Faculty

  • 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

Additional information

  • Professional Experience
    • Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University, 2026-
    • Nevada Gold Mines Professor and Associate Professor, University of Nevada, Reno, 2025-2025
    • Nevada Gold Mines Professor and Assistant Professor, University of Nevada, Reno, 2020-2025
  • Professional Affiliations
    • Society of Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME)
    • American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • Education
    • PhD, Materials Engineering, McGill University
    • MEng, Mechanical Engineering, McGill University
    • BEng, Mechanical Engineering, McGill University
  • Honors & Awards
    • Jason Geddes Regents’ Rising Researchers Award, Board of Regents, Nevada Systems of Higher Education, 2025
    • Excellent Contribution Award, Editorial Office of Green and Smart Mining Engineering, 2025
    • Mousel-Feltner Award for Excellence in Research and/or Creative Activity, College of Science, University of Nevada, Reno, 2024
    • Nevada’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology Sustainability Leader of the Year Award, 2024
    • Doctoral Award, Fonds de recherche du Québec Nature et Technologies, 2014
    • Fellow of Brace Water Resources Foundation, McGill University, 2013
    • MEDA Doctoral Award, McGill University, 2012
    • International SAG Conference Postgraduate Award, SAG Conference, 2011
    • BMP Industrial Innovation Scholarship, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, 2010

Additional Information

  • Research Areas
    • Computational mechanobiology
    • Soft tissue mechanics
    • Data-driven solid mechanics
    • Breast cancer biomechanics
    • Machine learning methods in computational mechanics
    • Uncertainty quantification methods in computational mechanics
    • Reconstructive surgery
    • Skin
       
  • Research Areas

    Plasma physics; numerical modeling of magnetized plasma; turbulence and transport processes; fusion exhaust and control strategies; ML/AI applications in fusion energy science.

  • Professional Experience
    • Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University, 2025-
    • Postdoctoral Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2024-2025
  • Education
    • PhD, Computer Science, University of Toronto
    • BS, Mathematics, Universidá d'Uviéu
    • BS, Physics, Universidá d'Uviéu
  • Professional Experience
    • Sun-Wu Assistant Professor, Columbia University, 2025-
    • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Oxford, 2024-2025
  • Professional Affiliations
    • Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)
    • Equity and Access in Algorithms, Mechanisms, and Optimization (EAAMO)
    • Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
    • Society for Conservation Biology (SCB)
  • Honors & Awards
    • IFAAMAS Victor Lesser Distinguished Dissertation Award Runner-Up, 2024
    • Siebel Scholar, 2024
    • Rising Star in Data Science, UChicago, 2023
    • Rising Star in EECS, GATech, 2023
    • Rising Star in Management Science and Engineering, Stanford MS&E, 2023
    • Google PhD Fellowship, 2022 INFORMS Doing Good with Good OR Award, 2021
    • AAAI Best Paper Award Runner Up, 2021
  • Education
    • PhD, Computer Science, Harvard University
    • AB, Computer Science and Hispanic Studies, Dartmouth College
  • Education
    • PhD, Applied Mathematics and Statistics, MIT
    • BA, Mathematics, Columbia University
  • Professional Experience
    • Senior Lecturer, Columbia University, 2025-
    • Visiting Assistant Professor, Swarthmore College, 2023-2025
    • Senior Lecturer, Bryn Mawr College, 2020-2023
    • Associate Professor of Practice, University of Pennsylvania, 2013-2020
    • Lecturer, University of Pennsylvania, 2010-2013
  • Honors & Awards
    • DO-IT Trailblazer Award, Univ. of Washington, 2023
    • Rosalyn R. Schwartz Teaching Award, Bryn Mawr College, 2023
    • Provost’s Award for Teaching Excellence by Non-Standing Faculty, University of Pennsylvania, 2019
    • Paul Charles Michelman Memorial Award for Exemplary Service, Columbia University, 2009
    • Presidential Teaching Award, Columbia University, 2007
    • Andrew P. Kosoresow Memorial Award for Excellence in Teaching and Service, Columbia University, 2006
  • Education
    • PhD, Computer Science, Columbia University
    • MS, Computer Science, Columbia University
    • BS, Computer Engineering, Boston University