Chemical Engineering

Research Areas

  • Biological and Life Science Engineering
  • Synthetic Biology
  • Stem Cell Engineering
  • Biophysics

Additional information

  • Professional Experience
    • Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, 2020-
    • Appointment in Genetics and Development, Columbia University Medical School, 2020-
    • Member, Columbia Stem Cell Initiative, 2020-
    • Affiliate Member, Zuckerman Institute, 2022-
  • Honors & Awards
    • NYSCF Robertson Stem Cell Investigator, 2023
    • Allen Distinguished Investigator, 2023
    • Schaefer Research Scholar, 2023
    • Pew Biomedical Scholar, 2023
    • NIH Director's New Innovator, 2021
    • Science/AAAS and SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists in Cell and Molecular Biology, 2017
    • Chancellor’s Thesis Prize, the Sorbonne Universities, 2016
    • Thesis prize from the French Nanoscience Society Nano-K, 2016
    • Yang Cao-Lan-Xian Best Thesis Award in Physical Chemistry, University of Chicago, 2015
    • Albert J. Cross Prize for Excellence in Research, Teaching, and Departmental Citizenship, University of Chicago, 2014
    • Peter Kollman Award in High Performance Computing, American Chemical Society, 2012
    • Physical Sciences Division Teaching Prize, University of Chicago, 2012
    • Bronze Medal at the 37th International Chemistry Olympiad in Taipei, Taiwan, 2005
  • Education
    • PhD, Physics, University of Paris 7
    • PhD, Chemistry, The University of Chicago
    • BS, Chemistry, University of Zagreb

Research Areas

  • Chemical Reactions and Kinetics
  • Transport Phenomena
  • Chemical Reaction Engineering
  • Electrochemical Engineering
  • Energy Storage and Conversion Technology
  • Nanotechnology
  • Sustainability
  • Advanced Materials
  • Renewable Energy

Additional Information

  • Professional Experience
    • Associate Professor, Columbia University, New York, NY, 2019–present
    • Advisor, sHYP, BV PBC, Wilmington, DE, 2022
    • Assistant Professor, Columbia University, New York, NY, 2014–2018
    • NRC Postdoctoral research fellow, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, 2011-2014
  • Professional Affiliations
    • American Institute of Chemical Engineers
    • Electrochemical Society
    • International Society of Electrochemistry
    • American Chemical Society
    • Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society
  • Honors & Awards
    • NSF CAREER Award, 2018.
    • Advanced Energy Storage Fellow, Scialog, 2017
    • NRC Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute of Standards and Technology National Research Council
    • Postdoctoral Research Associateship Program, 2011
    • Graduate Fellowship, University of Delaware, Bill N. Baron Fellowship Award, 2010
    • Graduate Fellowship, University of Delaware, NASA Delaware Space Grant College and Fellowship Program, 2008
    • Graduate Fellowship, University of Delaware, Solar Hydrogen IGERT Program, 2006
    • Chandler Award for excellence in Chemical Engineering, Lehigh University, 2004
  • Education
    • PhD, Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware
    • BS, Chemical Engineering, Lehigh University

Research Areas

  • Chemical Reactions and Kinetics
  • Chemical Reaction Engineering
  • Electrochemical Engineering
  • Energy Storage and Conversion Technology
  • Sustainability
  • Renewable Energy

Additional Information

  • Professional Experience
    • Thayer Lindsley Professor of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, 2012 –
    • Senior Chemist, Joint Appointment at Chemistry Department, Brookhaven National Lab, 2012 –
    • Claire D. LeClaire Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware, 2008 – 2012
    • Co-Director, Energy Frontier Research Center on Biomass Conversion, 2009 – 2012
    • Interim Director, University of Delaware Energy Institute, 2008 – 2010
    • Director, Center for Catalytic Science and Technology (CCST), 2000 – 2007
    • Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware, 2002 – 2007
    • Professor of Materials Science and Engineering (courtesy appointment), 2002 – 2005
    • Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware, 1998 – 2001
    • Spokesperson for Exxon U1A Beamline at Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1994 – 1998
    • Staff Scientist, Exxon Corporate Research Laboratory, Annandale, New Jersey, 1990 – 1998
  • Professional Affiliations
    • President, North American Catalysis Society (2017 – Present)
    • Member, DOE Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (BESAC) (2017 – 2018)
    • Chair, Catalysis Division of American Chemical Society, 2014 –  2015
    • Co-Founder and Team Leader, Synchrotron Catalysis Consortium for DOE, 2005 –  Present
    • Member, Council for DOE/BES Chemical and Biochemical Sciences, 2012 –  2016
    • Director-at-Large, North American Catalysis Society, 2005 – 2017
    • Director-at-Large, Catalysis Division of American Chemical Society, 2008 – 2012
    • Executive Committee, Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Division of AIChE, 2010 – 2012
    • Executive Committee, Surface Science Division of American Vacuum Society, 2008 – 2010
    • Advisory Board, Photon Sciences Division of BNL, 2013 – 2016
    • Advisory Board, DOE Center for Functional Nanomaterials, 2007 – 2011
    • Advisory Board, DOE Energy Frontier Research Center at LSU, 2009 – 2011
    • Catalysis Secretariat, American Chemical Society, 2006 – 2007
    • Elected Chair, Philadelphia Catalysis Club, 2004
    • Elected Chair, Gordon Research Conference on Catalysis, 2002
  • Honors & Awards
    • Elected Member, National Academy of Engineering (2024)
    • Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry (2023)
    • Fellow, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) (2021)
    • Robert H. Wilhelm Award in Chemical Reaction Engineering, AIChE (2020)
    • R.B. Anderson Award, Canadian Catalysis Division, 2019
    • Robert Burwell Lectureship in Catalysis, North American Catalysis Society (2017)
    • George Olah Award in Hydrocarbon Chemistry, American Chemical Society, 2015
    • Fellow, American Chemical Society, 2013
    • Herman Pines Award in Catalysis, Chicago Catalysis Club, 2011
    • Excellence in Undergraduate Advising and Mentoring, University of Delaware, 2011
    • Excellence in Catalysis Award, New York Catalysis Society, 2008
    • Fellow, American Vacuum Society, 2008
    • Engineer, Delaware Chapter of Tau Beta Pi, 2007
    • Catalysis Award of Philadelphia Catalysis Club, 2004
    • Alexander von Humboldt Fellow (Germany), 1988 – 1989
    • Leybold-Heraeus Award (Leybold-Heraeus Corporation), 1987
    • Russell and Siguard Varian Fellow (American Vacuum Society), 1986
    • Graduate Student Award (American Vacuum Society Conference), 1986
    • Andrew W. Mellon Predoctoral Fellow (University of Pittsburgh), 1985 – 1987
    • USA-China Chemistry Graduate Program Fellowship, 1982 – 1984
  • Education
    • PhD, Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh
    • BS, Chemistry, Nanjing University

Research Areas

  • Chemical Reactions and Kinetics
  • Thermodynamics
  • Electrochemical Engineering
  • Energy Storage and Conversion Technology
  • Separation Processes
  • Advanced Materials
  • Renewable Energy
  • Energy, Mineral, and Materials
  • Energy Storage Systems
  • Energy System Economics
  • Circular Economy
  • Sustainable Energy Systems
  • Sustainable Materials
  • Mining

Additional Information

  • Professional Affiliations
    • Professor, Columbia University, 2022 - Current
    • Department of Chemical Engineering
    • Columbia Electrochemical Energy Center
    • Independent Director, FREYR Battery, 2022 - Current
    • Chief Scientist, Electra, 2021 - 2022
    • Associate Professor, Columbia University, 2019 - 2022
    • Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering
    • Columbia Electrochemical Energy Center
    • Associate Professor, Princeton University, 2017 - 2019
    • Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
    • Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
    • Co Founder, Feasible, 2015 - 2022
    • Associated Faculty, Princeton University, 2018 - 2019
    • Department of Chemistry
    • Associated Faculty, Princeton University, 2016 - 2019
    • Assistant Professor, Princeton University, 2013 - 2017
    • Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
    • Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
    • Assistant Professor, City College of the City University of New York, 2009 - 2013
    • Senior Applications Engineer, Sentilla Corporation, 2008 - 2008
    • Co Founder, WIT, 2006 - 2008
  • Honors & Awards
    • Stanley Thompson Professor in Chemical Metallurgy, Columbia University (2019)
    • Best Tweet, Princeton University (2018)
    • National Academy of Engineering Japan-USA Frontiers of Engineering Speaker (2016)
    • National Academy of Engineering Frontiers of Engineering Organizer (2014)
    • National Academy of Engineering Frontiers of Engineering Invitee (2013)
    • Nuclear Regulatory Commission Young Investigator Award (2012)
    • Xerox University Affairs Committee Award (2012)
    • Best Poster US-Korea Nanotechnology Conference (2012)
    • International Solid-State Circuits Conference Design Award for Picocube (2008)
    • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Summer Fellow (2005)
    • National Science Foundation East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes Fellow (2005)
    • Cubicciotti Student Award - Electrochemical Society (2005)
    • Intel Robert Noyce Graduate Fellowship (2003)
    • University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business Management of Technology Fellowship
    • (2002)
    • University of California, Berkeley Materials Science and Engineering Jane Lewis Student Graduate
    • Fellowship (2000)
  • Education
    • PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, UC Berkeley
    • ScB, Engineering, Brown University

Research Areas

  • Soft Matter
  • Advanced Materials
  • Nanotechnology
  • Advanced Materials
  • Materials Characterization
  • Materials Design and Engineering
  • Materials Synthesis and Processing
  • Nanomaterials
  • Advanced Manufacturing
  • Biocompatible Materials
  • Bioinductive Materials
  • Biomimetic Materials
  • Functional and Responsive Materials
  • Nanomaterials (Nanotechnology)
  • Biomaterials

Additional Information

  • Professional Experience
    • Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, 2016–
    • Professor, Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, 2016–
    • Group leader for Soft and Bionanomaterials, Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 2008-
    • Staff Scientist, Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 2004–2016
  • Professional Affiliations
    • American Physical Society
    • Material Research Society 
  • Honors & Awards
    • Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellow, 2024
    • Battelle Inventor of the Year, 2016
    • Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society 2014
    • BNL Science and Technology Award for Outstanding Achievements 2011
    • Gordon Battelle Prize for Scientific Discovery, 2010
    • Department of Energy Outstanding Mentor Award, 2009
    • Rothschild Foundation Distinguished Fellowship, 2000
    • Wolf Foundation Scholarship for outstanding PhD research, 1997
  • Education
    • Rothschild Postdoctoral Fellow, Applied Physics, Harvard University
    • PhD, Physics, Bar-Ilan University
    • MS, Physics, Bar-Ilan University

Research Areas

  • Neurotransmission
  • Hormone Secretion
  • Mechanics of Cell Division
  • Actomyosin Contractility
  • Cellular Cytoskeleton
  • Cell Migration
  • Viral Infection

Additional information

  • Professional Experience
    • Professor of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, 2003-
    • Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, 1994–2003
    • Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, 1988–1994
    • British Petroleum Company, Sunbury-on-Thames, 1977-1980
  • Professional Affiliations
    • Biophysical Society
    • American Society of Cell Biology 

Research Areas

  • Sustainability, Engineering Education

Additional Information

  • Professional Experience
    • Lecturer in the Discipline of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, 2022-
    • Senior Assistant Director, Center for Teaching and Learning, Columbia University, 2019-2022
    • Assistant Director, Center for Teaching and Learning, Columbia University, 2017-2019
  • Professional Affiliations
    • American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
    • American Institute of Chemical Engineering (AIChE)
    • American Chemical Society (ACS)
    • Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network in Higher Education 
  • Honors & Awards
    • Joseph J. Martin Award, Chemical Engineering Division of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), 2023
  • Education
    • PhD, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University
    • MBA, Columbia Business School
    • MS, Chemical Engineering, Stanford University
    • BS, Chemical Engineering, Stanford University

Research Areas

  • Chemical Reactions and Kinetics
  • Chemical Reaction Engineering
  • Electrochemical Engineering
  • Energy Storage and Conversion Technology
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Separation Processes
  • Sustainability
  • Renewable Energy
  • Carbon Management
  • Capture, Storage, Utilization, and Conversion
  • Climate Science and Engineering
  • Energy, Mineral, and Materials
  • Environmental Catalysis
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Environmental Transport and Reaction Rates
  • Sustainable Engineering and Design
  • Sustainable Production of Earth Mineral and Metal Resources
  • Water Chemistry
  • Circular Economy
  • Climate Change Mitigation & Adaptation (Resilience Technology)
  • Environmental Separations
  • Ocean and Carbon Cycle
  • Urban Mining
  • Water Resources Management
  • Energy Efficiency and Conservation Technology

Research Areas

  • Biological and Life Science Engineering
  • Bioprocess Engineering
  • Gene and Drug Delivery
  • Nanotechnology
  • Regenerative Materials
  • Separation Processes
  • Sustainability
  • Synthetic Biology

Additional Information

  • Professional Affiliations
    • American Institute of Chemical Engineers
    • American Chemical Society
  • Professional Experience
    • Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, 2023-
    • Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, 2017–2023
  • Education
    • PhD, Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley
    • BS, Chemistry, Rice University

Research Areas

  • Biological and Life Science Engineering
  • Gene and Drug Delivery
  • Genomics Engineering
  • Synthetic Biology

Additional Information

  • Professional Affiliations
    • American Institute of Chemical Engineers
    • National Society of Black Engineers
    • American Chemical Society
    • Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society
    • Omega Chi Epsilon National Honor Society for Chemical Engineering
    • National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers
    • National Black Postdoctoral Association 
  • Honors & Awards
    • Vaccine Luminary, G7 Global Vaccine Confidence Summit, 2021
    • 1000 Inspiring Black Scientists in America, Cell Press, 2020
    • MIT Rising Star in Chemical Engineering, MIT, 2020
    • Presidential Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Cornell University, 2020-2023
    • Class of 2020 Changemaker, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2020  
    • Presidential Graduate Research Fellow, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2016 - 2018  
    • Founders’ Day Award, New York University, 2015
    • Women in Science Scholar, NYU College of Arts & Science, 2014
    • Trinidad & Tobago National Open Scholar in Science, 2011-2015                                                                                                                                   
  • Education
    • PhD, Chemical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    • BS, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, New York University

Research Areas

  • Genomics Science and Engineering
  • Chemical and Biological Engineering

Additional Information

  • Professional Experience
    • Samuel Ruben-Peter G. Viele Professor of Engineering, Columbia University, 2011–Present
    • Professor of Chemical Engineering and Molecular Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Columbia University, 2023-Present
    • Professor of Chemical Engineering and Pharmacology, Columbia University, 2010–2023
    • Director, Center for Genome Technology and Biomolecular Engineering, Columbia University, 2003–Present
    • Professor of Chemical Engineering and Head of DNA Sequencing & Chemical Biology, Columbia Genome Center, Columbia University, 2005–Present
    • Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering and Head of DNA Sequencing & Chemical Biology, Columbia Genome Center, Columbia University, 1999–2005
    • Senior Scientist and Director, Chemistry and Assay Development, Incyte Genomics, Inc., 1995–1999
  • Honors & Awards
    • Fellow of National Academy of Inventors, 2018.
    • The Department of Chemistry Distinguished Alumnus Award, University of Southern California, 2023
    • Top 20 Translational Researchers of 2019 & 2020, Nature Biotechnology
    • Distinguished Fundamental Research Award for Next Generation DNA
    • Sequencing Research & Development. Next Generation Sequencing
    • Research and Development Association, China, 2017.
    • Samuel Ruben-Peter G. Viele Professor of Engineering, Columbia University, 2011.
    • Outstanding Chinese Scholar Achievement Award, Columbia University Chinese Students and Scholars Association, 2004.
    • Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering, 2001-2006.
    • US Department of Energy, Human Genome Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1994-1995.
  • Education
    • PhD, University of Southern California
    • MS, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    • BS, Chinese Academy of Sciences Inner Mongolia University, China

Research Areas

  • Energy Storage and Conversion
  • Batteries and Fuel Cells
  • Electronic Structure of Materials
  • Materials Genomics
  • Machine Learning

Additional Information

  • Professional Experience
    • Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, 2025–
    • Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, 2019–2025
    • Independent Research Fellow, School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, 2018
  • Education
    • PhD (Dr. rer. nat.), Chemistry, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg
    • MSc and BSc, Chemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum
  • Honors & Awards
    • 2024, NSF CAREER Award