                  \n                    Smaranda Marinescu\n\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><em>Associate Professor of Chemistry<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Smaranda Marinescu is an inorganic chemist who develops catalysts for use in converting solar energy to renewable fuels.<\/p>\n<p>Through her work with the Climate and Carbon Management Initiative, Marinescu is creating catalysts for testing whether fungi can be used to create high-value compounds from captured carbon dioxide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/08\/Samantha_Mertens_9x16-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/08\/Samantha_Mertens_9x16-1280x720.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/08\/Samantha_Mertens_9x16-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                  \n                    Samantha Mertens\n\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><em>Postdoctoral Researcher<\/em><\/p>\n<p>PI: Joe \u00c1rvai (Psychology and Environmental Studies)<\/p>\n<p>Samantha Mertens is a psychology researcher who focuses on ways to encourage pro-environmental behaviors.<\/p>\n<p>Her research with the Wrigley Institute studies consumer attitudes toward direct air carbon capture technology, as well as ways to gain bipartisan political support for adoption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/08\/Amanda_Molder_9x16-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/08\/Amanda_Molder_9x16.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/08\/Amanda_Molder_9x16-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                  \n                    Amanda Molder\n\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><em>Staff Scientist<\/em><\/p>\n<p>PI: Joe \u00c1rvai (USC Wrigley Institute; Psychology, Environmental Studies, and Biological Sciences)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Amanda Molder is a social scientist who examines the impact of media and communication on people&#8217;s attitudes, behaviors, emotions, and policy preferences, with a focus on environmental issues such as wildfires and climate change.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Her Wrigley Institute research focuses on how communication and framing influence public opinion toward decarbonization technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/09\/Sam-Silva-4x3-copy-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/09\/Sam-Silva-4x3-copy-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Sam Silva\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                  \n                    Sam Silva\n\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><em>Assistant Professor of Earth Sciences, Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Population and Public Health Sciences<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sam Silva is an atmospheric chemist who uses Earth data science and machine learning to study atmospheric composition and the relationship between air quality and climate.<\/p>\n<p>Through the Climate and Carbon Management Initiative, he&#8217;s leading an investigation into how carbon removal technologies affect air quality and public health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/08\/Paul_Rousteau_9x16-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/08\/Paul_Rousteau_9x16.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/08\/Paul_Rousteau_9x16-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                  \n                    Paul Rousteau\n\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><em>Postdoctoral Researcher<\/em><\/p>\n<p>PI: Karen Lloyd (Environmental Studies and Earth Sciences)<\/p>\n<p>Paul Rousteau studies how microbes help process and store carbon in ocean and salt-marsh ecosystems.<\/p>\n<p>His Wrigley Institute research focuses on sea level rise, global warming, and their effects on microbes that help regulate planet-warming gases. He also supports related science communication activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/07\/Clay_Wang-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/07\/Clay_Wang-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Clay Wang\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                  \n                    Clay C. C. Wang\n\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><em>Professor of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Clay Wang is a pharmacologist whose work focuses on using bacteria and fungi to produce high-value materials, such as medicines and consumer products, from various kinds of waste.<\/p>\n<p>Under the Climate and Carbon Management Initiative, Wang is testing whether fungi that have previously produced high-value materials from plastic trash can be made to do the same using captured carbon dioxide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/08\/Qiming_Wang_9x16-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/08\/Qiming_Wang_9x16.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/08\/Qiming_Wang_9x16-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                  \n                    Qiming Wang\n\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><em>Stephen Schrank Early Career Chair and Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Qiming Wang is a mechanical engineer who focuses on creating biologically inspired materials that can help solve major challenges in civil and environmental engineering, such as infrastructure resilience, carbon dioxide storage, and plastic waste.<\/p>\n<p>His Climate and Carbon Management research tests whether new undersea structures, created using methods inspired by coral reef-building, can help capture and store carbon dioxide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/11\/joshwest-photo-aug2019-768x432.png\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/11\/joshwest-photo-aug2019-768x432.png 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Josh West\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                  \n                    Josh West\n\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><em>Professor of Earth Sciences and Environmental Studies<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Josh West is a geochemist whose work focuses on the intersection of Earth&#8217;s landscapes, water and soil resources, and the carbon cycle and climate. He is especially interested in how global climate has changed over geologic time, and in how mountains affect the natural environment.<\/p>\n<p>Under the Climate and Carbon Management Initiative, he is investigating the scaleability and possible ecological impacts of marine enhanced rock weathering. This technique accelerates the natural dissolving of minerals in the ocean, which helps to capture and store CO2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/11\/Madie-Willis-3x2-1-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/11\/Madie-Willis-3x2-1-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Madelyn Willis\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                  \n                    Madelyn Willis\n\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><em>Postdoctoral Researcher<\/em><\/p>\n<p>PI: Karen Lloyd (Environmental Studies and Earth Sciences)<\/p>\n<p>Madelyn Willis studies microbial life in extremely cold environments, such as Antarctica or the bottom of the ocean.<\/p>\n<p>At the Wrigley Institute, she&#8217;s helping to track how microbes on the floor of the Pacific Ocean&#8217;s San Pedro Channel process methane, a planet-warming greenhouse gas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n                                \n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--modal-image-gallery \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--modal-image-gallery\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n\n      <div class=\"text-container\">\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Global Impact for a Global Issue\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>The Climate and Carbon Management Initiative also operates in keeping with the other two pillars of the Wrigley Institute mission: undergraduate education and public engagement.<\/p>\n<p>Through career treks, study abroad, and other immersive learning opportunities, the initiative helps train a new generation of leaders in climate and carbon solutions. And public events help spread the impact of Wrigley Institute expertise beyond the walls of academia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"image-container\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/07\/PSYC499-Switzerland-46-web-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/07\/PSYC499-Switzerland-46-web-1920x1080.jpg 1920w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/07\/PSYC499-Switzerland-46-web-1280x720.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/07\/PSYC499-Switzerland-46-web-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  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Through a psychology course funded in part by the Climate and Carbon Management Initiative, students learned how and why organizations make (or don&#8217;t make) sustainable decisions around operations, products, and more. The course included a one-week trip to Switzerland, for a firsthand look at these issues in one of the world&#8217;s most sustainable countries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Above:<\/strong> A student views the byproducts of direct air carbon capture at Climeworks, a company that manufactures and installs industrial-scale carbon capture equipment. Students learned about the up-and-coming carbon capture industry, including its potential benefits for the planet and the challenges and limitations of the technology.<\/p>\n<p>Photos: Vanessa Codilla\/USC Wrigley Institute<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                              <\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                                  <div class=\"slide-caption\">\n                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>USC students outside the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee. As part of their psychology course on sustainable decision-making, students studied pairs of similar organizations in Los Angeles and Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p>In L.A., for example, students learned from staff at LA28, the organizing group for the L.A.-hosted 2028 Olympic Games. In Switzerland, they visited the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee. These paired case studies enabled the students to evaluate the impact of policy, culture, and other external factors on sustainable decision-making.<\/p>\n<p>Photo: Vanessa Codilla\/USC Wrigley Institute<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                              <\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                                  <div class=\"slide-caption\">\n                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>USC students at a Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) station in Z\u00fcrich. The students&#8217; psychology course paired case studies of Metrolink, the Southern California regional rail service, with Switzerland&#8217;s national rail system.<\/p>\n<p>During their trip to Switzerland, students traveled almost exclusively on public transit, including many trips on SBB. They also visited SBB headquarters to learn from the organization&#8217;s staff. Many of the students later said that the trip helped them understand for the first time that clean, efficient, widely used, and affordable mass transit is possible.<\/p>\n<p>Photo: Vanessa Codilla\/USC Wrigley Institute<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                              <\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                                  <div class=\"slide-caption\">\n                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>The Climate and Carbon Management Initiative funded a career trek to Hyundai Motor Company&#8217;s North American headquarters, located in Southern California. 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A staff member explained the vehicle&#8217;s features and provided information about the company&#8217;s manufacturing process and its vehicles&#8217; environmental impacts.<\/p>\n<p>Photo: Capture Imaging<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                              <\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                                  <div class=\"slide-caption\">\n                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>The Hyundai career trek included a panel discussion with members of Hyundai&#8217;s sustainability team. The staff shared their personal career journeys and answered students&#8217; questions about working in corporate sustainability.<\/p>\n<p>Photo: Capture Imaging<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                              <\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                                  <div class=\"slide-caption\">\n                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Former U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm (second from left) with USC students during a meet-and-greet before Climate Forward 2025. The Climate and Carbon Management Initiative helps fund the annual Climate Forward conference as part of its public engagement goals.<\/p>\n<p>A partnership between the Wrigley Institute and USC Dornsife&#8217;s Center for the Political Future, Climate Forward brings together policymakers, business executives, nonprofit leaders, and others to discuss practical, nonpartisan solutions to climate change.<\/p>\n<p>Photo: Kristy Plaza\/USC Center for the Political Future<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                              <\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                                  <div class=\"slide-caption\">\n                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Each year, Climate Forward brings several hundred members of the public to the USC campus to learn about nonpartisan solutions to climate change. 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