Research Fellow, UC Berkeley
About Aaron
Dr. Aaron Gregory is a critical scholar with research situated at the nexus of Science & Technology Studies (STS), Critical Infrastructure Studies, and Political Ecology. Dr. Gregory's current research explores lithium as a source of energetic and political power, and as a more-than-human actor that enrolls and articulates a range of state, technoscientific and Indigenous actors into new socio-technical kinship relations. Dr. Gregory received his Ph.D. from the University of California Berkeley with an emphasis in STS, and is described by colleagues, friends and family as 'extremely offline'. Dr. Gregory's primary habitats include alpine mountains and temperate forests, where he makes kin with the land through the practices of trail running, backcountry skiing, backpacking and camping.
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The Porosity of Promise: Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs) and the New Science of Technofixation
Amidst the proliferation of material technologies developed to solve the problems of planetary climate change and carbon emissions, the technoscientific community increasingly champions a new molecular hero: metal organic frameworks (MOFs). Metal organic frameworks are an emergent generation of material technologies lauded for their capacity to capture and sequester carbon dioxide (CO2) within their porous structures. They are among the most widely researched materials within the fields of climate science, materials science, and various (sub)disciplines of chemistry, heralded for potential applications that include yet exceed carbon capture and sequestration. Their synthesis anticipates infinite configurations of matter and materiality at the molecular scale, with an equally infinite array of applications. This article examines the promise and porosity of MOFs created to capture CO2 and an expanding array of technoscientific actors and interests. (more…) (read more...)