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Highlight Seminar Series

Through the Highlight Seminar Series, the Andlinger Center hosts distinguished professors, researchers, government dignitaries, and practitioners from various institutions across the field of energy and the environment for a lecture series open to the public.

Spring 2026 Line-up

February 2026 – Date tbd

Joseph DeCarolis, Carnegie Mellon University
Topics: energy systems, climate change, computing, and public policy
 

March 2026 – Date tbd

Andrew Holland, Fusion Industry Association
Topics: fusion energy, climate change, national security, and infrastructure policy
 

April 30, 2026

Kimberly Kurtis, Georgia Institute of Technology
Topics: Sustainable infrastructure materials, cement-based materials
 

Fall 2025 Line-up

September 11, 2025

“Impartial Science in an Era of Skepticism: Energy and Health Research”
Donna Vorhees, Health Effects Institute
Andlinger Center Highlight Seminar Series
Maeder Hall Auditorium | 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

October 2, 2025

From Step Edges to Shipping: How We Are Using the Accelerated Dissolution of Limestone to Reduce CO2 Emissions
Jess Adkins, California Institute of Technology
Andlinger Center Highlight Seminar Series
Maeder Hall Auditorium | 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

November 13, 2025

The Hard Stuff: University Research on Industrial Decarbonization in an Uncertain Policy Era
Andrés Clarens, University of Virginia
Andlinger Center Highlight Seminar Series
Maeder Hall Auditorium | 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

December 4, 2025

Multispeed Mitigation to Manage Midcentury Overheating Above 1.5C
Rick Duke
, Gigaton Strategies, LLC and Former U.S. State Department Deputy Special Envoy for Climate
Andlinger Center Highlight Seminar Series
Maeder Hall Auditorium | 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.