Medicine & Health

• PhD, Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• BA, Physics, Barnard College

• Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)
• Artificial Intelligence
• Biomedical Informatics

• Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of Computer Science, Columbia University, 2020-present
• Lecturer in the Discipline of Computer Science, Columbia University, 2015-2019
• Associate Research Scientist, Center for Computational Learning Systems (CCLS) Columbia University, 2006-2015
• Adjunct Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University, 2014-2015
• Adjunct Assistant Professor and Researcher, Computer Science Department and Laboratoire d’Informatique Fondamentale d’Orléans (LIFO),  University of Orléans, 2002-2004
• Teaching Assistant, Computer Science Department and Laboratoire d’Informatique Fondamentale d’Orléans (LIFO), University of Orléans, 1999-2002 

• PhD, Computer Science and AI, University of Orléans, France
• Research Masters (DEA), Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, University of Orléans, France
• Engineer degree in Computer Science, USTHB Algiers, Algeria

• Biomedical Engineering Society
• Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
• National Neurotrauma Society
• Guest Associate Editor, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Special Issue: “Impact and Injury Biomechanics”, 2024
• Editorial Board, Journal of Neurotrauma, 2016 –
• Associate Editor, BrainMultiphysics, 2020 –President, International Research Council on Biomechanics of Injury, 2018 –
• Council member, International Research Council on Biomechanics of Injury, 2012 –
• Associate editor, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 2012 –     
• Review editor, Frontiers in Neurotrauma, 2011, 2012
• Associate editor, BMC Neuroscience, 2010 – 2013
• Advisory Board member, Engineering Conferences International, 2006-2013

• Great Teacher Award, Society of Columbia Graduates, Columbia University, New York, NY, 2019
• Elected President of the International Research Council on Biomechanics of Injury, 2018
• Elected Vice President of the International Research Council on Biomechanics of Injury, 2015
• Cover image, Journal of Neurotrauma for Hue, C.D., Cao, S., Haider, S.F., Vo, K. V., Effgen, G.B., Vogel, E.W., Panzer, M.B., Bass, C.R., Meaney, D.F., Morrison III, B., Blood-brain barrier dysfunction after primary blast injury in vitro, J. Neurotrauma, 2013, 30: 1652-1663.
• Keynote speaker, annual meeting of the International Research Council on Biomechanics of Injury, 2009
• Invited speaker, annual National Neurotrauma Symposium, 2010
• Invited speaker, annual National Neurotrauma Symposium, 2006
• The Kim Award for Student-Faculty Involvement, Columbia Engineering, 2006
• John Paul Stapp Best Paper Award in the Stapp Car Crash Journal for 2003
• Richard Skalak Best Paper Award in the Journal of Biomechanical Engineering for 2000
• The S.R. Pollack Award for Excellence in Graduate Bioengineering Research, University of Pennsylvania, 1999
• Biomedical Engineering Society Graduate Student Research Award, 1999
• First Place, National Neurotrauma Society Student Competition, 1999
• Biomedical Engineering Society Travel Award, 1999
• National Neurotrauma Society Travel Award, 1999
• Ashton Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1993-1997

• Vice Dean of Academic Programs, Columbia Engineering, 2024 –
• Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, NY, 2016 –
• Vice Dean of Undergraduate Programs, Columbia Engineering, Columbia University, NY, 2014 – 2024
• Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, NY, 2012 – 2016
• Vice Chair of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, NY, 2012 – 2014
• Associate Professor (untenured) of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, NY, 2008 – 2012
• Director, Neurotrauma and Repair Laboratory, Columbia University, NY, 2004
• Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, NY, 2003 – 2008

• PhD, Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania
• MSE, Bioengineering University of Pennsylvania
• BS, Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University

• Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, 2020 -
• Postdoctoral research associate, Pediatrics, Stanford University, 2015 - 2019
• Postdoctoral research associate, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UC San Diego, Feb 2015 - June 2015
• Engineer, GE India Technology Center, Bangalore, India, Dec 2009 - Aug 2010
• CFD Engineer, Tridiagonal Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Pune, India, Aug 2009 - Dec 2009

• American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• American Physical Society
• American Heart Association

• Theodore von Karman Fellowship, RWTH Aachen University, 2018.
• CHRI Grant & Postdoctoral Fellowship, Stanford University, 2016-2017.
• NSF-sponsored Young Investigator & Travel Award, 5th Engineering Frontiers Conference on Pediatrics and Congenital Heart Disease, Orlando, Florida 2016.
• Gordon L. and Beatrice C. Bowles Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University, 2010.
• IIT Kanpur Academic Excellence Award, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, 2009.
• GE Foundation Scholar-Leader 2008.

• PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
• MTech, Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
• BTech, Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Trichy, India

• Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS)
• Society for Biomaterials (SFB)
• Tissue Engineering International and Regenerative Medicine Society (TERMIS)
• Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)
• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

• Fellow, Biomaterials Science and Engineering (FBSE)
• Provost Leadership Fellow
• Janette and Armen Avanessians Diversity Award
• Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)
• Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)
• Society for Biomaterials Young Investigator Award
• Wallace H. Coulter Foundation Early Faculty Career Award in Translational Research
• Faculty Research Fellowship (Provost diversity initiatives), Columbia University

• Percy K. and Vida L. W. Hudson Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 2020-
• Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 2014-
• Director, Biomaterials and Interface Tissue Engineering Laboratory, Columbia University, 2001-
• SEAS Chair of Tenure & Promotions, Columbia University, 2020-
• Chair of Graduate Studies, Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 2010-15
• Member, FF-SEAS Executive Committee, Columbia University, 2014–2015
• Assistant Professor of Dental and Craniofacial Bioengineering, Columbia University, 2014–2015
• Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 2007–2013
• Associate Professor of Dental and Craniofacial Bioengineering, Columbia University, 2007–2013
• Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 2001–2006

• American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
• Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)
• National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD)
• Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS)
• Society of Women Engineers (SWE)

• Columbia Engineering Alumni Association Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award, 2024
• Duke University Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2022
• Duke University Biomedical Engineering Departmental Service Award, 2021
• Duke University Biomedical Engineering TA of the Year, 2018
• Theo C. Pilkington Memorial Award, 2016

• Undergraduate Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 2024-
• Lecturer in the Discipline of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 2022-

• PhD, Biomedical Engineering, Duke University
• MS, Biomedical Engineering, Duke University
• BSE, Biomedical Engineering, Duke University

• Orthopaedic Research Society
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers

• Van C. Mow Medal (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) 2020
• Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) 2018
• Fellow of International Orthopaedic Research (International Combined Orthopaedic Research Societies - ICORS) 2018
• Fellow of The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) 2017
• Neer Award for Basic Science Research in the Shoulder (American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Society) 2009
• Kappa Delta Young Investigator Award (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons) 2009
• Y.C. Fung Young Investigator Medal (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) 2007
• Neer Award for Basic Science Research in the Shoulder (American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Society) 1999
• Hughston Award for Basic Science Research (American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine) 1999

• Robert E. Carroll and Jane Chace Carroll Professor, Columbia University, 2017-
• Professor of Biomechanics (in Orthopaedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering) (with tenure), Columbia University (New York, NY)
• Vice Chair for Basic Research, Orthopaedic Surgery, Columbia University, 2015-
• Director of Robert Carroll & Jane Chace Carroll Laboratories, Orthopaedic Surgery, Columbia University (New York, NY), 2015-
• Professor of Biomechanics (in Orthopaedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineeri

• PhD, Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan
• MS, Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan
• MS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan
• BS, Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University

• Undergraduate Chair of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 2020 - present
• Professor of Medical Sciences (in Medicine), Columbia University, 2019 - present
• Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 2018 - present
• Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 2012 - 2018
• Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 2003 - 2012

• Biomedical Engineering Society
• Society for Biomaterials
• American Society for Cell Biology

• AIMBE Fellow, 2023
• BMES-SPRBM, Rising Star, 2011

• PhD, Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• MS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa
• BS, Physics, Washington University in St. Louis
• BS, Mechanical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis

• Professor of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, 2017
• Professor of Earth and Environmental Science, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, 2017-
• Member of the graduate faculty in School of Physics and Astronomy (1996-2016), Department of Earth Science (2010-2016), Chemical Physics Program (1996-2016), Scientific Computing Program (1996-2016), University of Minnesota, 1996-2016
• Founding director, Virtual Laboratory for Earth and Planetary Materials, University of Minnesota, 2004
• Professor of Materials Science, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, 2006-2016
• Associate Professor of Materials Science, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, 2001-2006
• Assistant Professor of Materials Science, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, 1994-2001

• American Physical Society
• American Geophysical Union
• Mineralogical Society of America
• American Association for Advancement of Science
• Materials Research Society
• American Academy of Arts and Sciences

• Bridgman Award of the International Association for Advancement of Research in High Pressure Science and Technology (AIRAPT) (2025) (first woman)

• Harry Hess Visiting Professorship at Princeton University, 2024

• President-Elect, President, Past-President, Mineral and Rock Physics Section, American Geophysical Union, 2023 - 2028

• Vice-Chair, Chair-Elect, Chair, Past-Chair, Division of Computational Physics, American Physical Society, 2017 - 2020

•Outstanding Referee for Physical Review B, 2021

• Wilhelm Heraeus Visiting Professorship Award, University of Frankfurt, 2015 - 2016

• Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2013-

• Fellow, American Association for Advancement of Science (Physics), 2012-

• Fellow, Mineralogical Society of America, 2009-

• Fellow, American Geophysical Union, 2008-

• Fellow, American Physical Society, Division of Materials Physics, 2006-

• Alexander von Humboldt Research Award for Senior US Scientists, 2008

• Japan Society for Progress of Science (JSPS), Invitation Fellowship for Research in Japan, 2008

• Member at-large, American Physical Society, Division of Computational Physics, 2000 - 2003

• Fellow (2001-) and Associate Fellow (1997-2001) of Minnesota Supercomputing Institute

• Shell Land-Grant Professor in Chemical Engineering and Material Science, University of Minnesota, 1994 - 1995

• Honorary Research Fellow, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK, 1993 - 1994

• Fellowships from Brazilian agencies:

- São Paulo State Research Foundation, FAPESP (undergraduate, 1978-80), with Sueli Aldrovandi (Astrophysics, Institute for Astronomy and Geophysics, University of São Paulo)

- National Research Council for Nuclear Energy, CNEN (MSc, 1980-82), with José Roberto Leite (Physics, Nuclear Energy Research Institute, University of São Paulo)

- National Research Council, CNPq (PhD, 1983-87) with Marvin L. Cohen (Physics, UC-Berkeley)

250. L. Wei, K.-M. Ho, R. M. Wentzcovitch, Y. Sun, The Fe-Ni phase diagram and the Earth’s inner core structure, Science Advances11, eadu1998. DOI 10.1126/sciadv.adu1998(2025). https://arxiv.org/pdf/2503.21493

247. H. Wang, C. Luo, and R. M. Wentzcovitch, Machine learning potentials for serpentines, J. Geophys. Res. Machine Learning and Computations1, e2024JH000434. DOI: 10.1029/2024JH000434 (2024). https://arxiv.org/pdf/2409.16402

245. Z. Zhuang and R. Wentzcovitch, Fe²⁺ partitioning in Al-free pyrolite: consequences for seismic velocities and heterogeneities, Geophys. Res. Lett.51, e2024GL108967 (2024). DOI: 10.1029/2024GL108967 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2405.11830

243. F. Wu, Y. Sun, T. Wan, S. Wu, and R. M. Wentzcovitch, Deep-learning-based prediction of the tetragonal to cubic transition in davemaoite, Geophys. Res. Lett. 51, e2023GL108012 (2024). DOI: 10.1029/2023GL108012 https://arxiv.org/html/2401.14588v1

239. L. Cobden, J. Zhuang, W. Lei, R. M. Wentzcovitch, J. Trampert, and J. Tromp, Full-waveform tomography reveals iron spin crossover in Earth’s lowermantle, Nature Communications15, 1961 (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46040-1 https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.05476

234. Z. Zhang, Y. Sun, and R. M. Wentzcovitch, PBE-GGA predicts the B8↔B2 phase boundary of FeO under Earth’s core pressures,Proc. Nat. Acad. Sc. USA120, e2304726120 (2023). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2304726120 https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.15052

230. Q. Zhang, C. Gu, J. Zhuang, and R. M. Wentzcovitch, express: extensible, high-level workflows for swifter ab initio materials modeling, Comp. Phys. Comm., 108515 (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.cpc.2022.108515 https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.11724

229 J. Liu, Y. Sun, C. Lv, F. Zhang, S. Fu, V. B. Prakapenka, C.-Z. Wang, K.-M. Ho, J.-F. Lin, R. M. Wentzcovitch, Iron-rich Fe-O compounds at Earth's core pressures, The Innovation 4, 100354, (2023).  DOI: 10.1016/J.XINN.2022.100354 https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.00524

219. Y. Sun, F. Zhang, M. Y. Mendelev, R. M. Wentzcovitch, K.-M. Ho, Two-step nucleation of the Earth's inner core, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 119, e2113059199, (2022). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2113059119 https://arxiv.org/abs/2105.07296

218. Z. Zhang, D.-B. Zhang, K. Onga, K. Ohta, K. Hirose, R. M. Wentzcovitch, Thermal conductivity of cubic CaSiO₃–perovskite at lower mantle conditions, Phys. Rev. B104, 184101, (2021).DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.104.184101 https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.08289s

216. G. Shephard, C. Houser, J. Hernlund, J. Valencia-Cardona, R. Tronne, and R. M. Wentzcovitch, Seismic detection of the iron spin transition in Earth's lower mantle, Nature Communications 12, 5905 (2021). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-26115-z https://eartharxiv.org/repository/view/133/

215. C. Luo, X. Deng, W. Wang, G. Shukla, Z. Wu, and R. M. Wentzcovitch, cij: a Python code for quasiharmonic thermoelasticity, Comp. Phys. Comm. 267, 108067 (2021). DOI: 10.1016/j.cpc.2021.108067 https://arxiv.org/abs/2101.12596

214. K. Umemoto and R. M. Wentzcovitch, Ab initio prediction of an order-disorder transition in Mg₂GeO₄: implication for the nature of Super-Earth's mantles, Phys.Rev. Materials5, 093604 (2021). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.5.093604 http://arxiv.org/abs/2012.08056

207. M. Marcondes, F. Zhang, and R. M. Wentzcovitch, Phonons in (Mg,Fe)O ferropericlase throughout the iron spin crossover, Phys. Rev. B102, 104112 (2020). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.102.104112 https://arxiv.org/abs/2003.12348

205. W. Wang, Y. Xu, D. Sun, S. Ni, R. M. Wentzcovitch, and Z. Wu, Velocity and density characteristics of subducted oceanic crust and the origin of seismic heterogeneities in the lower mantle, Nature Communications 11, 1-7 (2020). DOI:10.1038/s41467-019-13720-2

• Associate professor of mechanical engineering (with tenure), Columbia University, 2010-
• Associate professor of mechanical engineering (without tenure), Columbia University, 2005–2010
• Assistant professor of mechanical engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 2000–2005
• Assistant professor of biomedical engineering (by courtesy), Carnegie Mellon University, 2003–2005

• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

• Professor, Columbia University, New York, July 2022 – present
• Technical Fellow, Morgan Stanley, New York, January 2019 – April 2022
• Managing Director, Division of Technology and Data, Morgan Stanley, New York, January 2014 – April 2022
• Visiting Professor, Columbia University, New York, January 2014 – July 2022
• Visiting Professor in the Computer Lab and Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge University, Spring 2012
• Visiting Professor in the Computer Science Department, Princeton University, Fall 2011
• The College of Engineering Chair Professor in Computer Science, Department of Computer Science, Texas A&M University, October 2002 – January 2014
• Department Head, AT&T Laboratories – Research, Florham Park, New Jersey, July 1995 – October 2002
• Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, June 1987 – July 1995
• Member of Technical Staff, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, March 1979 – June 1987

• Member, U.S. National Academy of Engineering
• Fellow, ACM
• Fellow, IEEE
• Fellow, Computer History Museum

• 2019 Honorary doctor of University Carlos III in Madrid, Spain
• 2018 The John Scott Legacy Medal and Premium from The Franklin Institute and the City Council of Philadelphia
• 2018 The Computer Pioneer Award from The IEEE Computer Society
• 2018 The Charles Stark Draper Prize from The US National Academy of Engineering
• 2017 The Faraday Medal from the IET (Institute of Engineering Technology)
• 2015 Fellow of the Computer History Museum
• 2015 The Dahl-Nygaard senior prize from The European Organization for Object-Oriented Technologies
• 2010 The University of Aarhus's Rigmor og Carl Holst-Knudsens Videnskapspris
• 2008 Dr. Dobb's Excellence in Programming award
• 2005 The William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement from Sigma Xi (the scientific research society)
• 2005 Fellow of the IEEE
• 1993 Fellow of the ACM

• PhD, Computer Science, Cambridge University
• Cand. Scient., Mathematics with Computer Science, Aarhus University

• Professor of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, 2003-
• Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, 1994–2003
• Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, 1988–1994
• British Petroleum Company, Sunbury-on-Thames, 1977-1980

• Biophysical Society
• American Society of Cell Biology