Sustainability & Climate

Research Areas

  • Transportation Engineering
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)
  • Causal Inference
  • Game Theory
  • Optimization
  • Urban Logistics
  • Law of Autonomous Driving
  • Public Health and Transportation

Additional Information

  • Professional Experience
    • Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University, 2016–2020
    • Associate Professor of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University, 2020–
  • Professional Affiliations
    • IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society (ITSS)
    • Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
    • Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)                          
    • Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
    • Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS)
  • Honors & Awards
    • Winner of International Data Corporation’s Smart Cities North America Awards, 2023
    • Best Paper Award, ACM SIGKDD Workshop on Urban Computing (UrbComp), 2022
    • Transportation Science Meritorious Service Award (INFORMS), 2022
    • Visiting research fellow at Bielefeld University, Germany, 2021-2023
    • National Science Foundation, CAREER Award, 2020
    • Amazon AWS Machine Learning Research Award, 2020
    • Transportation Data Analytics Contest Winner, Transportation Research Board (TRB), 2017
    • Dafermos Best Paper Award Honorable Mention, TRB Network Modeling Committee, 2017
    • Chan Wui & Yunyin Rising Star Workshop Fellowship for Early Career Professionals, TRB (only 6 fellows were selected internationally), 2016
    • ITS SIG Outstanding Presentation Award, INFORMS, 2013
  • Education
    • PhD, Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
    • BS, Civil Engineering, Tongji University

Research Areas

  • Security and Privacy
  • Data Management
  • Software Systems
  • Computer Architecture and Engineering
  • Networks and Distributed Systems
  • Cloud Computing
  • Data Privacy
  • Operating Systems
  • Scalable Data Systems
  • Cybersecurity
  • Sustainable Computing (Green Computing)
  • Hardware Accelerators
  • Networking

Additional information

  • Professional Experience
    • Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, 2023-
    • Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, 2019-2023
    • Senior Vice President of Email Protection, Barracuda Networks, 2016-2019
    • CEO and co-founder, Sookasa (Acquired by Barracuda Networks), 2012-2016
  • Honors & Awards
    • ACM CIDR Best Paper Award, 2024
    • Usenix OSDI Jay Lepreau Best Paper Award, 2022
    • NSF CAREER Award, 2022
    • Army Research Office Young Investigator Award, 2021
    • Usenix Security Distinguished Paper, 2019
    • ACM EuroSys Best Poster Award, 2018
    • SC Rising Star Award, 2017
    • Usenix ATC Best Student Paper, 2013
    • Sohnis Promising Scientist Award, 2011
    • Finalist, Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship, 2011
    • Leonard J. Shustek Stanford Graduate Fellowship, 2010
    • Technion President's Honors List, 2009-2010
  • Education
    • PhD, Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
    • MS, Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
    • BS, Computer and Software Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

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

  • Advanced Materials
  • Sustainable Infrastructure
  • Additive Manufacturing

Additional information

  • Professional Experience
    • Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University, 2013 – Present
  • Professional Affiliations
    • American Concrete Institute (ACI)
    • American Ceramics Society (ACerS)
    • International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Systems and Structures (RILEM)
  • Honors & Awards
    • CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, 2017
    • Forbes’ 30 under 30: Science, 2015
    • Cements Division Early Career Award, American Ceramics Society, 2022
  • Education
    • PhD, Civil Engineering, Northwestern University
    • MS, Civil Engineering, Northwestern University
    • BS, Civil Engineering, Columbia University

Research Areas

  • Computational Science and Engineering
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Solid Earth Science
  • Computational Thermodynamics

Additional Information

  • Honors & Awards
    • Society of Columbia Graduates' Great Teacher Award in Columbia College for the 2022/2023
    • Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU)  2022
    • Columbia Engineering Alumni Association's Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award 2020
    • SEAS Alumni Teaching Award 2004
    • SEAS Kim Award 2004
    • DEES Outstanding Teaching Award 1998 & 2002
    • Marshall Scholar 1985
  • Professional Experience
    • Professor, DEES/APAM Columbia University, 2008
    • Associate Professor, DEES/APAM, Columbia University, 2000-2008
    • Storke-Doherty Lecturer, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, 1997-1999

Research Areas

  • Energy Systems
  • Building Design and Energy Conservation
  • Applied Control Systems

Additional information

  • Professional Experience
    • Senior Lecturer, Department of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering, Loughborough University, United Kingdom (2021-2022)
    • Lecturer, Department of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering, Loughborough University, United Kingdom (2017-2021)
  • Professional Affiliations
    • Board Member, International Building Performance and Simulation
    • Association (IBPSA) England Chapter (2021-2022)
    • Conference Chair, Building Simulation and Optimisation Conference 2022, Loughborough, England
    • Co-opted Board Member, IBPSA England Chapter (2019-2021)
  • Honors & Awards
    • UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Innovation Fellow (2018-2021)
    • US NSF Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Fellow (2011-2014)
  • Education
    • PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University
    • MS, Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University
    • BS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Nebraska Lincoln

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)

Research Areas

  • Environmental Engineering
  • Wind Engineering
  • Smart Cities (Infrastructure)
  • Sustainable Infrastructure
  • Computational Mechanics
  • Turbulence
  • Fluid Mechanics

Additional Information

  • Professional Experience
    • Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics (2018 – present)
    • Amazon Visiting Academic, Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Prime Air (2020 — present)
    • Senior Research Scientist, Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Prime Air (2018 — 2020)
  • Professional Affiliations
    • American Society of Civil Engineers
    • American Geophysical Union
    • American Meteorological Society
    • American Physical Society
  • Honors & Awards
    • National Science Foundation Early Career Program Award (2024)
    • Young Investigator Award, Office of Naval Research (2023)
    • Early Career Program Award, Army Research Office (2022)
    • Provost Diversity Award, Columbia University (2021)
    • Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford University (2017)
    • EDME Award for the Best PhD Thesis in Mechanics at École Polytechnique
    • Fédérale de Lausanne (2016)
    • Best Presentation Award, 9th International Conference on Urban Climate, 12th Symposium on the Urban Environment (2016)
    • Outstanding Student Paper Award, American Geophysical Union General Assembly Conference (2014)
  • Education
    • PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
    • PhD, Civil Engineering, University of Florence and Braunschweig TU University
    • MS, Civil Engineering, University of Padova
    • BS, Civil Engineering, University of Padova

Research Areas

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)
  • Vision and Robotics
  • Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR)
  • Edge Computing
  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
  • Networked and Distributed Systems
  • Robotics and Autonomous Systems
  • Wireless, Embedded, and Sensor Systems
  • Computer Systems and Computer Engineering
  • Smart Electric Energy (Smart Grids)
  • Energy Efficiency and Conservation Technology
  • Wearable Electronics (Technology)

Additional Information

  • Professional Experience
    • Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, 2020-Present
    • Vice Chair of SIGEnergy, Association for Computing Machinery, 2023-Present
    • Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, 2015-2020
    • Co-Chair of Smart Cities Center, Data Science Institute, Columbia University, 2016-Present
    • CTO, Air Scientific Inc., 2014-2015
    • Director of Analytics and IoT Research, Intel Labs China, 2012-2014
    • Researcher, Microsoft Research Asia, 2010-2012
    • Engineer, Intel, 2005-2005
  • Professional Affiliations
    • Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
    • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
  • Honors & Awards
    • Best Paper Award, ACM MobiSys, 2024
    • Best Paper Award, ACM BuildSys, 2023
    • Best Demo Award, ACM/IEEE IPSN, 2023
    • Best Demo Runner-Up Award, ACM SenSys, 2022
    • Best Poster Candidate, ACM BuildSys, 2022
    • Best Demo Award, ACM SenSys, 2021
    • Best Paper Award, IEEE ITEC, 2021
    • Best Demo Award, ACM/IEEE IPSN, 2020
    • Best Paper Candidate, ACM/IEEE IoTDI, 2020
    • CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, 2020
    • Best Paper Runner Up Award, ACM BuildSys, 2019
    • Best Demo Award, ACM/IEEE IoTDI, 2018
    • Best Presentation Award, IEEE VNC, 2018
    • 2nd Place, App Contest, IEEE VNC, 2018
    • 35 Innovators Under 35 Semi-Finalist, MIT Technology Review, 2017
    • Best Paper Runner Up Award, ACM BuildSys, 2017
    • Best Poster Award, ACM BuildSys, 2016
    • Best Demo Runner Up, ACM SenSys, 2016
    • Best Demo Award, ACM SenSys, 2011
    • National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 2006
    • Best Paper Award, IEEE IPSN, 2005
  • Education
    • PhD, Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley
    • MS, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley
    • BS, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley

Research Areas

  • Computer Systems and Computer Engineering
  • Networking
  • Photonics
  • Quantum Communications
  • Silicon Photonics

Additional information

  • Professional Experience
    • 2023 – Present - Director, SRC/JUMP 2 Center for Ubiquitous Connectivity (CUbiC)
    • 2011 – Present - Charles Batchelor Professor of Electrical Engineering
    • 2014 – Present - Founder and Faculty Director, Columbia Nano Initiative
    • 2016 – Present  - AIM Photonics Institute, Leadership Council
    • 2002 – Present - Director, Lightwave Research Laboratory, Columbia University
    • 2011 – 2017     - Chair, Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University
    • 2006 – 2010     - Professor of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University
    • 2007 – 2008     - Visiting Research Fellow IBM T. J. Watson Research Labs
    • 2002 – 2006     - Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University
    • 1999 – 2002     - Senior Member of Technical Staff, Tellium, Inc.
    • 1998 – 2007     - Senior Technical Advisor, National Security Agency
    • 1995 – 2000     - Technical Consultant, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies
    • 1994 – 1999    - Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University
  • Professional Affiliations
    • Fellow, Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers
    • Fellow, Optica
  • Honors & Awards
    • Applied Physics Reviews Editors choice feature 2023
    • HPCwire People to Watch Award 2022
    • Meta (Facebook) Faculty Award 2021
    • Bucknell University Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award 2019
    • IEEE Photonics Engineering Award 2016
    • 2016 Herman Haus Distinguished Lecture, MIT
    • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Fellow, 2009
    • IBM Faculty Award, 2008
    • Optical Society of America Fellow, 2003
    • CalTech President's Award, 1997
    • Office of Naval Research Young Investigator, 1996–1999
    • National Science Foundation CAREER Program Investigator, 1995–1998
    • AT&T Bell Laboratories Fellowship, 1991–1994
  • Education
    • PhD, Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • MS, Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • BS, Electrical Engineering, Bucknell University

Research Areas

  • Energy Systems
  • Building design and energy conservation
  • Human-Centered Design
  • Microgrids & Minigrids
  • Decarbonization
  • Last-Mile Service Delivery

Additional Information

  • Professional Experience
    • Director of Quadracci Sustainable Engineering Lab, Columbia University, 2007-
    • Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, 2001-
    • Department Chair of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, 2002-2005
    • Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, 1993-2000
    • Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, 1986-1992
    • Postdoctoral Associate of Gas Turbine Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985-1986
    • Visiting Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, 1984
  • Professional Affiliations
    • American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Council of Engineers for the Energy Transition (CEET)
    • An independent advisory council to the U.N. Secretary General
    • ASHRAE
    • AAAS
  • Honors & Awards
    •  Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award, Columbia, 1996
    • Great Teacher Award 1997, Society of Columbia Graduates, 1997
    • McMullen Fellowship, Cornell University
    • Silver Medal in Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology                
    • Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, Indian Institute of Technology, 1984
    • Tuition Scholarship, ASEE
  • Education
    • Ph.D.,Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University
    • B. Tech., Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology

Additional Information

  • Professional Experience
    • Interim Director, Data Science Institute, 2021-2024
    • Chair of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Columbia University, 2008-2013
    • Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Columbia University, 2001-
    • Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University, 2001-
    • Assistant and Associate Professor of Computer Science, Dartmouth College, 1992-2001
       
  • Professional Affiliations
    • Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
    • Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS)
    • Mathematical Programming Society (MPS)
    • Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
  • Honors & Awards
    • Faculty Mentoring Award, Columbia University, 2023
    • Great Teacher Award, Society of Columbia Graduates, 2022
    • Best Paper Award, ICALP, 2015
    • Fellow, ACM, 2012
    • Sloan Research Fellow, 1999
    • Karen Wetterhahn Award for Distinguished Creative or Scholarly Achievement, 1998
    • NSF Career Award, 1996

Research Areas

  • Computational Biology
  • Data Management
  • Applied and Theoretical Machine Learning
  • Biomedical Informatics
  • Networked and Distributed Systems
  • Data Analytics
  • Optimization
  • Resource Allocation
  • Algorithmic Fairness
  • Energy & Power
  • Large-scale Optimization
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