Faculty

• Associate Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University, 2020-
• Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University, 2015-2020

• Adobe Data Science Research Award, 2023
• Google Research Award, 2018, 2021
• Amazon Faculty Award, 2018, 2021
• NSF CAREER Award, 2019
• 10 Year Test-of-Time Award, Very Large Data Bases (VLDB) 2018
• Best Demo Award, SIG Management of Data 2016
• Best of Conference Citation, IEEE Conference on Data Engineering 2013
• Best of Conference Citation, Very Large Data Bases (VLDB) 2013

• PhD, EECS, MIT
• MS, EECS, MIT
• BS, EECS, UC Berkeley

• Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, 2016–
• Sessional Professor, Computer and Electrical Engineering, McMaster University, Canada, 2015
• R&D Engineer in Power Electronics and Drives, Electrical Engineering Group, Leitwind AG, Sterzing, Italy, 2010 - 2012

• CAREER Award NSF, 2017
• Career Award, Futura Foundation, Italy, 2016
• PhD Fellowship, University of Padua, 2012 – 2013
• Postgraduate Fellowship, Bozen, Italy, 2011
• Prize for Outstanding Achievements During Academic Studies, Bozen, Italy, 2011
• Best Presentation Award, Conference for MSc Energy Students (CES), Aalborg University, Denmark, 2009
• Merit Scholarship for Graduate Students, Bozen, Italy, 2009 – 2010
• Merit Scholarship for Undergraduate Students, Bozen, Italy, 2007, 2008

• IEEE

• Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, 2018-
• Chair, Computer Engineering, 2023-
• Visiting Associate Professor, Seoul National University, 2022-2023
• Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, 2012-2018

• NSF CAREER Award, 2015

• IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society (SSCS) Distinguished Lecturer, 2023-2025
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Senior Member

• PhD, Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan
• MS, Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan
• BS, Electrical Engineering, Seoul National University

• Professor of Mathematics, Columbia University, 2014-present
• Professor of Applied Mathematics, SEAS, Columbia University 2004-present,
• MTS-Fundamental Mathematics Research Department, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, 1998-2004
• Professor of Mathematics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1993-2000
• Associate Professor of Mathematics (tenured) University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1988-1993
• Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Princeton University, 1984-1988
• NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University, 1982-1984

• Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2025
• Simons Foundation Math + X Investigator Award, 2015-2025
• Martin D. Kruskal Prize, SIAM 2018
• Fellow of the AMS, 2014
• SIAM Fellow, 2010

• 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

• American Physical Society
• Material Research Society 

• 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

• Rothschild Postdoctoral Fellow, Applied Physics, Harvard University
• PhD, Physics, Bar-Ilan University
• MS, Physics, Bar-Ilan University

• Teaching Faculty, Columbia University, 2017–
• Research Specialist, Janelia Research Campus, HHMI, 2013–2017
• Research Scientist, Amazon, 2012–2013
• Research Intern, Yahoo Labs, 2011
• Research Intern, Qualcomm, 2008

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• International Machine Learning Society (IMLS)

• NeurIPS Reviewer Award, 2019
• ICML Reviewer Award, 2015, 2020
• Janelia Teaching Fellowship, 2015
• Best Paper, Wireless Health, 2012

• PhD, Computer Science, UC San Diego
• MS, Computer Science, UC San Diego
• BS, Computer Science, UC San Diego

• 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

• Liu Family Professor of Financial Engineering, Columbia University, 2016–
• Nomura Professor of Mathematical Finance, The University of Oxford, 2007-2016
• Choh-Ming Li Professor of Financial Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2013-2014
• Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor/Chair Professor of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1993-2007

• IEEE
• SIAM
• INFORMS
• Bachelier Finance Society

• Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award, Columbia University, 2023
• Archimedes Society Lecturer, Columbia University, 2017
• Fellow, SIAM, 2016
• Wolfson Research Award, The Royal Society, 2013
• Humboldt Distinguished Lecturer, Humboldt - Universitat zu Berlin, 2013
• Invited speaker, International Congress of Mathematicians, 2010
• Fellow, IEEE, 2005
• Croucher Senior Research Fellowship, Croucher Foundation, 2005
• SIAM Outstanding Paper Prize, SIAM, 2003
• Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship, AvH Foundation, 1993
• Monbusho Scholarship, Japanese Ministry of Education, 1989

• PhD, Operations Research and Control Theory, Fudan University
• BS, Mathematics, Fudan University

• 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)

• Data Analytics
• Decision Analysis
• Algorithmic Fairness
• Business Analytics
• Energy & Power
• Matching Platforms
• Real Estate Technology
• Urban Logistics

• Associate Professor of Practice, Columbia University, 2023-Present
• Co-Founder, DataCaptains.com, 2022-Present
• Adjunct Professor, Duke University, 2018-2022
• Director of Data Science, Better.com, 2020-2021
• Director of Data Science, Better.com, 2020-2021
• Data Science Manager, Uber, 2017-2020
• Senior Data Scientist, New York Life Insurance, 2015-2017

• PhD, Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University
• MS, Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University
• MA, Applied Mathematics, Collegio Carlo Alberto
• MA, Finance and Insurance, University of Torino
• BA, Mathematics, University of Torino

• T. C. Chang Professor, Computer Science, Columbia University, July 2002 – Present
• Department Chair, Computer Science, Columbia University, July 2009 – June 2012
• Professor, Computer Science, Columbia University, December 1996 – June 2002
• Acting Chair, Computer Science, Columbia University, July 2000 – December 2000
• Associate Professor, Computer Science, Columbia University, January 1995 – December 1996
• Assistant Professor, Computer Science, Columbia University, January 1991 – December 1994
• Research Assistant, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, July 1986 – December 1990
• Visiting Research Scientist, Hitachi, Ltd. Yokohama, Japan, Summer 1989
• Research Engineer, Taylor Instruments Ltd. New Delhi, India, July 1984 – November 1984

• National Academy of Inventors
• American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• National Academy of Engineering

• IEEE PAMI Distinguished Researcher Award, ICCV, Seoul, 2019.
• Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award. Columbia Engineering Alumni Association, New York, 2015.
• Election to the National Academy of Inventors, Tampa, FL, 2014.
• Honor for Seminal Contributions to Digital Imaging , Sony Corporation, Tokyo, 2014.
• Election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Boston, MA, 2011.
• Carnegie Mellon Alumni Achievement Award, Pittsburgh, PA, 2009.
• Election to National Academy of Engineering, Washington, DC, 2008.
• Great Teacher Award, Columbia University, New York, 2006.
• T. C. Chang Endowed Chair, Columbia University, New York, 2003.
• Engineering Teaching Excellence Award, W. M. Keck Foundation, Los Angeles, 1995.
• NTT Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award, NTT Basic Research Laboratory, Japan, 1994.
• Fellow of the Packard Foundation, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Los Altos, 1992.
• National Young Investigator Award, National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. 1991.

• 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