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Sustainability & Climate
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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Professional Experience
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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Professional Experience
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
Research Areas Energy, Mineral, and Materials Environmental Separation Science and Technology Particle Technology for Environmental Applications Sustainable Production of Earth Mineral and Metal Resources Water Chemistry Sustainable Materials Sustainable Resource Recovery (Sustainable Mining) Sustainable Water Surface & Colloid Chemistry Interfacial Engineering
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Professional Experience
Professor of Professional Practice, Columbia University, 2020-present Senior Research Fellow, Solvay (Cytec Industries), 2010-2020 Research Fellow, Kemira, 2006-2010 Research Fellow, Cytec Industries (American Cyanamid), 1981-2006 Coastal Engineer, Nearshore Environment Research Center (Tokyo, Japan), 1980 Chemist, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories, 1979-1980 Postdoc, University of California – Berkeley, 1976-1978
Professional Affiliations
Co-Founder and Organizing Committee Member of International Symposium on Polyelectrolytes (1993-present) American Chemical Society (Colloid & Polymer Divisions); Session organizer for 1991, 1993, 1996, 2003 Co-chair for 13th ICSCS and 83rd Colloid and Surface Science Symposium (Columbia University) 2009 Ion-Containing Polymers Gordon Conferences: 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001 (chair), 2003 (session chair) Intertech Conference on Coagulants and Flocculants Chairman 2005 Editorial Boards: Encyclopedia of Colloid and Surface Science (current) and Langmuir (past) Frequent reviewer for: Minerals Engineering, Minerals, International Journal of Mineral Processing, Colloids and Surfaces A American Physical Society (Society of Rheology) IACIS (International Association of Colloid and Interface Scientists) SME (Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration) Sigma Xi United States Aikido Federation; member Board of Directors
Honors & Awards
Solvay Fellow, 2016 – 2020 Shihan and 7th dan in Aikido, 2013 US Aikido Federation Board of Directors, 2017 Cytec Industries Circle of Excellence Award, 2005 NSF NATO ASI Fellowship, 1975
Education
Postdoc, Biophysics, University of California - Berkeley PhD, Physical Chemistry, University of Massachusetts - Amherst BS, Chemistry, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Research Areas Energy Systems Fluid Mechanics Heat Transfer Energy Harvesting (Conversion) and Storage
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Professional Experience
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University (2020-present) Affiliated Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University (2020-present) Affiliated Member of the Data Science Institute, Columbia University (2020-present) Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University (2014-2020) Affiliated Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University (2014-2020) Affiliated Member of the Data Science Institute, Columbia University (2014-2020)
Professional Affiliations
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) American Chemical Society (ACS)
Honors & Awards
Invited Headline Speaker for the Faraday Discussion on Unimolecular Reactions (2022) Hiroshi Tsuji Early Career Researcher Award from the Combustion Institute (2021) National Science Foundation CAREER Award (2020) Research Excellence Award from the Combustion Institute (2020) Doctoral New Investigator Award from the American Chemical Society PRF (2016-2018) Director’s Postdoctoral Fellowship at Argonne National Laboratory (2011-2013) Wallace Memorial Fellowship (2009-2010) Princeton Energy and Climate Scholars Fellowship (2008-2010)
Education
PhD, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University BS, Mechanical Engineering, Pennsylvania State 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
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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
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Professional Experience
Professor, Columbia University, 2007- Visiting Associate Professor, Harvard University, January-June 2006 Associate Professor, Columbia University, 2000 – 2007 Assistant Professor, Columbia University, 1998-1999 Visiting Assistant Professor, Research Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, University of Delaware, 1994 – 1998
Professional Affiliations
Editor-In-Chief: Transportation Infrastructure Geotechnology (2013-, with Jonathan Wu) Associate Editor, ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmnetal Engineering (2011-) Member of Editorial Board, Journal of Earthquake and Tsunami (2006-) Member of Editorial Board, Journal of Geoengineering, Taiwan Geotechnical Society (2011-) Geosynthetics Committee, Geo-Institute, American Society of Civil Engineers (1998-) Poromechanics Committee, Engineering Mechanics Institute, ASCE (2002-) Secretary, ASCE Met Section Engineering Mechanics Committee (2011-) Public Relation Committee, International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (2011-) Technical Committee 101, ISSMGE-Laboratory Stress Strength Testing of Geomaterials (2011-) Technical Committee 305, ISSMGE-Geotechnical Infrastructure for Megacities and New Capitals (2014-) Committee of Inelastic Behavior, Engineering Mechanics Institute, ASCE (2002-) Member, American Society of Civil Engineers, ASCE (ID No. 289040) Member, International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering Member, International Geosynthetics Society (membership #8856)
Honors and Awards
IGS Award, Highest Award from International Geosynthetics Society, Berlin, Germany, 2014 Career Award, National Science Foundation, 2001-2006 L.N. Gumilyov Honorary Medal, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Astana, Kazakhstan, 2015 Best Paper Award (with Toshinori Kawabata), Transportation Infrastructure Geotechnology, 2016 Best Paper Award (with Dov Leshchinsky), Transportation Infrastructure Geotechnology, 2014 Honorary Professor, Shijiazhuang Tiedao University, Shijiazhuang, China, 2014 Aitalyev Medal, Kazakhstan Geotechnical Society, 2013 Best Paper Award (one of top 3 papers), Geotextiles and Geomembranes, Official Journal of International Geosynthetics Society, 2011
Education
PhD, Civil Engineering, University of Tokyo MS, Civil Engineering, University of Tokyo BS, Civil Engineering, Kyoto University
Research Areas Power Electronics Motor Drives Battery Systems Energy Storage Control Systems Electromagnetics Embedded Systems Power Systems Smart Electric Energy (Smart Grids) Electric Vehicles Energy Efficiency and Conservation Technology Renewable Energy Robotics and Automation
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Professional Experience
Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, 2016– Sessional Professor, Computer and Electrical Engineering, McMaster University, Canada, 2015 R&D Engineer in Power Electronics and Drives, Electrical Engineering Group, Leitwind AG, Sterzing, Italy, 2010 - 2012
Honors & Awards
CAREER Award NSF, 2017 Career Award, Futura Foundation, Italy, 2016 PhD Fellowship, University of Padua, 2012 – 2013 Postgraduate Fellowship, Bozen, Italy, 2011 Prize for Outstanding Achievements During Academic Studies, Bozen, Italy, 2011 Best Presentation Award, Conference for MSc Energy Students (CES), Aalborg University, Denmark, 2009 Merit Scholarship for Graduate Students, Bozen, Italy, 2009 – 2010 Merit Scholarship for Undergraduate Students, Bozen, Italy, 2007, 2008
Professional Affiliations
Research Areas Nano/Microscale Multiphase and Reactive Flows in Porous Media Geologic and Engineered Carbon Storage and Mineralization Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) Sustainable Resource Production - in situ critical mineral recovery and lower-carbon hydrocarbon recovery Other Subsurface Sustainable Energy & Water Applications: enhanced weathering, hydrogeology, aquifer remediation, hydrogen storage, deep nuclear waste storage, etc.
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Professional Affiliations
American Geophysical Union (AGU) Interpore - International Society for Porous Media American Chemical Society (ACS), Energy & Fuels Division Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA)
Honors & Awards
Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award (DFTA), Columbia Engineering Alumni Association's (CEAA), May 2024. 2024 Medal of Merit for Best Paper Related to Canadian Petroleum Geology, the Canadian Energy Geoscience Association (GEGA), (co-authors/co-awardees: Watt, E. A., Laycock, D. P., Michael, E., Tobin, R. C., Kelly, S., Johnston, M. N). Awardee, Carbontech Development Initiative - New Directions, 2024 (co-PI: Shiho Kawashima). Young Professional Technical Award, Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA), 2023. Awardee, Columbia University Qiu Zhong Wei Research Projects, 2023 (co-PIs: D.R. Nagaraj, Raymond Farinato). Awardee, Columbia University SEAS Interdisciplinary Research Seed (SIRS) Funding, 2023 (co-PIs: Peter Kelemen, Marc Spiegelman). Awardee, American Chemical Society (ACS) Petroleum Research Fund, PRF# 66777-DNI9, July 2023. Awardee, Columbia Climate School Seed Funding, 2023 (co-PI: Peter Kelemen). Awardee, Provost’s Grants Program for Junior Faculty who Contribute to the Diversity Goals of the University, 2023. Nominee, J&J WiSTEM2D program - Engineering Track, 2023.
Professional Experience
Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University, 2022- Assistant Director, Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy, Columbia University Climate School, 2023- Senior Geoscience Engineer, AquaNRG Consulting Inc. (Houston, TX), 2021-2022 Senior Petrophysicist (Geoscience), ConocoPhillips Company (Houston, TX), 2018-2021 Petrophysicist (Geoscience), ConocoPhillips Company (Houston, TX), 2016-2018
Education
PhD, Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin MS, Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin BS, Environmental Engineering, University of Florida