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Erik Sorensen

Erik Sorensen

Arthur Allen Patchett Professor in Organic Chemistry

Professor of Chemistry

Andlinger Center Associated Faculty

132 Chemistry Building
609-258-8135
ejs@princeton.edu

Research Description:

Green methods for achieving efficient chemical syntheses by approximating the efficiency with which nature creates architecturally complex, biologically active natural products

Anatoly Spitkovsky

Anatoly Spitkovsky

Professor of Astrophysical Sciences

123 Peyton Hall
609-258-2307
anatoly@princeton.edu

Research Description:

Modeling and experiments related to inertial confinement fusion and high energy density physics

Howard  Stone

Howard Stone

Donald R. Dixon '69 and Elizabeth W. Dixon Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Andlinger Center Associated Faculty

D326 Engineering Quad D-Wing
609-258-9493
hastone@princeton.edu

Research Description:

Erosion/corrosion in water flows for cooling in fusion reactors; fluid dynamics of lithium for protecting inner walls of fusion reactors; microfluidic studies relevant to water purification; electrokinetic effects relevant to energy storage devices

Sankaran  Sundaresan

Sankaran Sundaresan

Norman John Sollenberger Professor in Engineering

Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Andlinger Center Executive Committee

A315 Engineering Quad A-Wing
609-258-4583
sundar@princeton.edu

Research Description:

Carbon capture technology planning through use of large-scale simulations of reacting multiphase flows on large computational platforms; plasma-assisted catalytic reactors for energy-efficient synthesis of chemicals

Diana Tamir

Diana Tamir

Professor of Psychology

Andlinger Center Associated Faculty

329 Peretsman Scully Hall
609-258-7845
dtamir@princeton.edu

Research Description:

Studies how people think about their own minds and the minds of other people using a combination of behavioral, machine learning, and neuroimaging methods

Jeroen Tromp

Jeroen Tromp

Blair Professor of Geology

Professor of Geosciences and Applied and Coputational Mathematics

Director, Princeton Institute for Computational Science and Engineering

Andlinger Center Associated Faculty

336 Lewis Library
609-258-4128
jtromp@princeton.edu

Research Description:

Numerical simulations and inversions of acoustic, elastic and poroelastic waves, with applications ranging from medical imaging and nondestructive testing to exploration geophysics to earthquake seismology.

Robert  Vanderbei

Robert Vanderbei

Professor Emeritus, Operations Research and Financial Engineering

209 Sherrerd Hall
609-258-2345
rvdb@princeton.edu

Research Description:

Statistical modeling to examine evidence for global warming in local weather data

Gabriel A.Vecchi

Gabriel A. Vecchi

Professor of Geosciences and the Princeton Environmental Institute

Director, High Meadows Environmental Institute

Deputy Director, Cooperative Institute for Modeling the Earth System

Andlinger Center Executive Committee

Guyot Hall, Room 407
609-258-7813
gvecchi@princeton.edu

Research Description:

Understanding changes to the oceans and atmosphere, including the monsoons, El Niño, and the impact of climate on tropical cyclones, weather extremes, and global patterns of rainfall and drought. Climate modeling. Climate variability, change and predictability.

Naveen  Verma

Naveen Verma

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Director, Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education

Associate Director, Program in Robotics and Intelligent Systems

Andlinger Center Associated Faculty

B226 Engineering Quad B-Wing
609-258-1424
nverma@princeton.edu

Research Description:

Environmental sensors and computation platforms (low-power circuits and systems)

Sigurd Wagner

Sigurd Wagner

Professor of Electrical Engineering, Emeritus



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