The Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology is the future of energy research at Penn. New renderings from Behnisch Architekten show how the building, with flexible, efficient lab space will facilitate collaboration and create a new gateway to campus. Once complete, the Laboratory will provide state-of-the-art research space and homes for the Vagelos Institute for Energy Science and Technology, a research institute, and the Vagelos Integrated Program in Energy Research (VIPER), an undergraduate dual-degree program.

In 2019, P. Roy Vagelos, C’50, PAR’90, HON’99, and Diana T. Vagelos, PAR’90, made a $50 million gift to support the construction of the building, and they recently made an additional gift to add another floor for laboratory space, ensuring that our energy research has room to grow.