David Wentzlaff
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
B228 Engineering Quad B-Wing
609-258-7781
wentzlaf@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Energy efficient design of computing architectures and software systems; green computing; minimization of computer systems’ environmental impact; sustainable service and decommissioning of computer components; biodegradable computers.
Claire White
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
Andlinger Center Executive Committee
E326 Engineering Quad E-Wing
609-258-6263
whitece@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Sustainable cements and related engineering systems including alkali-activated materials, blended Portland cements, carbonate-based cements and influence of additives on cement-based materials. Research focus includes thermodynamics and kinetics of cement phases, chemical durability (e.g., carbonation and sulfate), pore structure and permeability, and non-destructive measurements of sub-micron processes, with a focus on combining experiments and simulation techniques.
David Wilcove
Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Public Affairs and the High Meadows Environmental Institute
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
3-C-10 Green Hall
609-258-7118
dwilcove@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Environmental policy; conservation of biodiversity; effects of land-use change and climate change on biodiversity; impact of agriculture on biodiversity
Gerard Wysocki
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
B324 Engineering Quad B-Wing
609-258-8187
gwysocki@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Laser spectroscopic sensing for energy and environmental applications; environmental trace-gas sensor networks; active and passive remote atmospheric sensing
Wei Xiong
Hugh Leander and Mary Trumbull Adams Professor for the Study of Investment and Financial Markets
Professor of Economics
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
201 26 Prospect Avenue
609-258-0282
wxiong@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Financialization of commodity and energy markets; effects of financial market frictions; behavioral finance
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
33 Andlinger Center
609-258-6394
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.
Ali Yazdani
Class of 1909 Professor of Physics
Director, Princeton Center for Complex Materials (PCCM)
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
384 Jadwin Hall
609-258-4390
yazdani@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Fundamental studies of the origin of superconductivity, particularly in high-temperature cuprate superconductors, to aid search for materials that exhibit superconductivity at higher temperatures; study of topological quantum states in materials and their use for dissipation-less transport
Xinning Zhang
Assistant Professor of Geosciences and at the High Meadows Environmental Institute
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
M47 Guyot Hall
609-258-7688
xinningz@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Carbon capture; carbon dioxide absorption by oceans, coastal impact
Mark Zondlo
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Director of Graduate Studies
Andlinger Center Executive Committee
E403 Engineering Quad E-Wing
609-258-5037
mzondlo@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Atmospheric chemistry; atmospheric measurements of greenhouse gases and air pollutants; emissions of carbon and nitrogen to the atmosphere; compact, laser-based sensor development