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Felix (Skip) Devito

Instructor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering and Physical Sciences 

Md Sazan Rahman

Assistant Professor, Agriculture, Nutrition and Food Systems, College of Life Sciences and Agriculture

Devito and Rahman's project, “Harnessing Microalgae: Scalable Growth and Exploration of Sustainable Applications,” will explore the use of biofuels, specifically microalgae, to power highly efficient green buildings. 

Ngozi Enelamah

Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work, College of Health and Human Services 

Professor Enelamah will collaborate with community-based organizations in New Hampshire to increase knowledge and access to mental health services for refugee families. 

Benjamin T. Fraser

Visiting Assistant Professor, GIS and Remote Sensing, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, College of Life Sciences and Agriculture 

Fraser will extend work done with the Wildlife Conservation Society of Cambodia on projects creating actionable information on trends in deforestation or agricultural land use practices within protected areas. 

Glen Miller

Professor of Chemistry, College of Engineering and Physical Sciences 

Seed funding will extend Professor Miller’s sustainability-related work in energy efficient white lighting. This work utilizes a new class of organic semiconductors recently developed in Professor Miller’s research group that are organic, can be synthesized at scale, and emit near perfect white light with very little energy consumption. 

Sarah Prescott

Associate Professor, Life Sciences Department, UNH Manchester 

Professor Prescott’s project, “Building a Framework for a UNH Faculty Community of Practice in Green Chemistry and Sustainability Education,” will lay the groundwork for an interdisciplinary faculty community of practice focused on integrating sustainability and green chemistry principles across the STEM curriculum at UNH. 

Cuihong Song

Research Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering and Physical Sciences 

Many governments, financial institutes, and corporates are increasingly adopting nature-based solutions (NbS) such as freshwater wetlands, urban parks, and green pavements, as a key component of their sustainability and net-zero carbon strategies. Professor Song’s research will explore the use of NbS to better understand the efficacy and non-climate co-benefits as a key component of sustainability and net-zero carbon strategies. 

Kimberly Alexander

Director, Museum Studies and Senior Lecturer, Department of History, College of Liberal Arts 

Seed funding will support the “Flax: From Field to Fabric” project in the development of educational short videos for middle and high school audiences that integrate sustainability, history, and STEAM based experiential learning, connecting traditional fiber practices with contemporary conversations around environmental responsibility and creative agency. 

Wei Wei

Assistant Professor, Decision Sciences Department, Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics 

Organic waste co-digestion has emerged as a promising way to produce renewable energy in the United States. In a typical system, a service provider combines manure from a dairy farm with food waste from food businesses in an on-farm digester, turning organic waste that would otherwise be discarded into clean energy, helping cut greenhouse gas emissions, reduce landfill waste, and strengthen the economic resilience of local dairy farms. This project will examine how contract design between co-digester providers and farmers, as well as between co-digester providers and food suppliers, can lead to more sustainable outcomes.