About the TAMEST 2026 Annual Conference: Pioneering Climate Innovations
The TAMEST 2026 Annual Conference: Pioneering Climate Innovations took place February 2–4, 2026, at the Kimpton Santo Hotel in San Antonio, Texas.
The 2026 meeting showcased creative interventions and innovations in sustainability, energy security and climate resilience, adaptation and mitigation across a wide range of disciplines.
Speakers and sessions explored real-world, scalable climate solutions and collaborative problem-solving for sustainability in medicine, engineering, science and technology.
The 2026 meeting was also a momentous occasion as we celebrated the 20th Anniversary of the Edith and Peter O’Donnell Awards with a special dinner and ceremony on the evening of Tuesday, February 3, 2026.
David Allen, Ph.D. (NAE)
Professor and Norbert Dittrich-Welch Chair in Chemical Engineering
Co-Director, Center for Energy and Environmental Systems Analyses
The University of Texas at Austin
Andrew S. Bowman, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine
The Ohio State University
Christopher Elias, M.D. (NAM)
President, Global Development
Gates Foundation
Marvin A. González-Quiroz, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
The Kate Marmion School of Public Health
The University of Texas at San Antonio
Elizabeth Matsui, M.D.
Professor of Population Health and Pediatrics
Associate Dean for Faculty Academic Affairs
Director, Center for Health and Environment: Education and Research
Dell Medical School
The University of Texas at Austin
Marcia McNutt, Ph.D. (NAE, NAS)
President
National Academy of Sciences
Nick Morriss
Vice President of Business Development
Natura Resources LLC
Gerald W. Parker Jr., D.V.M., Ph.D.
Director, Biosecurity and Pandemic Policy Center
Associate Dean for Global One Health
Texas A&M University
Yevgeny Raitses, Ph.D.
Principal Research Physicist
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Rawand Rasheed, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder
Helix Earth
Michael Stoddard, Ph.D.
Director of Fuel Cycle & Reactor Chemistry
Natura Resources LLC
Cameron Van Der Berg
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder
Infravision
Program Committee
Program Committee Co-Chairs
Engineering
Michael Webber, Ph.D.
Sid Richardson Chair in Public Affairs
Cockrell Family Chair #16 in Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
Medicine
David Gimeno Ruiz de Porras, Ph.D.
Professor and Founding Chair
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
The Kate Marmion School of Public Health
The University of Texas at San Antonio
Honorary Chair: Ganesh C. Thakur, Ph.D. (NAE)
President, TAMEST
Distinguished Professor of Petroleum Engineering and Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Director of UH Energy Industrial Partnerships
University of Houston
Sponsors
