Earth and Environmental Engineering

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Research

Unorthodox Desalination Method Could Transform Global Water Management

June 25, 2020

by Holly Evarts

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Research

Sustainable Recovery of Nutrients from Urine

May 06, 2020

by Holly Evarts

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Faculty & Staff

Profs Win NSF RAPID Grants for COVID-19

May 05, 2020

by Holly Evarts

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Research

Precipitation Will Be Essential for Plants to Counteract Global Warming

April 13, 2020

by Holly Evarts

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Students

22 Columbia Engineers Named NSF Graduate Research Fellows

April 08, 2020

by Jesse Adams

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Research

Successful Ozone Treaty Stops Jet Stream Drift in the Southern Hemisphere

March 26, 2020

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New Feedback Phenomenon Found to Drive Increasing Drought and Aridity

September 02, 2019

by Holly Evarts

Clouds from deep convection over the tropical Pacific ocean, photographed by the space shuttle. Such convective activity drives the Hadley circulation of the atmosphere.

Faculty & Staff

Columbia Researchers Provide New Evidence on the Reliability of Climate Modeling

June 24, 2019

by Nicole deRoberts, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

A New Paradigm for Desalination

Radical Desalination Approach May Disrupt the Water Industry

May 06, 2019

by Holly Evarts

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Research

Infographic: Smart, Resilient Cities

May 06, 2019

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Faculty & Staff

Novel Materials for Sustainable Technologies

May 03, 2019

by Allison Elliott

  • Professional Experience
    • Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering and of Climate, Columbia University, 2026-
    • Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Houston, 2022-2026
    • Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Houston, 2020-2022
    • Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Houston, 2017-2020
    • Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Houston, 2012-2017
    • Postdoc, Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, 2010-2012 
    • Senior Scientist, Polyera Corporation, 2008-2010
  • Honors & Awards
    • Edith and Peter O’Donnell Award in Engineering, Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering, Science and Technology, 2025 
    • Research Excellence Award in Electrochemical Energy Storage, American Chemical Society ENFL Division, 2025 
    • Highly Cited Researcher, Clarivate Analytics, 2025 
    • Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2020
  • Education
    • PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles
    • BS and MS, Materials Science, Fudan University