Sustainability & Climate

Additional Information

  • Research Experience
    • Postdoctoral fellow, MIT (2011-2013)
    • Postdoctoral fellow, Santa Fe Institute (2014-2015)
  • Professional Experience
    • Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University (2022 – present)
    • Principal Investigator, ETH Future Cities Laboratory, Singapore (2016-2022)
    • Assistant Professor (adjunct), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (2016-2022)
    • Senior Research Associate, University of Bern, Switzerland (2021-2022)

     

  • Honors & Awards
    • Finalist, Science Breakthrough of the Year, Falling Walls Berlin, Germany (2021)
    • Winner, Data for Development (D4D) Challenge, MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, USA (2015)

     

Research Areas

  • Carbon Management, Capture, Storage, Utilization, and Conversion
  • Energy, Mineral, and Materials
  • Water Chemistry
  • Energy Storage
  • Environmental Separations
  • Sustainable Energy Systems
     

Research Areas

  • Energy Storage and Conversion
  • Batteries and Fuel Cells
  • Electronic Structure of Materials
  • Materials Genomics
  • Machine Learning

Additional Information

  • Professional Experience
    • Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, 2025–
    • Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, 2019–2025
    • Independent Research Fellow, School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, 2018
  • Education
    • PhD (Dr. rer. nat.), Chemistry, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg
    • MSc and BSc, Chemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum
  • Honors & Awards
    • 2024, NSF CAREER Award

Research Areas

  • Electrochemical Engineering
  • Energy Storage and Conversion Technology
  • Sustainability
  • Renewable Energy
  • Professional Experience
    • Chair of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, 2005-2010; 2016–2019
    • Samuel Ruben–Peter G. Viele Professor of Electrochemistry, Columbia University, 2008–
    • Professor of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, 2002-
    • Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University, 2016-
    • Associate Professor of Chemical Eengineering, Columbia University, 1995–2002
    • Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, 1992–1995
  • Professional Affiliations
    • Electrochemical Society (ECS)
    • American Institute of Chemical Engineers
  • Honors & Awards
    • Fellow, Electrochemical Society, 2016
    • Electrodeposition Research Award, ECS, 2014