Faculty

Research Areas

  • Natural Language Processing and Speech
  • Computational Biology
  • Applied and Theoretical Machine Learning
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Causal Inference
  • Generative AI & Large Language Models (LLMs)

Additional Information

  • Honors & Awards
    • Guggenheim Fellowship, 2017
    • Fellow of the Institute for Mathematical Statistics, 2017
    • ICML Test of Time Award (for “Dynamic Topic Models”), 2016
    • Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching, Honorable Mention, 2016
    • Fellow of the Association of Computing Machinery, 2015
    • SIGIR Test of Time Award Honorable Mention (for “Modeling Annotated Data”), 2015
    • ACM Prize in Computing, 2013
    • Blavatnik Award for Young Scientists: Faculty Winner, 2013 P
    • Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), 2011
    • Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, 2011 
      Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, 2010
  • Professional Experience
    • Professor, Departments of Statistics and Computer Science, Columbia University, 2014
    • Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, Princeton University, 2011–2014
    • Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Princeton University, 2006–2011 
  • Professional Affiliations
    • Association of Computing Machinery
    • Institute for Mathematical Statistics
    • American Statistical Association
    • Bernoulli Society
       

Research Areas

  • Biomaterials
  • Cell & Tissue Engineering
  • Drug Delivery
  • Immunoengineering
  • Nanotechnology
  • Nanomedicine
  • Gene Delivery
  • Biomimetic Materials
  • Supramolecular Chemistry
  • Immune Modulation
  • Cancer Therapy
  • Autoimmune Therapy
  • Neuroimmunotherapy
  • Biomaterials
  • Cell-Material Interfaces
  • Organ-on-a-Chip

Additional Information

  • Honors & Awards
    • Herbert Irving Cancer Center Emerging Leader Development Program, 2023
    • Cell Press: Matter Feature, 35+1 under 35 in Materials Science, 2023
    • Justice Equity Diversity & Inclusion (JEDI) Champion, Stanford University, 2022
    • Rising Stars in Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, 2021
    • Soft Matter for All Early Career Speaker, Princeton University & University of Delaware, 2021
    • UNITE Featured Speaker, Biomedical Engineering Society, 2021
    • PMSE Future Faculty Scholar, American Chemical Society, 2021
    • Rising Stars in Engineering in Health, Columbia University, 2020
    • Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F32), National Cancer Institute 2019
    • Siebel Scholar, Siebel Foundation, 2018
    • Sloan University Centers for Exemplary Mentoring Scholar, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 2016
    • Graduate Research Fellowship, National Science Foundation, 2012
    • Lemelson Engineering Presidential Fellowship, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012
    • Dean’s Diversity Fellowship, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012
    • Science, Technology and Research Scholar, Yale University, 2012
  • Professional Experience
    • Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 2023-
  • Education
    • PhD, Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • BS, Biomedical Engineering, Yale University
  • Professional Affiliations
    • Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
    • Society for Biomaterials
    • Biomedical Engineering Society
    • American Chemical Society, Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering
    • LatinXinBME
       

Additional Information

  • Research Experience
    • Postdoctoral fellow, MIT (2011-2013)
    • Postdoctoral fellow, Santa Fe Institute (2014-2015)
  • Professional Experience
    • Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University (2022 – present)
    • Principal Investigator, ETH Future Cities Laboratory, Singapore (2016-2022)
    • Assistant Professor (adjunct), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (2016-2022)
    • Senior Research Associate, University of Bern, Switzerland (2021-2022)

     

  • Honors & Awards
    • Finalist, Science Breakthrough of the Year, Falling Walls Berlin, Germany (2021)
    • Winner, Data for Development (D4D) Challenge, MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, USA (2015)

     

Research Areas

  • Carbon Management, Capture, Storage, Utilization, and Conversion
  • Energy, Mineral, and Materials
  • Water Chemistry
  • Energy Storage
  • Environmental Separations
  • Sustainable Energy Systems
     

Research Areas

  • Design and Manufacturing
  • Mechatronics
  • Human-Centered Design
  • Human-Centered Robotics
  • Movement Control
  • Robotics and Automation

Additional Information

  • Professional Experience
    • Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of Design & Innovation, Columbia University, 2026-
    • Lecturer in the Discipline of Design & Innovation, Columbia University, 2019-2025
    • Kenneth A. and Mary Ann Shaw Endowed Professor of Practice, Syracuse University, 2018-2019
  • Honors & Awards
    • Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching, 2022
    • Edward and Carole Kim Faculty Involvement Award, 2021
    • Provost Innovative Course Design grant, 2020
    • Towner Prize for Outstanding Engineering GSI, 2018



       
  • Education
    • Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, The University of Michigan
    • M.S., Mechanical Engineering, The University of Michigan
    • B.E., Mechanical Engineering, The Cooper Union
       

Research Areas

  • Vision and Robotics
  • Applied and Theoretical Machine Learning
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Design Automation
  • Robotics and Autonomous Systems
  • Robotics and Control Systems
  • Human-Centered Robotics
  • Rehabilitation Engineering
  • Robotics and Automation

Additional Information

  • Honors & Awards
    • Time Magazine Best Inventions of the Year (2023)
    • Sloan Research Fellowship, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (2016)
    • National Science Foundation CAREER Award (2016)
    • Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award (2015)
    • IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Early Career Award (2013)
  • Professional Experience
    • Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science (affiliated), Columbia University, 2021 - present
    • Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science (affiliated), Columbia University, 2014 - 2021
    • Senior Research Scientist, Google, 2013 - 2014
    • Research Scientist, Willow Garage Inc., 2009 - 2013

Research Areas

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computational Engineering Science
  • Data Science
  • Imaging
  • Materials
  • Modeling & Simulation
  • Robotics
  • Robotics, digital manufacturing, 3D printing

Additional information

  • Professional Experience
    • 2014 - 3DBio Inc., Co-founder, Bioprinting
    • 2011 - Nutonian Inc., Co-founder, Eureqa
  • Honors & Awards
    • US National Academy of Engineering Annual Gilbreth Lecturer, 2012.
    • Forbes “Top 7 Data scientists in the world”, 2011.
    • Popular Science’s one of 25 most Awesome labs in the US, 2011.
    • Discover Magazine’s 25 most important discoveries of 2009.
    • Esquire Magazine Best & Brightest, 2007.
    • Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award, 2007.
    • TIME Magazine’s “Most important events of 2000”.
  • Education
    • Postdoc, Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Postdoc, Computer Science, Brandeis University
    • PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
    • BS, Mechanical Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

Research Areas

  • Genomics Science and Engineering
  • Chemical and Biological Engineering

Additional Information

  • Professional Experience
    • Samuel Ruben-Peter G. Viele Professor of Engineering, Columbia University, 2011–Present
    • Professor of Chemical Engineering and Molecular Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Columbia University, 2023-Present
    • Professor of Chemical Engineering and Pharmacology, Columbia University, 2010–2023
    • Director, Center for Genome Technology and Biomolecular Engineering, Columbia University, 2003–Present
    • Professor of Chemical Engineering and Head of DNA Sequencing & Chemical Biology, Columbia Genome Center, Columbia University, 2005–Present
    • Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering and Head of DNA Sequencing & Chemical Biology, Columbia Genome Center, Columbia University, 1999–2005
    • Senior Scientist and Director, Chemistry and Assay Development, Incyte Genomics, Inc., 1995–1999
  • Honors & Awards
    • Fellow of National Academy of Inventors, 2018.
    • The Department of Chemistry Distinguished Alumnus Award, University of Southern California, 2023
    • Top 20 Translational Researchers of 2019 & 2020, Nature Biotechnology
    • Distinguished Fundamental Research Award for Next Generation DNA
    • Sequencing Research & Development. Next Generation Sequencing
    • Research and Development Association, China, 2017.
    • Samuel Ruben-Peter G. Viele Professor of Engineering, Columbia University, 2011.
    • Outstanding Chinese Scholar Achievement Award, Columbia University Chinese Students and Scholars Association, 2004.
    • Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering, 2001-2006.
    • US Department of Energy, Human Genome Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1994-1995.
  • Education
    • PhD, University of Southern California
    • MS, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    • BS, Chinese Academy of Sciences Inner Mongolia University, China

Additional Information

  • Professional Affiliations
    • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Fellow)
    • Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (Fellow)
  • Honors & Awards
    • Markov Lecture, INFORMS Applied Probability Society, 2015
    • Member, National Academy of Engineering, 2015
    • Great Teacher Award, Society of Columbia Graduates, 2012
    • Honorary Professor, Xi'an Jiao Tong University, China, 2010
    • Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award, Columbia Engineering Alumni Association, 2009
    • IBM Faculty Award, IBM Corporation, 2005
    • SIAM Outstanding Paper Prize, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 2003
    • Franz Edelman Award (first prize), Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, 1999
    • Outstanding Technical Achievement Award, IBM Research Division, 1999
    • Research Division Award, IBM Research, 1996
    • Guggenheim Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, 1991/92
    • Presidential Young Investigator, National Science Foundation, 1987-92
    • George E. Nicholson, Jr. Memorial Award, first prize; Operations Research Society of America, 1983
  • Professional Experience
    • Member, Board on Mathematical Sciences and Applications (BMSA), National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine (2016 - )
    • Chair, Financial and Business Analytics Center, Data Science Institute, Columbia University (2012 - )
    • Member of the INFORMS OR-Grand Challenges Task Force (2012-13) sponsored by NSF, with the charge to identify OR catalysts for NAE Grand Challenges
    • Chair, INFORMS Lanchester Prize Committee (2012). Member, INFORMS Lanchester Prize Committee (2011-12)
    • Chair, INFORMS John von Neumann Theory Prize Committee (2003). Member, INFORMS John von Neumann Theory Prize Committee (2001-03)

Research Areas

  • Networking and Communications
  • Computer Networks
  • Wireless Networks
  • Multimedia Networks
  • Performance Evaluation
  • Network Security
  • Distributed Protocol Design and Analysis

Additional Information

  • Professional Affiliations
    • IEEE
    • ACM
  • Honors & Awards
    • IEEE Outstanding Paper on New Communication Topics, 2011.
    • ACM CoNext Best Paper Award, 2008.
    • IBM Faculty Achievement Award, 2004.
    • IEEE ICNP Best Paper Award, 2003.
    • NSF CAREER Award, 2002.
    • ACM SIGMETRICS Best Student Paper Award, 2000.
  • Professional Experience
    • Research Scientist, Google, 2023-
    • Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University, 2020-
    • Associate Professor of Computer Science, 2008-2019
    • Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, 2005-2007
    • Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, 2000-2004

Research Areas

  • Energy Storage and Conversion
  • Batteries and Fuel Cells
  • Electronic Structure of Materials
  • Materials Genomics
  • Machine Learning

Additional Information

  • Professional Experience
    • Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, 2025–
    • Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, 2019–2025
    • Independent Research Fellow, School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, 2018
  • Education
    • PhD (Dr. rer. nat.), Chemistry, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg
    • MSc and BSc, Chemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum
  • Honors & Awards
    • 2024, NSF CAREER Award

Research Areas

  • Electrochemical Engineering
  • Energy Storage and Conversion Technology
  • Sustainability
  • Renewable Energy
  • Professional Experience
    • Chair of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, 2005-2010; 2016–2019
    • Samuel Ruben–Peter G. Viele Professor of Electrochemistry, Columbia University, 2008–
    • Professor of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, 2002-
    • Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University, 2016-
    • Associate Professor of Chemical Eengineering, Columbia University, 1995–2002
    • Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, 1992–1995
  • Professional Affiliations
    • Electrochemical Society (ECS)
    • American Institute of Chemical Engineers
  • Honors & Awards
    • Fellow, Electrochemical Society, 2016
    • Electrodeposition Research Award, ECS, 2014