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Materials, Sensors & Devices
Research Areas Materials for Energy Materials for Environmental Applications Materials Synthesis and Processing Nanomaterials Biomaterials SiGe BiCom Misfit Dislocation Avoidance Ceramic Superconductors Grain Boundaries and Interfaces
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Professional Affiliations
American Ceramic Society American Chemical Society ASM International Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST) Materials Research Society The Minerals, Metals, Materials Society (TMS) American Physical Society Society of Women Engineers International Committee of Diffraction Data
Honors & Awards
Fellow of American Physical Society, 2018 Avanessians Diversity Award, 2012 BASF Catalysis Research Award, 2008-2011 American Ceramic Society Fellow, 2008 Advance Fellow: National Science Foundation/Univ. of Washington, 2004 Tan Chin Tuan Fellow, 2004 Guggenheim Fellow, 2003 IBM Faculty Award, 1998 Outstanding Woman Scientist Award, 1997 Presidential Faculty Fellow from the White House and the National Science Foundation, 1993 Very Important Parent: Luther Lee Emerson School in Demarest, NJ, 1992 DuPont Faculty Award, 1991, 1992 Sigma Xi, 1982 Tau Beta Pi, 1979 Columbia Univ. SEAS Francis B.F. Rhodes Prize 1980
Professional Experience
Professor of materials science and engineering in the Department of Applied Physics and Mathematics, Columbia Engineering, 2002 – Co-chair of the Solid State Program, Columbia Engineering, 2001 –2005 Executive committee member and outreach director, Materials Research Science & Engineering Center, 1998-2009 Associate professor of applied physics and applied mathematics, Columbia Engineering, 1998 – 2000 Co-chair of Materials Science and Engineering Program and Committee, Columbia Engineering, till 1999 Associate professor of chemical engineering and materials, 1993 – 1998 Associate professor of metallurgy and materiais, 1990 – 1993 Visiting professor of materials, as Tan Fellow, Nanyang Technological Univ. (Singapore), 2004 Visiting professor of materials science and engineering, as National Science Foundation 2004 Advanced Fellow, University of Washington. Visiting professor of physics, Guggenheim Fellow, University of California San Diego, 2004 Visiting scientist, IBM Watson Research Lab, 1999 Visiting scientist, Bitter Magnet Lab, 1993 – 1996 Member of technical staff, Superconductors, and Surface Modifications to solve the last-mile-problem, Bell-Labs & Bellcore, Murray Hill, NJ, 1985-1990
Education
ScD, Materials Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology BS, Metallurgy and Materials Science, Columbia Unversity
Research Areas Fluid Mechanics Mechanics Biological Modeling Biomechanics Mechanobiology Soft Tissue Engineering Computational Fluid Dynamics Computational Modeling Computational Sciences
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Professional Experience
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
Professional Affiliations
American Society of Mechanical Engineers American Physical Society American Heart Association
Honors & Awards
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.
Education
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University MTech, Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India BTech, Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Trichy, India
Research Areas Interface Tissue Engineering and Engineering Complex Tissues Multi-Functional and Inductive Biomaterial Design for Guiding Stem Cell Differentiation Biomimetic Models to Elucidate Cell-Material Interactions Mechanism of Biomineralization Orthopaedic and Dental Biomaterials
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Professional Affiliations
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)
Honors & Awards
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
Professional Experience
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
Research Areas Computational Science and Engineering Advanced Materials
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The Carleton Professor of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University, 2011- Chair, Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University, 2020-2023 Director, Multiscale Science and Engineering Center at Columbia University, 2011- Founder and President, Multiscale Design Systems, LLC., 2007-15 Director, Multiscale Science and Engineering Center at RPI, 2006-10 The Redfern Professor of Engineering, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering (MANE) and Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), RPI., 2006-10 Professor, (MANE) and (CEE), RPI. 1198-2010 Visiting Chair Professor, Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan, France, 2001 Associate Professor, CEE and MANE (joint), RPI., 1994-98 Research Engineer, Methods Development Group, Aircraft Industries, Israel, 1984-86 Structural Engineer, Civil Engineering Consulting, Inc., Tel-Aviv, Israel., 1982-84
Professional Affiliations
Editor-in-Chief, International Journal Multiscale Computational Engineering, 2002- Editor, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Eng., 2008- Area Editor, Thermopedia, 2008- Editorial Board Member, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Eng., 2001- Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Computational Eng. Science, 2003- Editorial Board Member, Computer Methods in Applied Mech. and Eng., 2005- Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Computational Methods, 2005- Vice President, International Association for Computational Mechanics, 2018- Past President, U.S. Association for Computational Mechanics, 2002 – 2006
Honors & Awards
John von Neumann Medal, US Association for Computational Mechanics, 2021. Grand Prize, Japan Society for Computational Engineering and Science, 2019. Computational Mechanics Award, International Association for Comp. Mechanics, 2010. Fellow, American Academy of Mechanics, 2007. Ted Belytschko Medal, US Association for Computational Mechanics, 2005. Rensselaer School of Engineering Research Award, 2003. Fellow, International Association for Computational Mechanics, 2001. Fellow, US Association for Computational Mechanics, 2000. Best Paper Award, ASME, International Computers in Engineering Conf., 1995. Best Paper Award, AIAA/SDM Conference, 1993. Young Investigator Award, National Science Foundation Presidential, 1992.
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 Chemical Reactions and Kinetics Chemical Reaction Engineering Electrochemical Engineering Energy Storage and Conversion Technology Sustainability Renewable Energy
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Professional Experience
Thayer Lindsley Professor of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, 2012 – Senior Chemist, Joint Appointment at Chemistry Department, Brookhaven National Lab, 2012 – Claire D. LeClaire Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware, 2008 – 2012 Co-Director, Energy Frontier Research Center on Biomass Conversion, 2009 – 2012 Interim Director, University of Delaware Energy Institute, 2008 – 2010 Director, Center for Catalytic Science and Technology (CCST), 2000 – 2007 Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware, 2002 – 2007 Professor of Materials Science and Engineering (courtesy appointment), 2002 – 2005 Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware, 1998 – 2001 Spokesperson for Exxon U1A Beamline at Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1994 – 1998 Staff Scientist, Exxon Corporate Research Laboratory, Annandale, New Jersey, 1990 – 1998
Professional Affiliations
President, North American Catalysis Society (2017 – Present) Member, DOE Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (BESAC) (2017 – 2018) Chair, Catalysis Division of American Chemical Society, 2014 – 2015 Co-Founder and Team Leader, Synchrotron Catalysis Consortium for DOE, 2005 – Present Member, Council for DOE/BES Chemical and Biochemical Sciences, 2012 – 2016 Director-at-Large, North American Catalysis Society, 2005 – 2017 Director-at-Large, Catalysis Division of American Chemical Society, 2008 – 2012 Executive Committee, Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Division of AIChE, 2010 – 2012 Executive Committee, Surface Science Division of American Vacuum Society, 2008 – 2010 Advisory Board, Photon Sciences Division of BNL, 2013 – 2016 Advisory Board, DOE Center for Functional Nanomaterials, 2007 – 2011 Advisory Board, DOE Energy Frontier Research Center at LSU, 2009 – 2011 Catalysis Secretariat, American Chemical Society, 2006 – 2007 Elected Chair, Philadelphia Catalysis Club, 2004 Elected Chair, Gordon Research Conference on Catalysis, 2002
Honors & Awards
Elected Member, National Academy of Engineering (2024) Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry (2023) Fellow, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) (2021) Robert H. Wilhelm Award in Chemical Reaction Engineering, AIChE (2020) R.B. Anderson Award, Canadian Catalysis Division, 2019 Robert Burwell Lectureship in Catalysis, North American Catalysis Society (2017) George Olah Award in Hydrocarbon Chemistry, American Chemical Society, 2015 Fellow, American Chemical Society, 2013 Herman Pines Award in Catalysis, Chicago Catalysis Club, 2011 Excellence in Undergraduate Advising and Mentoring, University of Delaware, 2011 Excellence in Catalysis Award, New York Catalysis Society, 2008 Fellow, American Vacuum Society, 2008 Engineer, Delaware Chapter of Tau Beta Pi, 2007 Catalysis Award of Philadelphia Catalysis Club, 2004 Alexander von Humboldt Fellow (Germany), 1988 – 1989 Leybold-Heraeus Award (Leybold-Heraeus Corporation), 1987 Russell and Siguard Varian Fellow (American Vacuum Society), 1986 Graduate Student Award (American Vacuum Society Conference), 1986 Andrew W. Mellon Predoctoral Fellow (University of Pittsburgh), 1985 – 1987 USA-China Chemistry Graduate Program Fellowship, 1982 – 1984
Education
PhD, Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh BS, Chemistry, Nanjing University
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Professional Experience
Assistant Professor of Applied Physics, Columbia University, 2024- Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Department of Physics, Columbia University, 2021-2023
Honors & Awards
Moore Fellow in Materials Synthesis, 2024- Junior Fellow, Simons Society of Fellows, 2021-2023
Education
PhD, Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology BS, Applied Sciences and Engineering, Rutgers University
Research Areas Cell & Tissue Engineering Genomics and Computational Modeling Personalized Medicine and Patient-Specific Modeling
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Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 2022- Herbert & Florence Irving Assistant Professor of Cancer Data Research, Irving Institute for Cancer Dynamics, 2022- Wallenberg Academy Fellow at Uppsala University, 2022- Wallenberg Fellow, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, 2017 - 2022 Visiting Scientist, New York Genome Center, 2017 – 2022 Visiting Scientist, MIT, 2017 – 2022 Postdoctoral Fellow, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm, 2017 - 2017 Graduate Fellow, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm, 2012 - 2017 Research engineer, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 2011 - 2012
Professional Affiliations
Wallenberg Academy Fellow with the Royal Academy of Sciences and Royal Academy of Engineering
Honors & Awards
Wallenberg Academy Fellow, 2022- Wallenberg Fellow for distinguished young Swedish researchers to the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, 2017-2022 Fellow, SciLifeLab, 2023- Invited lecture, American Association for Cancer Research, 2024 Invited lecture, Max Plank Society, Max Plank Institute for Molecular Genetics, 2024 Invited lecture, Advances in Genome Biology and Technology, AGBT Genome Partnership, 2023 Invited lecture, Allen Institute for Brain Research, Annual Cell Symposia, 2022 Invited lecture, Human Cell Atlas Technology working group, 2022 Invited lecture, International Society for Stem Cell Research, 2022 Invited lecture, Advances in Genome Biology and Technology, AGBT Genome Partnership, 2021 Invited lecture, American Association for Cancer Research, 2021 Klarman Cell Observatory symposia, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, 2020 Invited lecture, Advances in Genome Biology and Technology, AGBT Genome Partnership, 2020 Invited lecture, Advances in Genome Biology and Technology, AGBT Genome Partnership, 2020 Young Investigator Grant, Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, 2014 - 2019 Invited lecture, Human Cell Atlas, HCA, 2019 Invited lecture, Advances in Genome Biology and Technology, AGBT Genome Partnership, 2019 Invited lecture, Advances in Genome Biology and Technology, 2018 Invited lecture, Klarman Cell Observatory symposia, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, 2018 Invited presentation to Broad Institute Board of Scientific Counselors, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, 2018 Invited presentation to Klarman Cell Observatory Board of Scientific Counselors, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, 2018 Invited lecture, Human Cell Atlas, 2017 Selected talk, Molecular Tri-Conference, 2015 Shanghai Jiao Tong University Summer School scholarship, SJTU, 2014
Education
PhD, Gene Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology MSc, Molecular Biomedicine, KTH Royal Institute of Technology BSc, Biotechnology, University of Zagreb
Research Areas Solid Mechanics Dynamic Behavior of Structures Mechanics of Advanced Materials Soft Materials Mechanics
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Professional Experience
Associate Professor, Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University, NewYork, NY (01/2022 – present) Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of SouthCarolina, Columbia, SC (8/2017 – 01/2022) Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (8/2011 - 8/2017)
Research Experience
Summer Visiting Researcher, Sandia National Laboratory (May 21 – June 14, 2012) Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Graduate Aerospace Laboratories, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (2009 - 2011)
Professional Affiliations
Associate Editor: Mechanics of Materials (Jan 2022 -present) Member: Society of Experimental Mechanics (SEM), (2007-present) Member: American Society of Composites (ASC) (2011-present) Member: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) (2011-present)
Honors and Awards
Carnegie Africa Diaspora Fellow, June 2022-August 2023 Fulbright U.S. Scholar, Addis Ababa Institute of Technology, Ethiopia 2019/2020 The Peterson Award, SEM’s Best Paper Award for the Journal of Dynamic Behavior of Materials, SEM, 2018 The James W. Dally Young Investigator Award, the Society for Experimental Mechanics, 2018. 2018 Breakthrough Star, Office of the Vice President for Research, University of South Carolina, 2018 Young Investigator Research Award, College of Engineering and Computing, the University of South Carolina, 2017 ORR Early Career Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Materials Division, 2016 Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) Award, U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), 2014 Haythornthwaite Research Initiation Grants, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Applied Mechanics Division, 2013
Research Areas Soft Matter Advanced Materials Nanotechnology Advanced Materials Materials Characterization Materials Design and Engineering Materials Synthesis and Processing Nanomaterials Advanced Manufacturing Biocompatible Materials Bioinductive Materials Biomimetic Materials Functional and Responsive Materials Nanomaterials (Nanotechnology) Biomaterials
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Professional Experience
Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, 2016– Professor, Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, 2016– Group leader for Soft and Bionanomaterials, Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 2008- Staff Scientist, Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 2004–2016
Professional Affiliations
American Physical Society Material Research Society
Honors & Awards
Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellow, 2024 Battelle Inventor of the Year, 2016 Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society 2014 BNL Science and Technology Award for Outstanding Achievements 2011 Gordon Battelle Prize for Scientific Discovery, 2010 Department of Energy Outstanding Mentor Award, 2009 Rothschild Foundation Distinguished Fellowship, 2000 Wolf Foundation Scholarship for outstanding PhD research, 1997
Education
Rothschild Postdoctoral Fellow, Applied Physics, Harvard University PhD, Physics, Bar-Ilan University MS, Physics, Bar-Ilan University
Research Areas Atomic, Molecular, and Optical (AMO) Physics Photonics and Optics Quantum Information Science Quantum Materials Communications Electromagnetics Photonics Signal Processing Energy Efficiency and Conservation Technology Quantum Communications Quantum Computing
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Professional Experience
David M. Rickey Professor of Applied Physics and Materials Science, Columbia University, 2015 – Samuel B. Eckert Professor of Engineering, School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, 2013 – 2015 Founding Editor-in-Chief, Optica, Optical Society of America, 2013 – Director, School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, 2011 – 2014 Co-founded PicoLuz, Inc. (with Michal Lipson and Alex Cable), 2010 Director, NSF Center for Nanoscale Systems in Information Technologies, Cornell University, 2007-2012 Associate Director, School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, 2006 – 2007 Editorial Board, Laser Physics Letters, 2005 - 2009 Editorial Board, New Journal of Physics, 2005 - 2008 Professor, School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, 2004 – 2013 Director of Graduate Studies, School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, 1999 – 2004 Associate Professor, School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, 1998 – 2004 Assistant Professor, School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, 1992 – 1998
Professional Affiliations
Member, Long-Term Publications Group, Optical Society of America, 2010-2012 Director-at-Large, Board of Directors, Optical Society of America, 2008-2010 I. Rabi Prize Committee of the American Physical Society, 2007-2010 Member, Strategic Planning Committee, Optical Society of America, 2006-2008 Chair, Science and Engineering Council Optical Society of America, 2004-2006 Executive Committee, Member-at-Large, Division of Laser Science, American Physical Society, 2004-2005 Chair, Division of Quantum Electronics, Optical Society of America, term 2000-2002
Honors & Awards
Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science, 2026 Stephen D. Fantone Distinguished Service Award, Optica, 2023 Highly Cited Researcher for 2019 Charles H. Townes Award, Optical Society of America, 2019 Fellow of the IEEE Fellow of the American Physical Society Fellow of the Optical Society of America College of Engineering Teaching Award, 1997, 2000, 2003, and 2007 Army Research Office Young Investigator Award, 1995 Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, 1993
Research Areas Networking and Communications Systems Biology Neuroengineering