Ian Bourg
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the High Meadows Environmental Institute
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
E416 Engineering Quad
609-258-4541
bourg@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Research examines the fundamental properties of interfacial water and their impact on geochemistry, mechanics, and mass fluxes in soils and sedimentary environments. Current projects focus on understanding how clay minerals control hydraulic permeability and the fate and transport of organic compounds.
M. Christine Boyer
Professor, Urbanism
William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Architecture and Urbanism
Director, Undergraduate Urban Studies Certificate Program
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
S116A Architecture Building
609-258-1446
mcboyer@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Urban history; city planning and preservation planning
Adam Burrows
Professor of Astrophysical Sciences
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
105 Peyton Hall
 609-258-3590
burrows@astro.princeton.edu
Research Description:
General energy studies; fission and fusion; climate change; battery technology; policy
Rene Carmona
Paul M. Wythes '55 Professor of Engineering and Finance
Professor of Operations Research and Financial Engineering
Andlinger Center Executive Committee
210 Sherrerd Hall
609-258-2310
rcarmona@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Commodity and energy markets (e.g. oil, electricity, natural gas, coal); market mechanisms to control greenhouse gas emissions; game theoretic analyses of the energy/emissions markets with emphasis on the policy implications of their designs
Emily A. Carter
Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor in Energy and the Environment
Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, and Applied and Computational Mathematics
Senior Strategic Advisor and Associate Laboratory Director for Applied Materials and Sustainability Sciences at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Founding Director, Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment (2010-2016)
Andlinger Center Executive Committee
D430 Engineering Quad
609-258-5391
eac@princeton.edu
Research Description:
The development of efficient and accurate quantum mechanics simulation techniques, including embedded correlated wave function and orbital-free density functional theories. Applications are focused on enabling discovery and design of materials and processes for producing chemicals, materials, and fuels from renewable energy, with a specific emphasis on carbon dioxide utilization and ammonia/hydrogen conversion.
Robert Cava
Russell Wellman Moore Professor of Chemistry
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
A88 Frick Chemistry Laboratory
609-258-0016
rcava@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Synthesis, discovery and characterization of new superconducting, thermoelectric, and semiconducting materials.
Michael A. Celia
Theodora Shelton Pitney Professor of Environmental Studies, Emeritus
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
E409 Engineering Quad E-Wing
609-258-5425
celia@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Ground-water hydrology; geological sequestration of CO2; simulation methods for multi-phase flow in porous media; ecohydrology; contaminant transport simulation
Minjie Chen
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
Andlinger Center Executive Committee
217 Andlinger Center
609-258-7656
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.
Paul Chirik
Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Chemistry
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
292 Frick Chemistry Lab
609-258-4130
pchirik@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Design and synthesis of earth abundant, particularly iron and cobalt, catalysts for chemical synthesis relevant to the pharmaceutical, fine, commodity and petrochemical industries. Reduction of N2 and CO2 compatible with renewable hydrogen and alternative energy sources.
Stephen Chou
Joseph C. Elgin Professor of Engineering
Professor of Electrical Engineering
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
B412 Engineering Quad, B-Wing
609-258-4416
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