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Klaus S. Lackner publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Klaus S. Lackner sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 169 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Klaus S. Lackner D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Klaus S. Lackner sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Klaus S. Lackner is affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of engineering, with a specialized focus on mechanical engineering and renewable energy, sustainability, and environmental topics. Their research spans several subfields, including global and planetary change, materials chemistry, and economics and econometrics.

The scientist's work primarily addresses carbon dioxide capture technologies, membrane separation and gas transport, adsorption and cooling systems, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, hydrogen storage and materials, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, and climate change policy and economics.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Klaus S. Lackner include:

  • Moisture-Driven CO2 Sorbents, 2020, Joule
  • Mars Oxygen ISRU Experiment (MOXIE), 2021, Space Science Reviews
  • Buying down the Cost of Direct Air Capture, 2021, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
  • Postcombustion Capture or Direct Air Capture in Decarbonizing US Natural Gas Power?, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Practical constraints on atmospheric methane removal, 2020, Nature Sustainability

Frequently collaborating with several co-authors, the most recurrent include Arvind Ramachandran, Houlong Zhuang, Habib Azarabadi, Yuta Kaneko, and Matthew Green. These collaborations have contributed to a variety of publications detailing aspects of energy, environmental science, and engineering.

The venues where Klaus S. Lackner has published most often reflect the multidisciplinary nature of the research, including:

  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Joule

Lackner's research emphasizes practical and policy-relevant issues in climate change mitigation, focusing on technological solutions for carbon dioxide capture and atmospheric gas management. This body of work integrates engineering principles with considerations in sustainability and environmental impact to address global challenges linked to climate change and energy production.

Best Publications

  • Net-Zero Emissions Energy Systems

    Steven J Davis;Nathan S. Lewis;Matthew Shaner;Sonia Aggarwal

  • Advanced Technology Paths to Global Climate Stability: Energy for a Greenhouse Planet

    Martin I. Hoffert;Ken Caldeira;Gregory Benford;David R. Criswell

  • A Guide to CO2 Sequestration

    Klaus S. Lackner

  • Carbon dioxide disposal in carbonate minerals

    Klaus S. Lackner;Christopher H. Wendt;Darryl P. Butt;Edward L. Joyce

  • Sustainable hydrocarbon fuels by recycling CO2 and H2O with renewable or nuclear energy

    Christopher R. Graves;Sune Ebbesen;Mogens Bjerg Mogensen;Klaus S. Lackner

  • Sorbents for the Direct Capture of CO2 from Ambient Air.

    Xiaoyang Shi;Xiaoyang Shi;Hang Xiao;Habib Azarabadi;Juzheng Song

  • Capture of carbon dioxide from ambient air

    K. S. Lackner

  • Permanent carbon dioxide storage in deep-sea sediments

    Kurt Zenz House;Daniel P. Schrag;Charles F. Harvey;Klaus S. Lackner

  • CARBONATE CHEMISTRY FOR SEQUESTERING FOSSIL CARBON

    Klaus S. Lackner

  • The urgency of the development of CO2 capture from ambient air.

    Klaus S. Lackner;Sarah Brennan;Jürg M. Matter;A.-H. Alissa Park

  • Removal of carbon dioxide from air

    Allen B. Wright;Klaus S. Lackner;Burton Wright;Matt Wallen

  • Progress on binding CO2 in mineral substrates

    Klaus S Lackner;Darryl P Butt;Christopher H Wendt

  • Moisture swing sorbent for carbon dioxide capture from ambient air.

    Tao Wang;Klaus S. Lackner;Allen Wright

  • Carbon Dioxide Sequestering Using Ultramafic Rocks

    Fraser Goff;K. S. Lackner

  • Carbon dioxide capture and mitigation of carbon dioxide emissions

    Klaus S. Lackner;Patrick Grimes;Samuel C. Krevor;Frank S. Zeman

  • A sorbent-focused techno-economic analysis of direct air capture

    Habib Azarabadi;Klaus S. Lackner

  • Method and apparatus for extracting carbon dioxide from air

    Allen B. Wright;Klaus S. Lackner;Ursula Ginster

  • Systems and Methods for Extraction of Carbon Dioxide From Air

    Klaus S. Lackner;Frank S. Zeman

  • Carbon dioxide extraction from air: Is it an option?

    Klaus Lackner;Hans-Joachim Ziock;Patrick Grimes

  • Kinetics of thermal dehydroxylation and carbonation of magnesium hydroxide

    Darryl P. Butt;Darryl P. Butt;Klaus S. Lackner;Christopher H. Wendt;Samuel D. Conzone;Samuel D. Conzone

  • PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN OUT OF CARBON-CONTAINING MATERIAL

    Lakner Klaus S;Ts Ok Gans J;Kharrison Duglas P

Frequent Co-Authors

Hang Xiao
Hang Xiao University of Massachusetts Amherst
Samuel Krevor
Samuel Krevor Imperial College London
Howard E. Haber
Howard E. Haber University of California, Santa Cruz
Alan C. West
Alan C. West Columbia University
Bri-Mathias Hodge
Bri-Mathias Hodge University of Colorado Boulder
Sally M. Benson
Sally M. Benson Stanford University
Manvendra K. Dubey
Manvendra K. Dubey Los Alamos National Laboratory
Bruce E. Rittmann
Bruce E. Rittmann Arizona State University
Ken Caldeira
Ken Caldeira Carnegie Institution for Science

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