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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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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
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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
Research Areas Atmospheric, Ocean, and Earth Physics Climate Modeling and Prediction Climate Risk Analytics
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Professional Experience
Professor of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics and Earth and Environmental Science, Columbia University, 2010- Associate Professor of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics and Earth and Environmental Science, Columbia University, 2003–2010 Assistant professor of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics and Earth and Environmental Science, Columbia University, 2000–2003
Honors & Awards
AMS Louis J. Battan Author’s Award for Storm Surge, 2016 AGU (Atmospheric Sciences Section) Ascent Award, 2014 Atmospheric Science Librarians International Choice Award (Popular Category) for Storm Surge (see publications), 2014 AXA Award from the AXA Research Fund, 2013 AMS Clarence Leroy Meisinger Award, 2010 Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Award for Excellence in Mentoring, 2010 AMS Editor’s award for Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 2009 NASA New Investigator Award, 2001 Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering, 2000
Professional Affiliations
American Meteorological Society American Geophysical Union
Research Areas Analog Devices Communications Electromagnetics Embedded Systems Integrated Circuits and Systems Memory and Storage Nanoelectronics Photonics Bioelectronics Sensor Systems Wearable Electronics (Technology) Robotics and Automation Displays
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Professional Experience
Kenneth Brayer Professor of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University 2020-present Professor of Electrical engineering, Columbia University 2018-2020 Associate Professor of Electrical engineering, Columbia University, 2011-2018 Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, 2006–2011
Professional Affiliations
IEEE Society for Information Display (SID) SPIE Materials Research Society (MRS) Optica
Honors & Awards
Architizer A+ Award Verizon Powerful Answers Popular Science, Invention of the Year Interdigital Innovation Challenge MIT/USDOE Clean Energy Prize Ocean Optics Blue Ocean Award Kim Award for Undergraduate Involvement Vodaphone Americas Foundation Wireless Innovation Award NSF CAREER award IVMC Shoulders Gray Spindt award IEEE EDS Paul Rappaport Award Fellow, Optica Fellow, SID Fellow, IEEE
Education
PhD, Electrical Engineering, MIT MEng, Electrical Engineering, MIT SB, Electrical Engineering, MIT
Research Areas Power Systems Smart Electric Energy (Smart Grids) Quantum Computing Renewable Energy Optimization Risk Management Energy & Power Large-scale Optimization Urban Logistics
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Professional Experience
Professor of applied mathematics and applied physics, Columbia University, 2008- Full professor of industrial engineering and operations research, Columbia University, 1995- Associate professor of industrial engineering and operations research, Columbia University, 1989-1990 (tenured 1991) Assistant professor of industrial engineering and operations research, Columbia University, 1989–1990 Scientist, combinatorics and optimization research, Bellcore, 1986-1989 Assistant professor, Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie Mellon University, 1985-1986
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Honors & Awards
Khachiyan Prize, 2022 INFORMS Fellow, 2013 Plenary speaker, 2005 SIAM Optimization Conference, semi-plenary speaker, ISMP 2006 Presidential Young Investigator Award, 1990
Education
PhD, Operations Research, MIT, 1985 BA, Mathematics, Brandeis University, 1982
Professional Experience
Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Irvine, 2018 – 2023 NRC Postdoctoral Research Associate, US Environmental Protection Agency, NHEERL/AED, Narragansett, RI, 2016 – 2018 Postdoctoral Scholar, UC Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology, UC Santa Barbara, 2015 – 2016
Professional Affiliations
American Chemical Society (ACS) American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization (SNO)
Honors & Awards
Agilent Early Career Professor Award (AECPA), 2024 C&EN’s 2022 Talented 12 Award, 2022 Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization (SNO) Emerging Investigator Award, 2022 Hellman Fellowship Award, 2021
Research Areas Design and Manufacturing Fluid Mechanics Manufacturing & Fabrication Materials Science and Engineering Mechanics Micro/Nanotechnology (MEMS) Robotics and Control Systems 2D materials Additive Manufacturing Biological modeling Biomechanics Human-Centered Design Mechanobiology Micro and Nanoscale Engineering
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Professional Experience
Chair of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, 2014– Professor of Mechanical Engineering and of Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery, Columbia University, 2017– Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, 2011–2016 Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, 2006–2011 Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, 2001–2005
Professional Affiliations
American Society of Mechanical Engineers Materials Research Society Society of Experimental Mechanics American Chemical Society The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society
Honors & Awards
William E. Hitselberger Memorial Lectureship from The American Neurotology Society, 2015 International Journal of Plasticity Young Research Award, 2012 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, 2006 Department of Energy Early Career Scientist and Engineer Award, 2006 Frontiers of Engineering Program at National Academy of Engineering, 2003 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award, 2001
Research Areas Integrated Computational Materials Engineering
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Honors & Awards
NSF CAREER Award, 2022 AIAA SciTech ICME Award, 2022 2021 ASC/DEStech Young Composites Researcher Award, 2021 UMass Lowell Award for Faculty Mentoring Faculty, 2020 AIAA SciTech ICME Award, 2020 AFOSR YIP Award, 22020 University of Massachusetts Lowell Teaching Excellence Award, 2017 Top three “Aldo Muggia Best Thesis Award”, 2012 Italian Engineering Licence (Aerospace Engineering, December 2011 Student Ambassador at G8 University Summit in Turin, May 2009
Research Experience
Postdoctoral Research Associate, William E. Boeing Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, University of Washington, Seattle (WA) Postdoctoral Research Associate, Aerospace Engineering Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (MI)
Professional Experience
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell (MA)
Professional Affiliations
American Society for Composites Conference Chair, Boston 2023 AIAA SciTech 2021-2023 Materials TC Deputy Rep, AIAA SciTech 2023 Materials TC Deputy Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures (MAMS), since April 2023 Editorial Board Member of the International for Multiscale Compurational Engineering, since September 2017 Member of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Materials Technical Committee, since January 2017