Jose Mendoza of Michigan State University is among the North American researchers who are working to remove greenhouse gases from the Earth’s atmosphere and oceans as part of the Scialog: Negative Emissions Science Initiative.

The assistant professor of chemical engineering and materials science is among 20 researchers on eight cross-disciplinary teams that will share $1.2 million to advance environmental research. Their work is sponsored by the Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA) and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, with additional support from the Climate Pathfinders Foundation.

Mendoza said he has enjoyed his discussions with his peers on creating innovative solutions to eliminating greenhouse gases.

“Our team is quite interdisciplinary, and we all bring complementary expertise to the table. We need different views, given that the challenge is big,” he explained. “It would have been hard to find a chance to collaborate with the team members, if it wasn’t for this Scialog program."

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