Faculty

Research Areas

  • Carbon Management, Capture, Storage, Utilization, and Conversion
  • Communications
  • Computer Architecture
  • Electromagnetics
  • Integrated Circuits and Systems
  • Memory and Storage
  • Networking
  • Photonics
  • Quantum Communications
  • Quantum Computing
  • Silicon Photonics

Additional Information

  • Education
    • PhD, Electrical Engineering, Columbia University
    • MS, Electrical Engineering, Columbia University
    • BS, Computer Science, University of Saskatchewan
    • BEng, Electrical Engineering, University of Saskatchewan

Research Areas

  • Chemical Reactions and Kinetics
  • Chemical Reaction Engineering
  • Electrochemical Engineering
  • Energy Storage and Conversion Technology
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Separation Processes
  • Sustainability
  • Renewable Energy
  • Carbon Management
  • Capture, Storage, Utilization, and Conversion
  • Climate Science and Engineering
  • Energy, Mineral, and Materials
  • Environmental Catalysis
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Environmental Transport and Reaction Rates
  • Sustainable Engineering and Design
  • Sustainable Production of Earth Mineral and Metal Resources
  • Water Chemistry
  • Circular Economy
  • Climate Change Mitigation & Adaptation (Resilience Technology)
  • Environmental Separations
  • Ocean and Carbon Cycle
  • Urban Mining
  • Water Resources Management
  • Energy Efficiency and Conservation Technology

Research Areas

  • Data Analytics
  • Decision Analysis
  • Resource Allocation
  • Risk Management
  • Service Systems
  • Stochastic Modeling and Simulation
  • Business Analytics
  • Artificial Intelligence

Additional Information

  • Professional Affiliations
    • Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
    • Institute for Mathematical Statistics (IMS)
    • Netherlands Society for Statistics and Operations Research (VVS)
  • Honors & Awards
    • PECASE award, White House, 2016
    • Erlang Prize, INFORMS Applied Probability Society, 2012
    • Goldstine Fellowship, IBM Research, 2007
  • Education
    • PhD, Mathematics, University of Amsterdam
    • MS, Econometrics and Operations Research, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Research Areas

  • Analog Devices
  • Communications
  • Electromagnetics
  • Embedded Systems
  • Integrated Circuits and Systems
  • Memory and Storage
  • Nanoelectronics
  • Photonics
  • Bioelectronics
  • Sensor Systems
  • Wearable Electronics (Technology)
  • Robotics and Automation
  • Displays

Additional Information

  • Professional Experience
    • Kenneth Brayer Professor of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University 2020-present
    • Professor of Electrical engineering, Columbia University 2018-2020
    • Associate Professor of Electrical engineering, Columbia University, 2011-2018
    • Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, 2006–2011
  • Professional Affiliations
    • IEEE
    • Society for Information Display (SID)
    • SPIE
    • Materials Research Society (MRS)
    • Optica
  • Honors & Awards
    • Architizer A+ Award
    • Verizon Powerful Answers
    • Popular Science, Invention of the Year
    • Interdigital Innovation Challenge
    • MIT/USDOE Clean Energy Prize
    • Ocean Optics Blue Ocean Award
    • Kim Award for Undergraduate Involvement
    • Vodaphone Americas Foundation Wireless Innovation Award
    • NSF CAREER award
    • IVMC Shoulders Gray Spindt award
    • IEEE EDS Paul Rappaport Award
    • Fellow, Optica
    • Fellow, SID
    • Fellow, IEEE
  • Education
    • PhD, Electrical Engineering, MIT
    • MEng, Electrical Engineering, MIT
    • SB, Electrical Engineering, MIT

Research Areas

  • Power Systems
  • Smart Electric Energy (Smart Grids)
  • Quantum Computing
  • Renewable Energy
  • Optimization
  • Risk Management
  • Energy & Power
  • Large-scale Optimization
  • Urban Logistics

Additional information

  • Professional Experience
    • Professor of applied mathematics and applied physics, Columbia University, 2008-
    • Full professor of industrial engineering and operations research, Columbia University, 1995-
    • Associate professor of industrial engineering and operations research, Columbia University, 1989-1990 (tenured 1991)
    • Assistant professor of industrial engineering and operations research, Columbia University, 1989–1990
    • Scientist, combinatorics and optimization research, Bellcore, 1986-1989
    • Assistant professor, Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie Mellon University, 1985-1986
  • Professional Affiliations
    • INFORMS
    • SIAM
    • IEEE
       
  • Honors & Awards
    • Khachiyan Prize, 2022
    • INFORMS Fellow, 2013
    • Plenary speaker, 2005 SIAM Optimization Conference, semi-plenary speaker, ISMP 2006
    • Presidential Young Investigator Award, 1990   
  • Education
    • PhD, Operations Research, MIT, 1985
    • BA, Mathematics, Brandeis University, 1982

Research Areas

  • Security and Privacy
  • Software Systems
  • Cloud Computing
  • Networked and Distributed Systems
  • Operating Systems
  • Programming Languages
  • Trustworthy Computing
  • Cybersecurity
  • Software Engineering & Testing
  • Program Analysis
     

Additional information

  • Professional Experience
    • Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University, 1998-
    • Associate Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University, 1990-1997
    • Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University, 1985-1989
       
  • Professional Affiliations
    • ACM
    • IEEE Computer Society
    • AAAI
       
  • Honors & Awards
    • ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award, 2023,
    • ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Reviewer Award, 2022.
    • APSCE Best Paper Nominee, 2021.
    • ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award, 2016.
    • IWSC People's Choice Award for Best Position Pape, 2016.
    • ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award, 2014.
    • NSF/Microsoft Future of Software Engineering Symposium Invited Panelist, 2013.
    • ICQS Best Paper Award, 2009.
    • ICWL Best Student Paper Award, 2005.
    • WWW Best Student Poster Award, 2005.
    • Autonomic Computing Workshop Invited Speaker, 2003.
    • WWW Best Paper Finalist, 2003.
    • IBM Almaden Institute Symposium Invited Speaker, 2002.
    • ACM COCS Keynote Speaker,1993.
    • ISLP Invited Speaker, 1993.
    • ACM SIGPLAN Vice-Chair for Operations, 1991-1993.
    • ACM SIGPLAN National Lecturer, 1989-1991.
    • IEEE Software Best Paper of Year, 1988.
    • NSF Presidential YOung Investigator, 1988-1993.
    • IBM Faculty Award, 1988-1990.
    • DEC Faculty Award, 1986-1988.  
  • Education
    • PhD, Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon
    • MS, Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon
    • BS, Computer Science and Engineering, MIT

Research Areas

  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Solid-State Physics
  • Photonics and Optics
  • Quantum Materials
  • Nanoscience
     

Additional information

  • Professional Experience
    • Lawrence Gussman Professor of Applied Physics, Columbia University, 2019-present
    • Vice Provost For Faculty Affairs, Columbia University, 2019-2022
    • Professor of Applied Physics, Columbia University, 2016-present
    • Professor of Chemistry, Columbia University, 2016-present
    • Associate Professor of Applied Physics, Columbia University, 2011–2016
    • Assistant Professor of Applied Physics, Columbia University, 2007–2011




       
  • Professional Affiliations
    • American Physical Society
    • American Chemical Society
       
  • Honors & Awards
    • Alexander von Humboldt Research Award, 2023
    • Satish Dhawan IoE Visiting Chair Professor at Solid State and Structural Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, 2023
    • Fellow, American Physical Society, 2016
    • Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship in Chemistry, 2011
    • Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering, 2008
    • NSF Career Award, 2008




       
  • Education
    • Ph.D. Physics, Harvard University
    • M.A. Physics, Harvard University
    • B.S. Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Research Areas

  • Analog Devices
  • Nanoelectronics
  • Sensor Systems
  • Wearable Electronics (Technology)

Additional Information

  • Education
    • PhD, Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
    • MS, Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
    • BS, Electrical Engineering, Villanova University
  • Professional Experience
    • Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Irvine, 2018 – 2023
    • NRC Postdoctoral Research Associate, US Environmental Protection Agency, NHEERL/AED, Narragansett, RI, 2016 – 2018
    • Postdoctoral Scholar, UC Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology, UC Santa Barbara, 2015 – 2016
  • Professional Affiliations
    • American Chemical Society (ACS)
    • American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
    • Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP)
    • Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization (SNO)
  • Honors & Awards
    • Agilent Early Career Professor Award (AECPA), 2024
    • C&EN’s 2022 Talented 12 Award, 2022
    • Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization (SNO) Emerging Investigator Award, 2022
    • Hellman Fellowship Award, 2021

Research Areas

  • Design and Manufacturing
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Manufacturing & Fabrication
  • Materials Science and Engineering
  • Mechanics
  • Micro/Nanotechnology (MEMS)
  • Robotics and Control Systems
  • 2D materials
  • Additive Manufacturing
  • Biological modeling
  • Biomechanics
  • Human-Centered Design
  • Mechanobiology
  • Micro and Nanoscale Engineering

Additional Information

  • Professional Experience
    • Chair of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, 2014–
    • Professor of Mechanical Engineering and of Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery, Columbia University, 2017–
    • Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, 2011–2016
    • Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, 2006–2011
    • Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, 2001–2005

     

  • Professional Affiliations
    • American Society of Mechanical Engineers
    • Materials Research Society
    • Society of Experimental Mechanics
    • American Chemical Society
    • The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society
  • Honors & Awards
    • William E. Hitselberger Memorial Lectureship from The American Neurotology Society, 2015
    • International Journal of Plasticity Young Research Award, 2012
    • Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, 2006
    • Department of Energy Early Career Scientist and Engineer Award, 2006
    • Frontiers of Engineering Program at National Academy of Engineering, 2003
    • National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award, 2001

Research Areas

  • Integrated Computational Materials Engineering

Additional Information

  • Honors & Awards
    • NSF CAREER Award, 2022
    • AIAA SciTech ICME Award, 2022
    • 2021 ASC/DEStech Young Composites Researcher Award, 2021
    • UMass Lowell Award for Faculty Mentoring Faculty, 2020
    • AIAA SciTech ICME Award, 2020
    • AFOSR YIP Award, 22020
    • University of Massachusetts Lowell Teaching Excellence Award, 2017
    • Top three “Aldo Muggia Best Thesis Award”, 2012
    • Italian Engineering Licence (Aerospace Engineering, December 2011
    • Student Ambassador at G8 University Summit in Turin, May 2009
  • Research Experience
    • Postdoctoral Research Associate, William E. Boeing Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, University of Washington, Seattle (WA)
    • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Aerospace Engineering Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (MI)

     

  • Professional Experience
    • Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell (MA)
  • Professional Affiliations
    • American Society for Composites Conference Chair, Boston 2023
    • AIAA SciTech 2021-2023 Materials TC Deputy Rep, AIAA SciTech 2023 Materials TC Deputy
    • Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures (MAMS), since April 2023
    • Editorial Board Member of the International for Multiscale Compurational Engineering, since September 2017
    • Member of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Materials Technical Committee, since January 2017

Research Areas

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)
  • Networked and Distributed Systems
  • Wireless, Embedded & Sensor Systems
  • Communications
  • Networking
  • Stochastic Processes
  • Algorithms
  • Optimization

Additional Information

  • Professional Affiliations
    • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
    • ACM Special Interest Group on Measurement and Evaluation (SIGMETRICS)
  • Honors & Awards
    • Best Paper Award at IEEE INFOCOM, 2020
    • Best Student Paper Award at IFIP Performance, 2020
    • NSF CAREER Award, 2017
    • Best Paper Award, ACM CoNEXT, 2016
    • Best Student Paper Finalist Award, American Control Conference (ACC), 2013
    • Mac Van Valkenburg Graduate Research Award, UIUC, 2012
  • Professional Experience
    • Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, 2019–Present
    • Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, 2014–2019
  • Education
    • PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    • MS, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo
    • BS, Electrical Engineering, University of Tehran