Michael Bender
Professor of Geosciences, Emeritus
Location: M48 Guyot Hall
Phone Number: 609-258-2936
Email Address: bender@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Glacial-interglacial climate change, photosynthesis and respiration in phytoplankton and plants
Research Areas: Climate Change
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
Adam Burrows
Professor of Astrophysical Sciences
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Location: 105 Peyton Hall
Phone Number: 609-258-3590
Email Address: burrows@astro.princeton.edu
Research Description:
General energy studies; fission and fusion; climate change; battery technology; policy
Research Areas: Batteries, Climate Change, Energy Storage, Fission, Fuels, Fusion, Impact of Energy & Land Use, Nuclear Energy, Social Science of Energy & Environment
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
Leo Donner
Lecturer in Geosciences and Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Physical Scientist, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Location:
Phone Number:
Email Address: leo.j.donner@noaa.gov
Research Description:
Climate-model development; cloud and convective processes in the atmospheric general circulation; role of clouds in climate and climate change
Research Areas: Climate Change, Impact of Energy & Land Use
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
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
Peter Jaffé
William L. Knapp '47 Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Andlinger Center Executive Committee
Location: E411 Engineering Quad E-Wing
Phone Number: 609-258-4653
Email Address: jaffe@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Biogeochemical cycles applied to environmental remediation, especially water quality and soils. Bioremediation of uranium-contaminated groundwater; biogeochemical cycling in wetlands including immobilization of toxic metals; methane emissions from rice paddies; nitrogen transformation in urban streams and hydrological infrastructure; linking water quality models with climate change models; bioremediation of recalcitrant pollutants, including PFAS; energy efficient methods for nitrification and denitrification.
Research Areas: Climate Change, Impact of Energy & Land Use, Pollutant Detection & Remediation
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
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
Richard Moss
Andlinger Center Non-Resident fellow
Senior scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Joint Global Change Research Institute, University of Maryland
Gerhard R. Andlinger Visiting Fellow in Energy and the Environment (2019-2020)
Location: 226 Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
Phone Number: 609-258-5158
Email Address: rmoss@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Moss’s research focuses on the role of human agency and decision making in global environmental changes such as climate change. While at the Andlinger Center, Moss is working on coastal adaptation and resilience, focusing on decision support for development of time-dependent adaptation pathways. Moss is also researching the co-evolution of coupled human-natural systems and factors that facilitate or limit interdisciplinary scientific collaboration. He has published on climate scenarios, uncertainty characterization, and adaptation.
Research Areas: Climate Change, Energy Efficiency, Impact of Energy & Land Use, Policy, Social Science of Energy & Environment
Michael Oppenheimer
Director of the Center for Policy Research on Energy and Environment
Albert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences, International Affairs, and the High Meadows Environmental Institute
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Location: 3-C-13 Green Hall
Phone Number: 609-258-2338
Email Address: omichael@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Climate change science and policy, sea-level rise, adaptation, climate-driven migration
Research Areas: Climate Change, Impact of Energy & Land Use, Policy, Social Science of Energy & Environment
Anu Ramaswami
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, and the High Meadows Environmental Institute
Director, Chadha Center for Global India
Sanjay Swani ’87 Professor of India Studies
Andlinger Center Executive Committee
Location:
Phone Number: 609-258-3729
Email Address: anu.ramaswami@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Anu Ramaswami is an interdisciplinary environmental engineer recognized as a pioneer and leader on the topic of sustainable urban infrastructure systems. Her work explores how seven key sectors – that provide water, energy, food, buildings, mobility, connectivity, waste management and green/public spaces – shape human and environmental wellbeing, from local to global scales. Ramaswami’s work integrates environmental science and engineering, industrial ecology, public health and public affairs, with a human-centered and systems focus.
Research Areas: Climate Change, Impact of Energy & Land Use
Venkatachalam Ramaswamy
Lecturer with the rank of Professor in Geosciences and Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Location: 257 Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
Phone Number: 609-452-6510
Email Address: v.ramaswamy@noaa.gov
Research Description:
Numerical modeling of Earth’s climate system; climate variations and change due to natural and human-influenced factors; past, present and future climates; Earth’s hydrological cycle; satellite remote sensing of climate; climate and air quality
Research Areas: Climate Change, Impact of Energy & Land Use
Laure Resplandy
Assistant Professor of Geosciences and the High Meadows Environmental Institute
Location: Guyot Hall 418-B
Phone Number: 609-258-9017
Email Address: laurer@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Climate and ocean modeling; carbon cycle; impacts on marine ecosystems; climate-carbon interactions.
Research Areas: Climate Change, Hydrology
Jorge Sarmiento
George J. Magee Professor of Geoscience and Geological Engineering, Emeritus
Location: 306A Forrestal Campus Sayre Hall
Phone Number: 609-258-6585
Email Address: jls@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Fundamental processes controlling the ocean-atmosphere distribution of climatically important chemicals, particularly carbon dioxide, and how these have changed through time; global carbon cycle, ocean biogeochemical dynamics, the impact of climate change on ocean biology and biogeochemistry, use of chemical tracers to study ocean circulation, paleoceanography
Research Areas: Climate Change, Impact of Energy & Land Use
Daniel Sigman
Dusenbury Professor of Geological and Geophysical Sciences
Professor of Geosciences
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Location: M52 Guyot Hall
Phone Number: 609-258-2194
Email Address: sigman@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Earth’s environmental history; interactions among climate, ocean biogeochemistry, and atmospheric carbon dioxide; the global nitrogen cycle, today and in the past
Research Areas: Climate Change, Impact of Energy & Land Use
Robert Socolow
Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Emeritus
Location: 139 Guyot Hall
Phone Number: 609-258-5446
Email Address: socolow@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Global energy system response to global and local environmental and security constraints; carbon dioxide capture from fossil fuels and storage in geological formations; nuclear power; energy efficiency in buildings; advanced technologies in developing countries
Research Areas: Buildings, Carbon Capture & Storage, Climate Change, Energy Efficiency, Energy Systems Analysis, Nuclear Energy
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
Location: Guyot Hall, Room 407
Phone Number: 609-258-7813
Email Address: 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.
Research Areas: Climate Change, Impact of Energy & Land Use
Elke U. Weber
Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor in Energy and the Environment
Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs
Associate Director for Education, Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
Andlinger Center Executive Committee
Location: 86 Olden Street
Phone Number: 646-896-9410
Email Address: eweber@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Questions at the intersection of psychology, economics, engineering, and policy that address the importance and role of descriptive/behavioral models of judgment and decision-making under risk and uncertainty and for decisions with long time horizons in environmental and energy-related decision making and policy. Psychologically appropriate ways to measure and model individual, group, or cultural differences in risk taking and time discounting across domains.
Research Areas: Behavior, Climate Change, Economics, Energy Efficiency, Smart Grid, Social Science of Energy & Environment
David Wilcove
Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Public Affairs and the High Meadows Environmental Institute
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Location: 3-C-10 Green Hall
Phone Number: 609-258-7118
Email Address: 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
Research Areas: Climate Change, Impact of Energy & Land Use, Policy, Social Science of Energy & Environment
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