Faculty

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  • Education
    • Ph.D., IEOR, UC Berkeley
    • M.S., IEOR, UC Berkeley
    • B.S., School of Mathematical Sciences, Peking University
  • Research Interests
    • Mathematical finance, financial engineering and FinTech
    • Applied probability, stochastic control and games
    • Reinforcement learning and machine learning

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  • Education
    • PhD, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, UC Berkeley
    • MS, Mathematics, University of Cambridge
    • BS, Mathematics, Nanjing University
  • Professional Experience
    • Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Columbia University, 2024-

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  • Education
    • PhD, Computer Science, Columbia University 
    • MS, Computer Science, Columbia University 
    • BA, Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley
  • Professional Experience
    • Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, 2026 –
    • Director of the Space Exploration Initiative, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2023 – 2025
    • Project Engineer, Bombardier Aerospace, 2013 – 2015
  • Professional Affiliations
    • American Geophysical Union
  • Honors & Awards
    • National Geographic Visiting Scientist – Antarctica, 2024
    • National Geographic Explorer Grant, 2024
    • RESOURCE Research Engineer – SSERVI and NASA funding, 2024
    • RESOURCE Project Research Assistantship – SSERVI and NASA funding, 2021 – 2023
    • Zonta International Amelia Earhart Fellowship, 2020
    • SSERVI NASA Ames Field School Grant, 2019
    • Fulbright Foreign Student Scholarship, 2019
    • Geological Society of America Research Grant, 2017
    • Shell Enhanced Learning Fund Award, 2016
    • Atlantic Geoscience Society Graham Williams Award, 2016
    • Nova Scotia Graduate Scholarship, 2015 – 2017
    • Undergraduate Student Research Award NSERC of Canada, 2007
    • Dean’s List Scholarship, 2006 – 2008
  • Selected Publications
    • C. A. Paige, D. D. Haddad, T. Piercy, J. E. Todd, F.Ward, A. Ekblaw, D. Newman. “Development and user study of the Operational Geology in a Virtual Environment (OGIVE) platform.” Acta Astronautica, Vol. 224, pp. 17-36 (2024)\
    • C. Paige. “Enabling a permanent human presence beyond low Earth orbit: wearable radiation protection and enhanced science through virtual reality.” Massachusetts Institute of Technology Doctoral Thesis 2023.
    • C. Paige, J, MacNeil, P. McGa.n, D.D. Haddad, F. Ward, and D. Newman. “MIT Zero-G Outreach Initiative: using experiment design and virtual reality to inspire the next generation of space scientists and engineers.” International Astronautical Congress 2022, Paris and Acta Astronautica 2023
    • C. Paige, F. Ward, D. D. Haddad, J. Todd and D. Newman. “Assessing Virtual Reality for Remote Lunar Geological Fieldwork.” Lunar Surface Sciences Workshop, 2022.
    • C. A. Paige, A. Forsey-Smerek, D.D. Haddad, F. Ward, T. Piercy, J. Heldmann, D. Lim, A. Colaprete, A. Cook and D. Newman. “A virtual reality platform for lunar rover missions to reduce decision-making time and improve situational awareness.” In ASCEND, p. 4203, 2021
    • C. Paige, D. Newman, J. Peter. “Advanced Thermal, Radiation, and Dust Protection for Spacesuits and Space Systems”. 49th International Conference on Environmental Systems, July 2020.
    • C. Paige. “Designing the Smallest Manned Spacecraft: David Clark Company and the Evolution of the Space Suit.” AIAA SciTech Forum, 2020
  • Professional Experience
    • Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering and of Climate, Columbia University, 2026-
    • Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Houston, 2022-2026
    • Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Houston, 2020-2022
    • Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Houston, 2017-2020
    • Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Houston, 2012-2017
    • Postdoc, Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, 2010-2012 
    • Senior Scientist, Polyera Corporation, 2008-2010
  • Honors & Awards
    • Edith and Peter O’Donnell Award in Engineering, Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering, Science and Technology, 2025 
    • Research Excellence Award in Electrochemical Energy Storage, American Chemical Society ENFL Division, 2025 
    • Highly Cited Researcher, Clarivate Analytics, 2025 
    • Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2020
  • Education
    • PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles
    • BS and MS, Materials Science, Fudan University

Additional information


  • Professional Experience
    • Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University, 2026-
  • Education
    • PhD, Computer Science, Purdue University
    • BS. Computer Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  • Honors & Awards
    • ASE 2024 Distinguished Reviewer Award, ACM SIGSOFT, 2024
    • ACM SIGSAC Doctoral Dissertation Award, ACM SIGSAC, 2024
    • CCS 2024 Distinguished Paper Award, ACM SIGSAC, 2024
    • OOPSLA 2019 Distinguished Paper Award, ACM SIGPLAN, 2019