Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics

• Professor of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics and Earth and Environmental Science, Columbia University, 2010-
• Associate Professor of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics and Earth and Environmental Science, Columbia University, 2003–2010
• Assistant professor of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics and Earth and Environmental Science, Columbia University, 2000–2003

• AMS Louis J. Battan Author’s Award for Storm Surge, 2016
• AGU (Atmospheric Sciences Section) Ascent Award, 2014
• Atmospheric Science Librarians International Choice Award (Popular Category) for Storm Surge (see publications), 2014
• AXA Award from the AXA Research Fund, 2013
• AMS Clarence Leroy Meisinger Award, 2010
• Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Award for Excellence in Mentoring, 2010
• AMS Editor’s award for Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 2009
• NASA New Investigator Award, 2001
• Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering, 2000
   

• American Meteorological Society
• American Geophysical Union

• Professor of electrical engineering and applied physics and applied mathematics, Columbia Engineering, 1987
• Visiting associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science, MIT, Fall 1986
• IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, 1982-1987

• Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Fellow, American Physical Society
• Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Foundation
• Distinguished Lecturer, Electron Device Society 
   

• 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

• INFORMS
• SIAM
• IEEE
   

• Khachiyan Prize, 2022
• INFORMS Fellow, 2013
• Plenary speaker, 2005 SIAM Optimization Conference, semi-plenary speaker, ISMP 2006
• Presidential Young Investigator Award, 1990   

• PhD, Operations Research, MIT, 1985
• BA, Mathematics, Brandeis University, 1982

• 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
  
  
  
  
   

• American Physical Society
• American Chemical Society
   

• 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
  
  
  
  
   

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