Simon Levin
James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Research Description:
Ecosystem and biosphere-level maintenance of macroscopic patterns and processes; evolution of diversification; mathematical modeling; evolution and ecology of dispersal; strain structure in influenza; public goods problems and environmental economics
Research Description:
Design of new intersections between land and water in urban environments in response to rising sea levels; new building forms and organizations based integrated systems and energy flows.
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 Description:
Protein engineering and synthetic biology with applications in natural product biosynthesis. Chemical basis of microbial communication and bioremediation, especially for metals in the environment.
Yueh-Lin (Lynn) Loo
Theodora D. '78 and William H. Walton III '74 Professor in Engineering
Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Former Director, Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment (2016-2021)
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
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.
Marcella Lusardi
Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Princeton Materials Institute
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Research Description:
Molecular-scale materials design, synthesis, and characterization to address pressing challenges in sustainable chemistry, with a focus on catalytic (thermal, photo-, and electrocatalysis) and adsorption applications; CO2 capture and conversion; nanoplastic removal from water; green pharmaceutical synthesis; organic nanomaterials; nanostructured metals/metal oxides; molecular sieves; quantum dots.
Sharad Malik
George Van Ness Lothrop Professor in Engineering
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Research Description:
Design and programming of low-energy computing systems
Jyotirmoy Mandal
Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Research Description:
Design of optical materials across geometric to metamaterial scales for control of thermal radiation, with applications in building and environmental thermal management.
Christos Maravelias
Anderson Family Professor in Energy and the Environment
Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
Chair, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Andlinger Center Executive Committee
Research Description:
Development of theory, models, and solution algorithms for problems in the general area of Process Systems Engineering (PSE). Topics include (1) chemical production scheduling, planning, and supply chain optimization; (2) chemical process synthesis; and (3) energy systems modeling, optimization, and analysis, with special emphasis on biomass-to-fuels/chemicals and solar fuel and power technologies.
Luigi Martinelli
Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
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
Margaret Martonosi
Hugh Trumbull Adams '35 Professor of Computer Science
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Research Description:
Energy-efficient computer servers, including optimization frameworks for improving green energy usage in multi-data-center internet services and power-performance optimizations for improving energy-proportionality within data centers
Douglas Massey
Henry G. Bryant Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School
Director, Office of Population Research
Director, Program in Population Studies
Research Description:
Issues of international migration caused by environmental change
William Massey
Edwin S. Wilsey Professor of Operations Research and Financial Engineering
Research Description:
Application of queueing theory to optimize the use of individual energy storage components. Stochastic networks; dynamic optimization; dynamical systems
Denise Mauzerall
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Public and International Affairs, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and CEE
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
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
Reed M. Maxwell
William and Edna Macaleer Professor of Engineering and Applied Science
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the High Meadows Environmental Institute
Director of Integrated Groundwater Modeling Center
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Research Description:
Understanding how much terrestrial freshwater is on earth and how fast this is being replenished or depleted. Problems include groundwater, evapotranspiration and snow hydrology, understanding connections within the hydrologic cycle and how they relate to water quantity and quality under anthropogenic stresses.
Iain McCulloch
Director, Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
Gerhard R. Andlinger '52 Professor in Energy and Environment
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
Andlinger Center Executive Committee
Research Description:
Design, synthesis and development of semiconducting small molecules and polymers for use as transistors for display, solar cells and biological sensing. Toics include organic photovoltaics, photo- and electrocatalysis for fuel production, carbon capture and conversion, biological sensing and electrochemical devices, solid-state optical semiconducting sensors for ions, and semiconducting polymers for organic electrochemical transistors.
Forrest Meggers
Associate Professor of Architecture and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
Associate Director for Education, Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
Andlinger Center Executive Committee
Research Description:
Building systems design and integration; radiant heating and cooling sensors and systems; desiccant dehumidification, geothermal systems; heat pumps; renewable energy; optimization of energy systems; exergy analysis; building materials; thermodynamics and heat transfer
Julia Mikhailova
Associate Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Research Description:
Attosecond science, high-harmonic and attosecond‐pulse generation and application. High-field physics, high-power lasers, relativistic laser‐plasma interaction, synchrotron‐type intense x‐ray radiation from solids, laser‐driven particle acceleration. Ultrafast and nonlinear optics, few-cycle optical pulse generation, optical parametric chirped pulse amplification, femtosecond laser filamentation, nonlinear fiber optics. Quantum optics, entanglement of quantum states, biphoton states in spontaneous parametric light scattering.
Richard Miles
Robert Porter Patterson Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Emeritus
TEES Distinguished Research Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University
Research Description:
High-sensitivity detection of pollutants and environmental contaminants (CO, NO, etc); combustion and aerodynamic control by lasers and microwaves, and plasma based energy conversion.
Research Description:
The design and development of privacy-preserving and secure systems, including the domains of (1) privacy-enhancing technologies such as anonymous communication and statistical data privacy, (2) adversarial machine learning, and (3) Internet/network security
Reza Moini
Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Research Description:
Bio‑inspired architected materials and advanced additive/robotic manufacturing methods for tougher, more resilient cement‑based and civil infrastructure materials. Mechanics, fracture behavior, and processing‑structure‑function relationships of brittle and heterogeneous materials, including 3D‑printed concrete and multi‑material assemblies.
Michael Mueller
Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Associate Chair, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
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 Description:
Environmental geochemistry focused on mineral‑water and bacteria‑water interfaces, aqueous speciation, ion solvation, iron cycling, and organic biogeochemistry including natural organohalogens. Molecular‑scale studies of how natural and engineered materials interact with their environments to advance understanding of energy, environmental sustainability, and geochemical processes.
Guy Nordenson
Professor of Architecture and Structural Engineering
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Research Description:
Climate adaptation design and engineering, particularly in coastal urban regions
Research Description:
Thermoelectrics, fundamental studies of superconductivity, novel superconducting and magnetic materials, topological insulators, Dirac-Weyl metals