Craig Arnold
Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Vice Dean for Innovation
Andlinger Center Executive Committee
Location: 320 Bowen Hall/D410 Engineering Quad D-Wing
Phone Number: 609-258-0250
Email Address: cbarnold@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Improved batteries, energy storage; materials recycling and sustainability, water purification, catalysis, advanced manufacturing, light-matter interactions.
Research Areas: Batteries, Energy Storage, Renewable Energy, Supercapacitors
Robert Austin
Professor of Physics
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Location: 122 Jadwin Hall
Phone Number: 609-258-4353
Email Address: austin@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Directed evolution of algae for biofuel production, specifically the fast, consistent and high-volume production of oils; reduction in need for external nutrients such as nitrogen for biofuel production
Research Areas: Biofuels, Renewable Energy
José Avalos
Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
Location: 101 Hoyt Chemical Laboratory
Phone Number: 609-258-9881
Email Address: javalos@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Application and development of technologies in synthetic biology and metabolic engineering; development of microorganisms for the production of advanced biofuels, commodity chemicals, specialty chemicals, and bioplastics; biosensor and metabolic engineering for bioremediation
Research Areas: Biofuels, Pollutant Detection & Remediation, Renewable Energy
Jay Benziger
Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Emeritus
Location: A407 Engineering Quad A-Wing
Phone Number: 609-258-5416
Email Address: benziger@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Optimal configurations for improved fuel cell operation (producing electricity from hydrogen); hydrogen production; efficient electrochemical pumps for hydrogen purification; gasification to produce fuels from organic materials
Research Areas: Energy Storage, Fuel Cells, Renewable Energy
Andrew Bocarsly
Professor of Chemistry
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Location: 388 Frick Chemistry Lab
Phone Number: 609-258-3888
Email Address: bocarsly@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Improving membrane fuel cells that convert H2 and O2 or alcohols into electricity; exploring proton exchange polymer membranes; charge transfer processes and materials chemistry for alternate energy schemes including solar photochemistry and electrochemistry; electrochemical and semiconductor based photoelectrochemical conversion of CO2 to liquid fuels and syngas; water splitting for hydrogen production
Research Areas: Carbon Capture & Storage, Energy Storage, Fuel Cells, Fuels, Renewable Energy, Solar
Elie Bou-Zeid
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Location: E414 Engineering Quad E-Wing
Phone Number: 609-258-5429
Email Address: ebouzeid@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Measurements and simulations of heat and water exchanges between buildings and the atmosphere; urban microclimatology and hydrology; boundary layer meteorology; environmental fluid mechanics and turbulence; wind energy forecasting, wind farm design
Research Areas: Buildings, Climate Change, Energy Efficiency, Hydrology, Impact of Energy & Land Use, Wind
Emily A. Carter
Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor in Energy and the Environment
Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Applied and Computational Mathematics
Senior Strategic Advisor and Associate Lab Director for Applied Materials and Sustainability Sciences at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Andlinger Center Executive Committee
Founding Director, Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment (2010-2016)
Location: D430 Engineering Quad
Phone Number: 609-258-5391
Email Address: eac@princeton.edu
Research Description:
The development of efficient and accurate quantum mechanics simulation techniques, including embedded correlated wavefunction and orbital-free density functional theories. Applications are focused on enabling discovery and design of materials for producing chemicals, materials, and fuels from renewable energy, with a specific emphasis on carbon dioxide utilization.
Research Areas: Clean, Efficient Fuel Combustion, Energy Efficiency, Energy Storage, Fuel Cells, Fuels, Fusion, Nuclear Energy, Renewable Energy, Solar, Transportation
Minjie Chen
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
Location: 217 Andlinger
Phone Number: 609-258-7656
Email Address: minjie@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Design of power conversion and management systems to address technical challenges with large social impacts. High performance power conversion systems for a wide range of applications, including smart grid, renewable generation, energy storage, telecom, data centers, electric vehicles, and robotics.
Research Areas: Energy Efficiency, Energy Storage, Energy Systems Analysis, Information Technology, Renewable Energy, Smart Grid, Solar, Transmission, Transportation, Wind
Stephen Chou
Joseph C. Elgin Professor of Engineering
Professor of Electrical Engineering
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Location: B412 Engineering Quad, B-Wing
Phone Number: 609-258-4416
Email Address: chou@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Design, fabrication, and characterization of new nanostructured materials and devices for better performances, particularly high efficiency, in solar cells, LEDs, thermal-electric devices, photocathodes, photochemical convertors, chemical/bio sensors, and other energy conversion devices
Research Areas: Buildings, Energy Efficiency, Energy Storage, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Manufacturing/Chemistry, Waste Heat Recovery
Pablo Debenedetti
Class of 1950 Professor in Engineering and Applied Science
Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Dean for Research
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Location: 91 Prospect Avenue, Room 107
Phone Number: 609-258-5480
Email Address: pdebene@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Molecular modeling of hydrate melting and formation as possible approach to carbon sequestration; molecular modeling of heterogeneous ice nucleation for improved weather and climate models; computational modeling of phase behavior of water, carbon dioxide and salt mixtures for carbon capture and storage and geothermal energy production; computational investigation of water in nafion membranes for fuel cells; desalination with gas hydrates for improved fresh water production and greater energy efficiency
Research Areas: Carbon Capture & Storage, Fuel Cells, Renewable Energy, Waste Heat Recovery, Water Desalination
Luc Deike
Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the High Meadows Environmental Institute
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Location: D428 Engineering Quad
Phone Number: 609-258-7920
Email Address: ldeike@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Numerical and experimental studies of turbulent multi-phase flows in environmental systems, air-sea interaction, waves and breaking waves, drops and bubbles
Research Areas: Climate Change, Impact of Energy & Land Use, Renewable Energy, Wind
Frederick Dryer
Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Emeritus
Engineering Foundation Distinguished Research Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina
Location:
Phone Number: 609-306-1028
Email Address: fldryer@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Petroleum and non-petroleum derived transportation fuels and fuel blends, their production, chemical kinetics, energy security, and net carbon cycle emission impacts; ignition, combustion, and air pollutant emissions generation/abatement; syngas/high-hydrogen content fuels for advanced gas turbine power generation; fire safety related issues on earth and in micro gravity environments
Research Areas: Biofuels, Clean, Efficient Fuel Combustion, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Transportation
Christopher Greig
Theodora D. ’78 and William H. Walton III ’74 Senior Research Scientist at the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
Gerhard R. Andlinger Visiting Fellow in Energy and the Environment (2018-2020)
Andlinger Center Executive Committee
Location:
Phone Number: 609-258-7833
Email Address: cgreig@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Chris Greig is the Theodora D. and William H. Walton III Senior Research Scientist at Princeton University’s Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment. He has a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, is a fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE), and holds an adjunct professorial appointment at the University of Queensland in Australia.
His ten-year academic career follows almost three decades of international experience in the private sector, firstly as a company founder, and then in senior executive and non-executive director roles in major engineering, energy, and resources companies. These included the CEO of ZeroGen (one of the early CCS ventures), the Deputy Chair of Gladstone Ports Corp, and the Non-Executive Director of several listed engineering firms.
At Princeton, Chris initiated the Rapid Switch Initiative at the Andlinger Center and is an Affiliated Faculty member of Princeton’s High Meadows Environmental Institute. His research combines, engineering, business, and social sciences to explore the challenges of rapid decarbonization for different regions and sectors. He is particularly focused on how to bridge modeled energy scenarios and real-world implementation. He co-led Princeton’s influential Net-Zero America (2020) study which describes five net-zero emissions pathways for the United States at an unprecedented level of detail. Chris is also leading Princeton’s efforts on similar collaborative studies with universities in Australia, and Asia.
Research Areas: Batteries, Carbon Capture & Storage, Climate Change, Economics, Energy Efficiency, Energy Storage, Energy Systems Analysis, Fuels, Industrial Processes, Nuclear Energy, Renewable Energy, Solar, Transmission, Waste Heat Recovery, Wind
John T. Groves
Hugh Stott Taylor Chair of Chemistry
Professor of Chemistry
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Location: 232 Frick Chemistry Lab
Phone Number: 609-258-3593
Email Address: jtgroves@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Chemical catalysis and biocataysis of hydrocarbon oxidation and functionalization
Research Areas: Renewable Energy
Mikko Haataja
Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Location: D404C Engineering Quad D-Wing
Phone Number: 609-258-9126
Email Address: mhaataja@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Control of surface structures for multiple applications, including catalysis and evolving microstructures in solid oxide fuel cells and battery materials
Research Areas: Fuel Cells, Renewable Energy
Kelsey Hatzell
Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
Location: 224 Andlinger Center
Phone Number: 609-258-2980
Email Address: kelsey.hatzell@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Work on solid ion conductors for advanced energy storage and conversion applications. We are interested in all solid state devices for electrochemical fuel production as well as energy storage systems for electric vehicles. In addition we study low-cost thermal energy storage systems for concentrated solar power integration and production.
Research Areas: Batteries, Carbon Capture & Storage, Climate Change, Energy Storage, Fuel Cells, Fuels, Renewable Energy, Solar, Supercapacitors, Sustainable Manufacturing/Chemistry, Transportation, Waste Heat Recovery, Water Desalination
Marcus Hultmark
Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Location: D222 Engineering Quad D-Wing
Phone Number: 609-258-5689
Email Address: hultmark@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Wind turbine aerodynamics, turbulent drag reduction, turbulent heat transfer, atmospheric fluid mechanics, and instrumentation
Research Areas: Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Wind
Yiguang Ju
Robert Porter Patterson Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Director, Program in Sustainable Energy
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Location: D330 Engineering Quad D-Wing
Phone Number: 609-258-5644
Email Address: yju@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Sustainable energy, low carbon fuels, propulsion, and functional nano-materials for energy, plasma assisted combustion and fuel reforming and CO2 utilization; supercritical CO2 cycle; nano-materials synthesis for high energy and low fire propensity lithium-ion batteries and energy storage
Research Areas: Batteries, Clean, Efficient Fuel Combustion, Energy Storage, Renewable Energy, Solar
Antoine Kahn
Vice Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Science
Stephen C. Macaleer '63 Professor in Engineering and Applied Science
Professor of Electrical Engineering
Andlinger Center Executive Committee
Location: B420 Engineering Quad B-Wing
Phone Number: 609-258-4642
Email Address: kahn@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Organic thin films and organic electronics for photovoltaics: organic/organic heterojunctions that constitute the core of organic photovoltaic cells; interfaces between organic films and conducting oxides or polymer-functionalized surfaces that constitute the high and low work function anode and cathode of these solar cells; hybrid organic/inorganic semiconductor solar cells; metal halide perovskites and their two-dimensional analogs; chemical doping that increases carrier mobility for improved charge collection
Research Areas: Renewable Energy, Solar
Yannis G Kevrekidis
Pomeroy and Betty Perry Smith Professor in Engineering, Emeritus
Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Applied and Computational Mathematics, Emeritus
Location:
Phone Number:
Email Address: yannis@arnold.princeton.edu
Research Description:
Nonlinear dynamics tools and multiphase flow modeling are used to understand the interplay of reaction and transport in PEM fuel cells. Multiscale modeling of complex systems with applications to chemical reactions, transport processes, and agent-based models of behavioral dynamics and urban growth
Research Areas: Fuel Cells, Renewable Energy
Bruce Koel
Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Location: A311 Engineering Quad A-Wing
Phone Number: 609-258-4524
Email Address: bkoel@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Surface and interfacial processes; plasma-materials interactions in fusion reactors; plasma-enhanced catalysis; photoelectrocatalysis for water splitting and carbon dioxide reduction; alloy catalysis; chemistry of the battery solid electrolyte interphase
Research Areas: Fuel Cells, Fusion, Nuclear Energy, Pollutant Detection & Remediation, Renewable Energy, Solar
Ning Lin
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Location: E328 Engineering Quad
Phone Number: 609-258-0266
Email Address: nlin@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Natural hazards and risk assessment, stochastic modeling, wind engineering, coastal engineering, climate change impact and adaptation, and built environment and sustainability; the study of tropical cyclones and associated weather extremes (e.g., strong winds, heavy rainfall, and storm surge), how they change with climate, and how their impact on the natural and built environment can be mitigated
Research Areas: Climate Change, Hydrology, Impact of Energy & Land Use, Policy, Social Science of Energy & Environment, Wind
Yueh-Lin (Lynn) Loo
Theodora D. '78 and William H. Walton III '74 Professor in Engineering
Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Location:
Phone Number: 609-258-9091
Email Address: lloo@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Thin-film photovoltaics, including polymer and molecular solar cells, hybrid perovskite solar cells and transparent solar cells, printable conductive inks, processing-structure-function relationships of electrically-active plastics, macro-scale energy systems analysis of biomass-derived liquid transportation fuels
Research Areas: Energy Systems Analysis, Renewable Energy, Solar
Luigi Martinelli
Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Location: D302C Engineering Quad D-Wing
Phone Number: 609-258-6652
Email Address: martinel@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Sustainable aviation through advanced multidisciplinary design optimization of airframes and air traffic management systems; design optimization of ship hulls for maximum efficiency; aerodynamic design optimization of wind turbines, propellers, fans, compressors and turbines; computational fluid dynamics of compressible reactive flows
Research Areas: Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Transportation, Wind
Denise Mauzerall
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Public and International Affairs, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and CEE
Andlinger Center Executive Committee
Location: E412 Engineering Quad E-Wing
Phone Number: 609-258-2498
Email Address: mauzeral@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Analysis of air quality and climate impacts of various energy technologies (coal, gas, solar, wind) with the goal of identifying options with maximum co-benefits. Analysis of China’s energy future and options for air quality, health, and climate co-benefits. Effect of nitrogen, ozone, and water on sustainable intensification of crop production. Measurement of methane leakage from older U.S. natural gas infrastructure
Research Areas: Climate Change, Energy Systems Analysis, Impact of Energy & Land Use, Policy, Renewable Energy, Social Science of Energy & Environment, Transmission
Michael Mueller
Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Associate Chair, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Location: D332 Engineering Quad, D-Wing
Phone Number: 609-258-5191
Email Address: muellerm@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Predictive computational simulation and modeling of multi-physics turbulent flows. Integration of computational science, data science, and uncertainty quantification. High-performance algorithms for large-scale heterogeneous parallel computing. Application areas of interest include combustion energy conversion for electricity generation and transportation (including pollutant emissions and the environmental impacts of combustion), offshore wind energy, and fusion energy.
Research Areas: Biofuels, Clean, Efficient Fuel Combustion, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Transportation
Athanassios Panagiotopoulos
Susan Dod Brown Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Location: A217 Engineering Quad A-Wing
Phone Number: 609-258-4591
Email Address: azp@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Molecular modeling of phase behavior and transport properties of aqueous electrolytes which are of fundamental importance in understanding the long-term fate of CO2 injected in underground rock formations for carbon capture and storage; computational studies of molten carbonate fuel cells, which can be used for simultaneous electricity production and CO2 purification; liquid metals as plasma-facing components for fusion energy systems
Research Areas: Carbon Capture & Storage, Fuel Cells, Renewable Energy
Warren Powell
Professor of Operations Research and Financial Engineering, emeritus
Location: 230 Sherrerd Hall
Phone Number: 609-258-5373
Email Address: powell@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Models for the design and control of a broad range of problems in energy systems, emphasizing problems that involve decisions and uncertainty. A major focus has been the study of high penetrations of renewables, and the design and control of energy storage systems. We are also working on models for driverless fleets of electric vehicles, uncertainty models of wind, solar and electricity prices, and the economics of energy portfolios.
Research Areas: Batteries, Buildings, Economics, Energy Efficiency, Energy Storage, Energy Systems Analysis, Industrial Processes, Renewable Energy, Smart Grid, Social Science of Energy & Environment, Solar, Transmission, Wind
Rodney Priestley
Dean of the Graduate School
Pomeroy and Betty Perry Smith Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Associate Director, Princeton Center for Complex Materials (PCCM)
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Location: A417 Engineering Quad
Phone Number: 609-258-5721
Email Address: rpriestl@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Research Areas: Solar, Sustainable Manufacturing/Chemistry, Water Desalination
Joshua Rabinowitz
Professor of Chemistry and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Location: 241 Carl C. Icahn Laboratory
Phone Number: 609-258-8985
Email Address: joshr@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Novel methods for probing metabolism, metabolic flux and regulation in bacteria and yeast, application to metabolic engineering and bioenergy
Research Areas: Biofuels, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Manufacturing/Chemistry
Herschel Rabitz
Charles Phelps Smyth '16 *17 Professor of Chemistry
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Location: Frick Laboratory, 253
Phone Number: 609-258-3917
Email Address: hrabitz@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Accelerated discovery of new materials and radiation-matter interactions expressed in an optimal control context. Theoretical and experimental analysis of control landscape topology to guide the latter control-based perspectives in the energy sciences
Research Areas: Clean, Efficient Fuel Combustion, Energy Systems Analysis, Renewable Energy
Barry Rand
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
Associate Director, External Partnerships in the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
Andlinger Center Executive Committee
Location: B414 Engineering Quad B-Wing
Phone Number: 609-258-7692
Email Address: brand@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Thin film semiconductors and electronics; organic perovskite, and chalcogenide semiconductors; photovoltaics; solar energy conversion; light emitting devices
Research Areas: Buildings, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Solar
Michele L. Sarazen
Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Location: A319 Engineering Quad
Phone Number: 609-258-8331
Email Address: msarazen@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Mechanistic investigations of heterogeneous catalysis, carbon capture, and environmental separations via combined synthetic, kinetic, and theoretical techniques; improving efficiencies for conversions of conventional feedstocks to fuels and chemicals and developing renewable alternatives to fuels and chemicals
Research Areas: Clean, Efficient Fuel Combustion, Fuels, Industrial Processes, Renewable Energy
Gregory Scholes
William S. Tod Professor of Chemistry
Andlinger Center Executive Committee
Location: 125 Frick Chemistry Lab
Phone Number: 609-258-0729
Email Address: gscholes@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Mechanisms of light harvesting and light-induced charge separation; photosynthesis; organic semiconductors; bioinspiration (learning from novelties in nature), chemistry powered by light, quantum effects in molecular-level function
Research Areas: Biofuels, Renewable Energy, Solar
Jeffrey Schwartz
Professor of Chemistry
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Location: 390 Frick Laboratory
Phone Number: 609-258-3926
Email Address: jschwart@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Interfacial modifiers in organic photovoltaics; interface chemistry; surface modification of polymer or inorganic conductor or semiconductor surfaces as a means to enhance performance of devices as diverse as diodes, organic transistors, or biosensors; strong interfaces between implant or tissue scaffold surfaces and biomolecules in the context of enhancing tissue integration with a prosthetic device
Research Areas: Renewable Energy, Solar
Annabella Selloni
David B. Jones Professor of Chemistry
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Location: 155 Frick Chemistry Lab
Phone Number: 609-258-3837
Email Address: aselloni@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Simulations of materials, interfaces, and processes in photo- and electro-catalysis
Research Areas: Renewable Energy, Solar
Sigurd Wagner
Professor of Electrical Engineering, Emeritus
Location:
Phone Number:
Email Address: wagner@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Environmental aspects of electrical engineering; solar energy conversion; devices, processes, and materials for large-area electronics; sensor skins for civil infrastructure
Research Areas: Buildings, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Solar
Nan Yao
Professor of the Practice in the Princeton Institute for Science and Technology of Materials
Director, Imaging and Analysis Center
Senior Research Scholar at the Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials
Location: 33 Andlinger Center
Phone Number: 609-258-6394
Email Address: nyao@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Utilizing advanced imaging, diffraction, spectroscopy and in-situ techniques, in tandem with theoretical simulations, to study fundamentals of the structure-composition-processing-property-performance relations in complex materials such as nanostructured materials, biomaterials, organic/inorganic interfaces, block copolymers, catalysts, quasicrystals and functional nanomaterials.
Research Areas: Batteries, Biofuels, Carbon Capture & Storage, Clean, Efficient Fuel Combustion, Energy Storage, Fuel Cells, Fuels, Renewable Energy, Solar, Supercapacitors
Xinning Zhang
Assistant Professor of Geosciences and at the High Meadows Environmental Institute
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Location: M47 Guyot Hall
Phone Number: 609-258-7688
Email Address: xinningz@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Carbon capture; carbon dioxide absorption by oceans, coastal impact
Research Areas: Biofuels, Climate Change, Renewable Energy