Faculty
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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Professional Experience
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
Research Areas Economics & Computation Financial Engineering Risk Management Stochastic Modeling and Simulation Blockchain (Web3.0) Cryptoeconomics Digital Finance & Technology Financial Technology
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Professional Experience
Assistant Adjunct Professor, UCLA, 2017-2019
Honors & Awards
Prize for Excellence in Financial Markets, Morgan Stanley, 2017
Education
PhD, Statistics, University of California at Berkeley BS, Applied Mathematics, Ecole Polytechnique
Research Areas Networks and Distributed Systems Cloud Computing Edge Computing Cybersecurity Computer Systems and Computer Engineering Networking
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Professional Experience
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, 2017- Andrew and Erna Viterbi Early Career Chair, University of Southern California, 2016-2017 Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of Southern California, 2012-2017 Software Engineer, Mobile performance, Google Inc., 2011-2012
Professional Affiliations
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) ACM SIGCOMM
Honors & Awards
Best of ACM SIGCOMM CCR, 2023: Who Squats IPv4 Addresses? Best Short Paper, ACM IMC, 2022: The Best of Both Worlds: High Availability CDN Routing Without Compromising Control Best Paper, ACM SIGCOMM, 2021: Seven Years in the Life of Hypergiants' Off-Nets Best Paper Runner-Up, IFIP Networking, 2020: Tracking Down Sources of Spoofed IP Packets SIGCOMM Rising Star Award 2019 IETF Applied Networking Research Prize, 2019: Engineering Egress with Edge Fabric: Steering Oceans of Content to the World Best of SIGCOMM CCR, 2018: Towards a Rigorous Methodology for Measuring Adoption of RPKI Route Validation and Filtering Facebook Faculty Research Award, 2017 and 2018 Google Faculty Research Award, 2015: Flexible Internet Routing for Cloud Tenants Google Faculty Research Award, 2016: Longitudinal Study of Adoption of RPKI-Based Route Filtering Google Faculty Research Award, 2015: Flexible Internet Routing for Cloud Tenants Google Faculty Research Award, 2014: Measuring and Improving Web Performance Google Faculty Research Award, 2013: Mapping Today's Internet NSF CAREER Award, 2014: Routing for the Emerging Topologies of Modern Internet Services IETF Applied Networking Research Prize, 2014: Reducing Web Latency: the Virtue of Gentle Aggression Best Paper, ACM CoNEXT Student Workshop, 2013: Don't Trust Traceroute (Completely) William Chan Memorial Dissertation Award, 2012 Finalist (4 total), Western Association of Graduate Schools Innovation in Technology Award, 2012 Best Paper, NSDI, 2010: Reverse Traceroute Madrona Prize runner-up, Madrona Venture Group, 2009: Reverse Traceroute Best Paper, NSDI, 2008: Consensus Routing: The Internet as a Distributed System
Education
Ph.D., Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington B.A., Computer Science & Mathematics, Williams College
Research Areas Computer Vision Biometrics Face Recognition Computational Photography Computer Graphics Biological Species Identification Computer Science
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Professional Experience
Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University, 2002 Professor of Electrical Engineering, Yale, 2001 Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Yale, 1998 Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Yale, 1994
Honors & Awards
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) Helmholtz Prize for Fundamental Contributions in Computer Vision Edward O. Wilson Biodiversity Technology Pioneer Award National Science Foundation Career Award Siemens Best Paper Award at the IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Olympus Prize at the European Conference of Computer Vision.
Education
PhD, Engineering Sciences, Harvard University MS, Engineering Sciences, Harvard University BS, Information Sciences, Brown University
Research Areas Applied Signal Processing for Communications and Music Technology Computer Science Education
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Professional Affiliations
ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
Education
PhD, Computer Science, Stevens Institute of Technology MS, Computer Science, Stevens Institute of Technology BS, Computer Science, Seton Hall 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 Energy, Mineral, and Materials Environmental Separation Science and Technology Particle Technology for Environmental Applications Sustainable Production of Earth Mineral and Metal Resources Water Chemistry Sustainable Materials Sustainable Resource Recovery (Sustainable Mining) Sustainable Water Surface & Colloid Chemistry Interfacial Engineering
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Professional Experience
Professor of Professional Practice, Columbia University, 2020-present Senior Research Fellow, Solvay (Cytec Industries), 2010-2020 Research Fellow, Kemira, 2006-2010 Research Fellow, Cytec Industries (American Cyanamid), 1981-2006 Coastal Engineer, Nearshore Environment Research Center (Tokyo, Japan), 1980 Chemist, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories, 1979-1980 Postdoc, University of California – Berkeley, 1976-1978
Professional Affiliations
Co-Founder and Organizing Committee Member of International Symposium on Polyelectrolytes (1993-present) American Chemical Society (Colloid & Polymer Divisions); Session organizer for 1991, 1993, 1996, 2003 Co-chair for 13th ICSCS and 83rd Colloid and Surface Science Symposium (Columbia University) 2009 Ion-Containing Polymers Gordon Conferences: 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001 (chair), 2003 (session chair) Intertech Conference on Coagulants and Flocculants Chairman 2005 Editorial Boards: Encyclopedia of Colloid and Surface Science (current) and Langmuir (past) Frequent reviewer for: Minerals Engineering, Minerals, International Journal of Mineral Processing, Colloids and Surfaces A American Physical Society (Society of Rheology) IACIS (International Association of Colloid and Interface Scientists) SME (Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration) Sigma Xi United States Aikido Federation; member Board of Directors
Honors & Awards
Solvay Fellow, 2016 – 2020 Shihan and 7th dan in Aikido, 2013 US Aikido Federation Board of Directors, 2017 Cytec Industries Circle of Excellence Award, 2005 NSF NATO ASI Fellowship, 1975
Education
Postdoc, Biophysics, University of California - Berkeley PhD, Physical Chemistry, University of Massachusetts - Amherst BS, Chemistry, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Research Areas Data Analytics Decision Analysis Financial Engineering Game Theory Optimization Risk Management Stochastic Modeling and Simulation Algorithmic Fairness Business Analytics Digital Finance & Technology Financial Technology Real Estate Technology AI in Finance & Asset Management
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Honors & Awards
Edward and Carole Kim Faculty Involvement Award, Columbia University · April 2021 CMNS Commencement Speaker, University of Maryland at College Park, Spring 2016 Finance Industry Impact Award Finance, Maryland Alumni Association · Jun 2010
Education
PhD, Applied Mathematics, University of Maryland at College Park