Chris Chidsey is the GCEP Research Theme Leader in the area of Electrochemistry and Energy Storage and is also currently a principal investigator working on The Electron Economy: Oxidation Catalysis for Energy Management for the Project. At the current time, the Chidsey lab uses surface chemistry and electrochemistry to control and investigate a number of important interfacial phenomena. A major effort in the lab is the covalent attachment of electrocatalysts to carbon electrodes and other oxidation-resistant conductive substrates for use in ambient-temperature fuel cells and related energy- and chemical-conversion systems. A new covalent chemistry on graphitic carbon surfaces, based on the ‘click’ reaction of azides and alkynes, has been developed. Another effort in the Chidsey lab involves the formation of electroactive self-assembled thiol monolayers on gold surfaces—an area Chidsey pioneered beginning 15 years ago. This effort is currently focused on using ‘click’ chemistry on self-assembled monolayers to build models for multi-electron redox reactions of fundamental mechanistic interest. A related area is the use of ‘click’ chemistry to immobilize biomolecules to siloxane monolayers on glass to enable various biochemical analyses.
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Christopher Field is the GCEP Research Theme Leader in the area of Bioenergy and is also currently a principal investigator conducting research on Technology Potential of Biofuels: Feasibility Assessment for GCEP. He is Director of the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology and Professor by Courtesy in the Department of Biological Sciences at Stanford. Trained as an ecologist, he has conducted environmental research from tropical rainforests to deserts to alpine tundra. Field is a specialist in global-change research. An author of more than 100 scientific papers, he is a member of the US National Academy of Sciences and a leader in several national and international efforts to provide the scientific foundation for a sustainable future.
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Sally Benson is the GCEP Theme Leader in the area of Carbon Capture and Storage. She is also GCEP Executive Director and Professor (Research) in the Department of Energy Resources Engineering in the School of Earth Sciences at Stanford (http://pangea.stanford.edu/research/bensonlab). Prior to joining the Project, Benson was Staff Scientist in the Earth Sciences Division and Deputy Director of Operations, both at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. A ground water hydrologist and reservoir engineer, she has conducted research to address a range of issues related to energy and the environment. The author or co-author of over 160 scientific publications, Benson is a member of the American Geophysical Union, the Society of Petroleum Engineers, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the American Chemical Society.
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