Faculty

• Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University, 2020-
• Postdoctoral Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018-2019

• Early Career Best Paper Award - Energy, Natural Resources, and the Environment (ENRE) Section, Informs, 2023
• Outstanding Young Investigator Award - Energy Systems Division, IISE, 2023
• CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, 2022

• PhD, Electrical Engineering, University of Washington Seattle
• MS, Electrical Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
• BS, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University

• Vice Chair, Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 2023-
• Professor of biomedical engineering, Columbia University, 2009
• Undergraduate chair of biomedical engineering, Columbia University, 2015-2020
• Associate professor of biomedical engineering, Columbia University, 2002–2009
• Assistant professor of biomedical engineering, Columbia University, 1997–2002
• Director, Biomedical Engineering: Physical Effects on Cells, summer high school course, School of Professional Studies (1999-2019)

• American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)
• American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME) – Bioengineering Division
• Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)
• International Combined Orthopedic Research Society (ICORS)
• Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS)

• Outstanding Achievement in Mentoring Award, ORS (2021)
• Fellow, ICORS (2019)
• Fellow, BMES (2018)
• Marshall R. Urist Award for Excellence in Tissue Regeneration Research, ORS (2016)
• Fellow, ASME (2010)
• Fellow, AIMBE (2009)
• NEGMA-LERADS Prize; 3rd International Symposium on Mechanobiology of Cartilage and Chondrocyte, Brussels, Belgium (2003)
• Edward and Carole Kim Award for Faculty Involvement, FFSEAS, Columbia University (2002)
• Editor in Chief, Journal of Orthopaedic Research & Reviews (2009-)
• Associate Editor, Journal of Orthopaedic Research (2008-)
• Editorial Board, Tissue Engineering , Parts A, B and C (2011-2014, 2016-2019)

• PhD, Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania
• MSE, Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania
• ScB, Bioengineering, Brown University

• Professor, Columbia University, 2005 - present
• Associate Professor, Columbia University, 1996 - 2005
• Assistant Professor, Columbia University, 1991 - 1996
• Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant, Stanford University, 1987 - 1991
• Summer Intern, IBM T.J. Watson Research Laboratory, Hawthorne, NY, 1990
• Teaching Assistant, Melbourne University, 1986 - 1988
• Experimental Scientist, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research
• Organization, Melbourne, Australia, 1987

• Computational Biology
• Data Management

• NSF Young Investigator Award, 1994
• Sloan Foundation Fellowship, 1994
• Packard Foundation Fellowship, 1993
• NSF Research Initiation Award, 1992
• IBM Graduate Fellowship, 1990
• Melbourne University Pure Mathematics Prize, 1983 & 1984
• Represented Australia at the International Mathematical Olympiad, 1981 & 1982

• PhD, Computer Science, Stanford University
• BSc (hons), Computer Science and Mathematics, University of Melbourne

• Associate Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University, 2025-
• Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University, 2019-2025
• Research Scientist, Snap Inc., 2018-2022
• Software Engineering Intern, PhD, Google Research, 2014
• Software Engineering Intern, PhD, Google Inc., 2012
• Game Design and Development Intern, Funtank, LLC, 2010
• Sophomore Summer Analyst, Bank of America Securities, 2007
   

• Affiliate Member, Data, Media, and Society Center, Data Science Institute;
• Affiliate Member, Smart Cities Center, Data Science Institute;
• Member, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

• Best Academic Research, Game Accessibility Conference, 2024
• NSF CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, 2024
• Janette and Armen Avanessians Diversity Award, Columbia Engineering, 2023
• Google Award for Inclusion Research (AIR), Google, Inc., 2022
• Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award, Columbia Engineering Alumni Association (CEAA), 2021
• Kavli Fellow, National Academy of Sciences, 2019
• “From Data to Solutions” Integrative Graduate Education & Research Traineeship (IGERT), National Science Foundation, 2015
• National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship, U.S. Dept. of Defense, 2011
• Center for Technology, Innovation, & Community Engagement Fellowship, Columbia Engineering, 2009
• Costantino Colombo Outstanding Leadership Service Award, Columbia Engineering, 2009

• PhD, Computer Science, Columbia University
• MPhil, Computer Science, Columbia University
• MS, Computer Science, Columbia University
• BS, Computer Science, Columbia University

• Plasma Physics (Controlled Fusion)
• Energy Science

• Associate Professor, Applied Physics, Columbia University, 2021-Present
• Scientist, General Atomics, 2014-2020

• American Physical Society
• American Nuclear Society

• Fellow, American Physical Society, 2024
• Thomas H. Stix Award for Outstanding Early Career Contributions to Plasma Physics Research, 2021
• Marshall N. Rosenbluth Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award, American Physical Society, 2013
• Doctoral Fellowship, National Science and Engineering Research Council Canada, 2009
• Graduate Fellowship, American Nuclear Society, 2008

• PhD, Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• MS, Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• BEng, Engineering Physics, Queen's University Canada

C. Paz-Soldan, et al, A novel path to runaway electron mitigation via deuterium injection and current-driven MHD instability, Nucl. Fusion 61 116058 (2021)

C. Paz-Soldan, Plasma Performance and Operational Boundaries without ELMs in DIII-D, topical review in Plasma Phys. Contrl. Fusion 63 083001 (2021)

C. Paz-Soldan et al, Recent DIII-D advances in runaway electron measurement and model validation, Nucl. Fusion, 59 066025 (2019)

C. Paz-Soldan et al, Spatio-temporal Evolution of Runaway Electron Momentum Distributions in Tokamaks. Phys. Rev. Lett., 118 255002 (2017)

C. Paz-Soldan et al, Observation of a Multimode Plasma Response and its Relationship to Density Pumpout and Edge-Localized Mode Suppression. Phys. Rev. Lett., 114 105001 (2015)

C. Paz-Soldan et al, Stabilization of the resistive wall mode by a rotating solid conductor. Phys. Rev. Lett., 107 245001 (2011)

Beyond the above, over 20 first-author and 140 co-author peer-reviewed publications. See profiles on:

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• Associate Professor, Columbia University, 2020-Present
• Assistant Professor, Columbia University, 2015-2019

• Materials Research Society
• Electrochemical Society
• American Chemical Society

• CUAFA Young Investigator Award, 2024
• Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher, 2020-2022
• Materials Today Rising Star Award, 2022
• Energy Storage Materials Young Scientist Award, 2021
• 3M Non-tenured Faculty Award, 2021
• IAAM Innovation Award of the International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM), 2020
• Emerging Investigators Award by Journal of Materials Chemistry A., 2019
• Nano Research Young Innovator Awards in NanoEnergy, 2019
• Scialog Fellow on Advanced Energy Storage, 2017
• MRS Postdoctoral Award for 2015 Spring Meeting, 2015
• World Changing Ideas Selected by Scientific American, 2014
• Dan Cubicciotti Award of Electrochemical Society (honorable mention), 2010

• PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University
• MS, Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University
• BS, Physics, Peking University

• Affiliate Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research, 2004-2023
• Alliance Visiting Professor, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaisaeau, France, 2015
• Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 2000-present
• Professor of Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, 2000-present
• Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, 1995-2000
• Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, 1990-1995
• Instructor in Applied Mathematics [non-tenure track], M.I.T., 1988-1990

• American Meteorological Society
• American Geophysical Union
• European Geosciences Union
• American Physical Society
• American Astronomical Society
• Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics

• Fellow, American Geophysical Union, 2019
• Fellow, American Meteorological Society, 2015
• Best Teacher of the Year, Dept of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Columbia University, 2012
• Great Teacher Award, Society of Columbia Graduates, Columbia University 2008
• Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award, Columbia SEAS Alumni Association 1997

• Professor of Professional Practice, Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University in the City of New York, 2012–Present
• Research Vice President, BASF Catalysts (formerly Engelhard), 2008-2012 (retired)
• Research Fellow, Engelhard (now BASF), 1990-2008
• Section Head, Engelhard, 1976-1995
• Research Chemist, Corning Glass Works, 1968-1976 

• American Institute of Chemical Engineers
• American Chemical Society 

• Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award, Columbia University in the City of New York, 2016
• Ciapetta Lectureship Award sponsored by the North American Catalysis Society, 2008
• Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Practice Award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2005
• International Precious Metal Institute (IPMI) Award for Outstanding Contributions in the field of precious metal catalysis, 2001
• Cross Canada Lectureship Award sponsored by the Canadian Catalysis Society, 1998  
• Co-author of three textbooks on environmental and industrial catalysis

• PhD: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1968
• BS: Manhattan College 1964 

• Fu Foundation Professor of Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, 2014-
• Verne M. Willaman Professor of Mathematics, Penn State University, 2006-2014
• Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Penn State University, 2005-2014
• Professor of Mathematics, Penn State University, 2001-2016

•  Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2026
• Frontiers of Science Award, 2024
• USACM Thomas J.R. Hughes Medal, 2021
• SIAM Review SIGEST Award 2020
• Fellow, American Mathematical Society, 2020
• Invited speaker of International Congress of Mathematicians, 2018
• Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2017
• ACM Gordon Bell Prize Finalist 2016, for the world’s largest extreme-scale simulations using the most powerful supercomputer on earth
• SIAM Outstanding Paper prize 2016 , for a paper published in SIAM J. Numerical Analysis  (coauthored with PhD student Xiaochuan TIan) on numerical methods for nonlocal models
• Fellow, Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 2013
• Feng Kang Prize in Scientific Computing, 2008

• PhD, Mathematics, Carnegie Mellon University
• MS, Applied Mathematics, Carnegie Mellon University
• BS, Mathematics, University of Science and Technology of China

• Associate Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University, 2024 –
• La Von Duddleson Krumb Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University, 2020 – 2024
• Adjunct Associate Research Scientist, Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University, 2014 – 2015
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, SCELSE (Singapore Centre on Environmental Life Sciences Engineering), NTU, Singapore, 2014 – 2015
• Assistant Manager, National Environment Agency, Singapore, 2004 – 2008

• American Chemical Society (ACS)
• Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP)
• North American Membrane Society (NAMS)
• American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
• Frontiers of Engineering, National Academy of Engineering (FOE, NAE)
• International Water Association (IWA)
• International Desalination Association (IDA)

• ACS ES&T Engineering Best Papers of 2022 (Research Articles), 2023
• Young Talent Award, Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering, 2022
• Emerging Investigator, Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 2021
• James J. Morgan Early Career Award: Honorable Mention, Environmental Science & Technology, 2020
• Arab-American Frontiers Fellowship, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 2019
• Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, CH2M Hill/AEESP, 2015
   

• PhD, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University
• MS, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University
• BE, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)

• American Chemical Society
• American Institute of Chemical Engineers
   

• Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 2021-

• Associate Member, Herbert and Florence Irving Institute for Cancer Dynamics, 2021-
• Member, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, 2021-

• Allen Institute Distinguished Investigator Award, 2023
• NSF CAREER Award, 2022
• NIH NHGRI Genomic Innovator Award, 2021
• NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award, 2012

• PhD, Biology, MIT
• BS, Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez