Dr. May Wu

Dr. May Wu is a principal environmental system scientist at the Argonne National Laboratory. Her research includes water resource use and reuse, water quality, and water resource availability in the production of conventional and renewable energy and fuels; energy consumption in biorefineries and manufacturing; and LCA. The principal author of a spatial-explicit online model WATER https://water.es.anl.gov/ , her work spans from biofuel production facility energy and water use survey, water footprint and water availability index development for current biofuel production and future scenarios at county level for the U.S., and reclaimed water use survey at state, county, and facility levels. May leads an effort in developing SWAT watershed models for the Mississippi River basin and its tributaries, which examines the impact of land use, integrated landscape design, conservation practices, and climate change in biomass production on water quality, carbon, and GHG emissions. Most recently, her work focuses are on simulating soil organic carbon along with other water quality components for landscape LCA assessment. May has more than 25 years of experience in process R&D and sustainability modeling and analysis and holds several U.S. patents, 60+ publications, and a dual Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering and Environmental Toxicology from Michigan State University.