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

Emily A. Carter

Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor in Energy and the Environment

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)

Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, and Applied and Computational Mathematics

Andlinger Center Executive Committee

Location: D430 Engineering Quad
Phone Number: 609-258-5391
Email Address: eac@princeton.edu

Research Description:

Development of efficient and accurate quantum mechanics simulation techniques, including embedded correlated wave function and orbital-free density functional theories; discovery and design of materials and processes for eletrical production of chemicals, materials, and fuels; carbon dioxide utilization; ammonia/hydrogen conversion.

Research Areas: Clean, Efficient Fuel Combustion, Energy Efficiency, Energy Storage, Fuel Cells, Fuels, Fusion, Nuclear Energy, Renewable Energy, Solar, Transportation

Edgar Choueiri

Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Andlinger Center Associated Faculty

Location: D432 Engineering Quad D-Wing
Phone Number: 609-258-5220
Email Address: choueiri@princeton.edu

Research Description:

Plasma physics and dynamics applied to space power and propulsion, plasma gasification for waste disposal, environmental acoustics

Research Areas: Fusion, Nuclear Energy

Nathaniel Fisch

Professor of Astrophysical Sciences

Andlinger Center Associated Faculty

Location: MS30 C-Site T162 PPL
Phone Number: 609-243-2643
Email Address: fisch@princeton.edu

Research Description:

Plasma physics with applications to nuclear fusion energy: plasma waves, current drive, laser/plasma interaction; atomic radiation in plasmas; petroleum refining; statistical inference and pattern recognition, modified Otto-cycle engines

Research Areas: Fusion, Nuclear Energy

David Gates

Managing Research Physicist, Advanced Projects Department Head, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)

Location: MS40, 357 C01 LSB (PPPL)
Phone Number: 609-243-2837
Email Address: dgates@princeton.edu

Research Description:

Fusion science; stellerator design and construction.

Research Areas: Plasma Physics, Supercapacitors

Alexander Glaser

Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and International Affairs, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs

Co-Director, Program in Science and Global Security

Andlinger Center Associated Faculty

Location: 213 221 Nassau St.
Phone Number: 609-258-5692
Email Address: aglaser@princeton.edu

Research Description:

Nuclear power (fission/fusion); nuclear fuel cycle/nonproliferation; neutronics calculations for new systems (e.g. small modular reactors; safeguards and verification; energy policy)

Research Areas: Fission, Fusion, Nuclear Energy, Policy, Social Science of Energy & Environment

Robert Goldston

Professor of Astrophysical Sciences

Andlinger Center Associated Faculty

Location: MS41 C-Site B319 PPL
Phone Number: 609-243-3550
Email Address: rjg@princeton.edu

Research Description:

Experimental plasma physics, plasma heating and transport for fusion energy. Edge power handling. Fusion reactor and power plant designs, including tokamak, spherical torus, and stellarator configurations. Socio-economic aspects of nuclear energy, particularly nuclear proliferation risks

Research Areas: Fission, Fusion, Nuclear Energy, Policy, Social Science of Energy & Environment

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)

Location: Andlinger Center
Phone Number: 609-258-7833
Email Address: cgreig@princeton.edu

Research Description:

Understanding and mitigating social and economic barriers to scaling up clean energy and fuels production, carbon capture and storage (CCS), industrial decarbonization; climate finance; energy infrastructure delivery innovation. Leadership in the Rapid Switch initiative and Net‑Zero America.

Research Areas: Batteries, Behavior, Carbon Capture & Storage, Climate Change, Economics, Energy Efficiency, Energy Storage, Energy Systems Analysis, Fuels, Industrial Processes, Nuclear Energy, Policy, Renewable Energy, Social Science of Energy & Environment, Solar, Transmission, Waste Heat Recovery, Wind

Igor Kaganovich

Principal Research Physicist, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)

Location: Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Phone Number: (609) 243-3277
Email Address: ikaganovich@pppl.gov

Research Description:

Theoretical plasma physics; plasma-surface interactions; plasma-based synthesis and processing of nanomaterials; cross-field discharges; physics of plasma thrusters; nuclear fusion (heavy ion fusion); magnetohydrodynamics; quantum mechanics.

Research Areas: Fusion, Plasma Physics

Bruce Koel

Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Emeritus

Location: A311 Engineering Quad A-Wing
Phone Number: 609-258-4524
Email Address: bkoel@princeton.edu

Research Description:

Surface and interfacial processes; plasma-materials interactions in fusion reactors; plasma-enhanced catalysis; photoelectrocatalysis for water splitting and carbon dioxide reduction; alloy catalysis; chemistry of the battery solid electrolyte interphase

Research Areas: Fuel Cells, Fusion, Nuclear Energy, Pollutant Detection & Remediation, Renewable Energy, Solar

Egemen Kolemen

Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment

Director, Program in Sustainable Energy

Andlinger Center Executive Committee

Location: D302 Engineering Quad
Phone Number: 609-258-9209
Email Address: ekolemen@princeton.edu

Research Description:

Engineering and physics analysis to enable economically feasible fusion reactors; machine learning, real-time diagnostics and control at KSTAR, NSTX-U, and DIII-D; liquid metal divertor and low temperature diagnostics; software for stellarator optimization and economical analysis of fusion reactors.

Research Areas: Fusion, Nuclear Energy, Plasma Physics

Stewart C. Prager

Professor of Astrophysical Sciences, Emeritus

Location:
Phone Number: 609-243-3553
Email Address: sprager@princeton.edu

Research Description:

Experimental plasma physics, including study of stability, turbulence, transport, and self-organization in plasmas, for use in fusion energy

Research Areas: Fusion, Nuclear Energy

Yevgeny Raitses

Managing Principal Research Physicist, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)

Location: Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Phone Number:
Email Address: yraitses@princeton.edu

Research Description:

Plasma physics; plasma thrusters; plasma-surface interactions; plasma-based synthesis and processing of nanomaterials; plasma diagnostics.

Research Areas: Plasma Physics

Clarence Rowley

Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Sin-I Cheng Professor in Engineering Science

Andlinger Center Associated Faculty

Location: D232 Engineering Quad D-Wing
Phone Number: 609-258-7321
Email Address: cwrowley@princeton.edu

Research Description:

Control of plasmas in nuclear fusion; modeling of fluid flows from a dynamical systems point of view

Research Areas: Fusion, Nuclear Energy

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

Anatoly Spitkovsky

Professor of Astrophysical Sciences

Location: 123 Peyton Hall
Phone Number: 609-258-2307
Email Address: anatoly@princeton.edu

Research Description:

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

Research Areas: Fusion, Nuclear Energy

Howard Stone

Neil A. Omenn '68 University Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Andlinger Center Associated Faculty

Location: D328 Engineering Quad D-Wing
Phone Number: 609-258-9493
Email Address: 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

Research Areas: Fusion, Nuclear Energy, Pollutant Detection & Remediation