Chemical Engineering

Research Areas


  • Computational Methods and Data Analysis
  • Transport Phenomena
  • Advanced Materials

Additional Information


  • Professional Experience
    • Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, 2021–present
    • Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, 2016–2020
    • Dorothy Quiggle Career Development Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 2015–2016
    • Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 2010–2015
  • Professional Affiliations
    • American Institute of Chemical Engineers
    • American Chemical Society
  • Honors & Awards
    • NSF CAREER Award, 2013
    • 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award, 2012
  • Education
    • PhD, Chemical Engineering, Northwestern University
    • BS, Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia

Research Areas


  • Materials
  • Modeling & Simulation
  • "Soft" Material Systems Incorporating Polymers, Colloids, and Amphiphiles
  • Polymer and Colloidal Glasses
  • Active Media
  • Transport Phenomena
  • Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
  • Membrane Science
  • Separations Technologies

Additional information


  • Professional Experience
    • Professor, Columbia University, 07/98 - Present
    • Vice-Chairman, Columbia University, 07/03 - 07/05
    • Acting Chairman, Columbia University, 01/03 - 07/03
    • Associate Professor, Columbia University, 07/88 - 07/98
    • Assistant Professor, Columbia University, 07/83 - 07/88
    • Lecturer, Columbia University, 01/83 - 07/83
  • Professional Affiliations
    • American Institute of Chemical Engineers

Additional Information


Research Areas


  • Computational Methods and Data Analysis
  • Thermodynamics
  • Nanotechnology
  • Sustainability
  • Advanced Materials
  • Polymers at the End of Life
  • Circular Economies

Additional Information


  • Professional Experience
    • Bykhovsky Professor of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, 2016–
    • Chair of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, 2010-2016
    • Professor of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, 2006-
    • Professor of Chemical Engineering, Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute, 2002-2006
    • Professor of Materials Science & Engineering, Penn State University, 1997-2002
    • Associate professor of Materials Science & Engineering, Penn State University, 1993-1997
    • Assistant professor of Materials Science & eEngineering, Penn State University, 1988-1993
  • Professional Affiliations
    • American Physical Society
    • American Chemical Society
    • American Institute of Chemical Engineers
  • Honors & Awards
    • Polymer Physics Prize, American Physical Society (APS), 2021
    • Chair, Gordon Conference, Polymer Physics, 2020
    • Associate editor, Soft Matter, 2017-
    • Chair, APS Polymer Physics Division, 2017-18
    • Editor, NPJ Computational Materials, 2016-2017
    • Editor, Journal of Polymer Science, 2002-2007
    • Fellow, American Physical Society, 1999

Research Areas


  • Risk Management
  • Materials Design
  • Emergence
  • Income Inequality
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Statistical Mechanics
  • Game Theory
  • Systems Engineering

Additional Information


  • Professional Experience
    • Samuel Ruben-Peter G. Viele Professor of Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, 2012 –
    • Professor of industrial engineering and operations research (Affiliated), Columbia University, 2013 -
    • Professor of computer science (Affiliated), Columbia University, 2012 –
    • Reilly Professor of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, 2011 – 2012
    • Professor of chemical engineering, Purdue University, 1995 - 2011
    • Associate professor of chemical engineering, Purdue University, 1988 - 1995
    • Assistant professor of chemical engineering, Columbia University, 1985 - 1988
  • Professional Affiliations
    • American Institute of Chemical Engineers
    • Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
  • Honors & Awards
    • Roger S. H. Sargent Lecturer, Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine, London, U.K., 2015
    • Top three most cited papers, out of 2072 papers published, in Computers & Chemical Engineering, 2003-2013
    • Fellow, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2011
    • Computing in Chemical Engineering, AIChE, 2009
    • Norris Shreve Prize Outstanding Teaching, Purdue University, 1993, 2004, 2006

Research Areas


  • Chemistry and Physics of Atmospheric Aerosol Particles and Ice in the Environment
  • Atmospheric Chemistry
  • Air Quality
  • Climate

Additional Information


  • Professional Experience
    • Associate professor of chemical engineering, Columbia University, 2012–2019
    • Assistant professor of chemical engineering, Columbia University, 2007–2012
  • Professional Affiliations
    • American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
    • American Association for Aerosol Research (AAAR)
    • American Chemical Society (ACS)
    • American Geophysical Union (AGU)American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
    • Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
  • Honors & Awards
    • Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2023
    • Mellichamp Emerging Leaders Lecturer, U.C. Santa Barbara, 2018
    • Kenneth T. Whitby Award (AAAR), 2015
    • National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2009-2014
    • ACS Petroleum Research Fund Doctoral New Investigator, 2009
    • NASA Earth System Science Fellow, 2000-2003
  • Education
    • PhD, Chemical Engineering, MIT
    • MS, Chemical Engineering Practice, MIT
    • BS, Chemical Engineering, Caltech 

Research Areas


  • Chemical Reactions and Kinetics
  • Biological and Life Science Engineering
  • Bioprocess Engineering
  • Chemical Reaction Engineering
  • Energy Storage and Conversion Technology
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Gene and Drug Delivery
  • Nanotechnology
  • Sustainability
  • Synthetic Biology
  • Renewable Energy
  • Biomolecular Engineering

Additional Information


  • Professional Affiliations
    • Associate Editor, Biochemical Engineering Journal
    • Consulting Editorial Board, AIChE Journal
  • Honors & Awards
    • University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) Outstanding Alumni Award, Engineering & Information Technology, 2021
    • Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), 2016
    • James M. Van Lanen Distinguished Service Award, Biochemical Technology (BIOT) Division of the American Chemical Society, 2016
    • James D. Watson Investigator Program Award, New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research (NYSTAR), 2005   
  • Professional Experience
    • Chair, Chemical Engineering, Columbia Engineering, 2022-
    • Vice Chair, Chemical Engineering, Columbia Engineering, 2019-2022
    • Professor, Chemical Engineering, Columbia Engineering, 2015-
    • Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, 2009-2015
    • Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, 2004-2009
  • Education
    • PhD, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers University
    • MS, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers University
    • BSE, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Research Areas


  • Energy Storage and Conversion Technology
  • Sustainability
  • Renewable Energy

Additional Information


  • Professional Experience
    • Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, 2023-present
    • Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, 2018-present
  • Education
    • PhD, Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh
  • Professional Affiliations
    • American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
    • American Chemical Society (ACS)
    • American Physical Society (APS)
    • Electrochemical Society (ECS)
  • Honors & Awards
    • Cottrell Scholar Award (2022)
    • NSF CAREER Award (2021)
    • Charles Hatchett Award (2019)
    • Scialog Fellowship for Advanced Energy Storage (2018-2019)
    • Charles and Katharine Darwin Research Fellowship (2017)
    • Marie Skłodowska-Curie International Postdoctoral Fellowship (2017)
    • Pittsburgh Quantum Institute Graduation Fellowship (2015)
    • US Delegate of the 65th Lindau Meeting of Nobel Laureates (2015)
    • Experimental NMR Conference Student Travel Award (2015)
    • Andrew Mellon Predoctoral Fellowship (2014)
    • Eastern Analytical Symposium Graduate Student Award (2014)