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Sustainability & Climate
Research Areas Energy Storage and Conversion Technology Sustainability Renewable Energy
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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 Matching Platforms
Research Areas Structural Engineering Sustainable Infrastructure Dynamics and Vibrations Solid Mechanics Computational Mechanics Dynamic Behavior of Structures Mechanics of Advanced Materials Multiscale Modeling and Simulation Nonlinear Mechanics Soft Materials Mechanics Biomechanics Fracture and Damage Mechanics Finite Element Methods Multiphysics Problems Design and Topology Optimization Scientific and Parallel Computing
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Associate Professor of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University, 2013– Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University, 2008–2013 Senior Research Scientist, Global Engineering and Materials, Inc., 2007-2008
Professional Affiliations
United States Association for Computational Mechanics (USACM) International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM) Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Honors & Awards
EMI Leonardo Da Vinci Award, ASCE-Engineering Mechanics Institute, 2014 Best Paper Award, ASCE International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering, 2013 Early Career Award, Department of Energy, 2012 Finalist, Robert J. Melosh medal competition in Finite Element Analysis, 2006 Best Paper Award, 10th Copper Mountain Conference on Iterative Methods, 2006 Best Paper Award, 12th Copper Mountain Conference on Multigrid Methods, 2005
Research Areas Artificial Intelligence Computational Engineering Science Data Science Imaging Modeling & Simulation Sensing Hydrologic cycle Land-atmosphere interactions Turbulence Convection Soil Moisture
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Director, National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center (STC) Learning the Earth with Artificial intelligence and Physics (LEAP), Columbia University, 2021- Maurice Ewing and J. Lamar Worzel Professor of Geophysics, Columbia University, 2021- Full Professor, Columbia University, 2021- Faculty member, Earth Institute, Columbia University (by nomination), 2018- Faculty member, Data Institute, Columbia University (by nomination), 2018- Tenured Associate Professor, Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University, 2017- Associate Professor, Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University, 2016-2017 Junior faculty, Earth Institute, Columbia University (by nomination), 2013-2017 Assistant Professor, Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University, 2011-2016
Professional Affiliations
American Geophysical Union
Honors & Awards
Great Teacher Award, Society of Columbia Graduates, 2021 First place in INFORMS Junior Faculty Interest Group (JFIG) Paper Competition, 2020 NSF CAREER Award, 2020 Forbes 30 under 30 in science, 2016 IBM Faculty Award, 2016
Education
PhD, Operations Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology BS, Operations Research and Engineering, Cornell University
Research Areas Plasma Physics (Controlled Fusion)
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Thomas Alva Edison Professor of Applied Physics, Columbia University, 2004– Interim Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Columbia University, 2007–2009 Chairman of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, 1988 –1994 and 1997–2000 Vice-Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Columbia University, 1994-1995 Professor of Applied Physics, Columbia University, 1988–2004 Associate Professor of Applied Physics, Columbia University, 1983–1988 Assistant Professor of Applied Physics, Columbia University, 1978–1983 Assistant Professor of Engineering science, Columbia University, 1977–1978
Professional Affiliations
American Physical Society University Fusion Association Fusion Power Associates European Physical Society
Honors & Awards
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow in Physics, 1984-86 Fellow of the American Physical Society, 1989 Leadership Award from Fusion Power Associates, 2006 American Physical Society John Dawson Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics, 2007 Distinguished Career Award from Fusion Power Associates, 2023
Education
PhD, Plasma Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison MS, Nuclear Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison BS, Physics, California Institute of Technology
Research Areas Safety & Reliability Structural Engineering Resilience and Risk Analysis Smart Cities (Infrastructure) Dynamics and Vibrations Solid Mechanics Computational Mechanics Dynamic Behavior of Structures Nonlinear Mechanics Stochastic Response Analysis Reliability Assessment Optimization Uncertainty Modeling Uncertainty Propagation Time-Frequency Analysis Wavelets High-Dimensional Data Analysis Sparse Representations Compressive Sampling
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Professional Experience
Associate Professor of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University, 2019 - present Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University, 2014 – 2019 Lecturer in Uncertainty and Engineering, University of Liverpool, UK, 2011-2014
Honors & Awards
Early Achievement Research Award, International Association for Structural Safety and Reliability (IASSAR), 2025 Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2024 CAREER Awardee, National Science Foundation (NSF), 2018-2024 Junior Research Prize, European Assoc. of Structural Dynamics (EASD), 2014 Associate Editor, ASCE-ASME J. Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems Editorial Board Member, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing Editorial Board Member, Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics Editorial Board Member, Int. J. Non-Linear Mechanics
Education
PhD, Civil Engineering, Rice University MS, Civil Engineering, Rice University Diploma, Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens
Research Areas Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment and Mitigation Safety & Reliability Structural Engineering Resilience and Risk Analysis Sustainable Infrastructure Climate Change Mitigation & Adaptation
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Vice Dean for Research, School of Engineering and Applied Science, 2024 – present, Columbia University. Santiago and Robertina Calatrava Family Professor of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, 2007 – present, Columbia University. Interim Chair of Earth and Environmental Engineering, July 2023 – December 2023, Columbia University. Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering, 2022 – present, Columbia University. Department Chair of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, 2013 – 2019, Columbia University. Professor of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, 2002 – 2007, Columbia University. Associate Professor (with tenure) of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, January 2002 – June 2002, Columbia University. Associate Professor (with tenure) of Civil Engineering, 1997 – 2001, Princeton University. Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, 1991 – 1997, Princeton University. Research Associate, 1988 – 1991, Princeton University. Post-Doctoral Research Scientist, June 1987 – January 1988, Columbia University.
Honors & Awards
Distinguished Research Award, International Association for Structural Safety and Reliability, 2025. Alfred M. Freudenthal Medal, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024. American Society of Civil Engineers, Distinguished Member, 2023. Engineering Mechanics Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Fellow, 2014. Society of Columbia Graduates Great Teacher Award, Columbia University, 2011. Columbia University’s Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching, 2009. Columbia University’s Engineering School Alumni Association Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award, 2003. Princeton University's E-Council Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2001. American Society of Civil Engineers Walter Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize, 1998. International Association for Structural Safety and Reliability Junior Research Prize, 1997. Princeton University's President's Award for Distinguished Teaching, 1995. National Science Foundation Young Investigator Award, 1992.
Education
PhD, 1987, Civil Engineering, Columbia University. MS, 1984, Civil Engineering, Columbia University. Diploma, 1982, Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens.
Professional Affiliations
American Society of Civil Engineers International Association for Structural Safety and Reliability
Research Areas Chemical Reactions and Kinetics Transport Phenomena Chemical Reaction Engineering Electrochemical Engineering Energy Storage and Conversion Technology Nanotechnology Sustainability Advanced Materials Renewable Energy
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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