Mobile Menu

Pollutant Detection & Remediation

José Avalos

Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Bioengineering

Andlinger Center Executive Committee

Location: 101 Hoyt Chemical Laboratory
Phone Number: 609-258-9881
Email Address: javalos@princeton.edu

Research Description:

Optogenetics; synthetic biology; metabolic engineering; microorganisms for advanced biofuels, commodity chemicals, specialty chemicals, and bioplastics; biosensor and metabolic engineering for bioremediation

Research Areas: , ,

Ian Bourg

Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the High Meadows Environmental Institute

Andlinger Center Associated Faculty

Location: E416 Engineering Quad
Phone Number: 609-258-4541
Email Address: bourg@princeton.edu

Research Description:

Interfacial water dynamics; geochemistry; mineral weathering; soils and sedimentary environments; fate and transport of organic compounds

Research Areas: , ,

Claire Gmachl

Eugene Higgins Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Chair, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Andlinger Center Executive Committee

Head of Whitman College

Location: B227A Engineering Quad
Phone Number: 609-258-7489
Email Address: cgmachl@princeton.edu

Research Description:

Built environment, structural health monitoring (SHM), advanced SHM technologies, physics- and data-based diagnostics and prognostic, decision making, smart adaptable and deployable structures, heritage and historic structures.

Research Areas: ,

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: , ,

Ryan Kingsbury

Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment

Location: 213 Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
Phone Number: 609-258-1146
Email Address: kingsbury@princeton.edu

Research Description:

Development of electrochemical technologies for water treatment and energy storage; ion-selective materials such as membranes and electrodes; electrochemical and thermodynamic materials characterization; electrodialysis; ion separations.

Research Areas: ,

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: , , , , ,

Chung Law

Robert H. Goddard Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Andlinger Center Associated Faculty

Location: D325 Engineering Quad
Phone Number: 609-258-5271
Email Address: cklaw@princeton.edu

Research Description:

Fundamentals of combustion, with applications in propulsion, energy and environmental issues; combustion of fuel droplets and sprays; incineration of hazardous wastes; chemistry of flame-generated pollutants; formulation of high-performance propulsion fuels

Research Areas: ,

Naomi Leonard

Edwin S. Wilsey Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Chair, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Location: D234 Engineering Quad D-Wing
Phone Number: 609-258-5129
Email Address: naomi@princeton.edu

Research Description:

Design/control of new kinds of sustainable and adaptive environmental sensing and observation systems (special focus on marine environments/ocean)

Research Areas:

Marcella Lusardi

Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Princeton Materials Institute

Andlinger Center Associated Faculty

Location: A211 Engineering Quadrangle
Phone Number: 609-258-0300
Email Address: mlusardi@princeton.edu

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.

Research Areas:

Richard Miles

Robert Porter Patterson Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Emeritus

TEES Distinguished Research Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University

Location:
Phone Number: 979-458-2534
Email Address: miles@princeton.edu

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 Areas: ,

Catherine Peters

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

George J. Magee Professor of Geological Engineering

Andlinger Center Associated Faculty

Location: E417A Engineering Quad E-Wing
Phone Number: 609-258-5645
Email Address: cap@princeton.edu

Research Description:

Environmental water quality and industrial wastewater treatment. Geochemical reactions in energy resources engineering including geologic sequestration of CO2, hydrofracking, and geothermal energy production. Reactive flows in porous, permeable, and fractured media

Research Areas: ,

Z. Jason Ren

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment

Andlinger Center Executive Committee

Location: Engineering Quadrangle
Phone Number: 609-258-7580
Email Address: zjren@princeton.edu

Research Description:

Water-Energy Nexus; Environmental Biotechnology; Water Resource Recovery; Carbon Capture and Utilization; Microbial Electrochemistry; Water and Wastewater Treatment; Environmental Remediation; Water Desalination; Membranes

Research Areas:

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: , ,

Naveen Verma

Ralph H. and Freda I. Augustine Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Andlinger Center Associated Faculty

Location: B226 Engineering Quad B-Wing
Phone Number: 609-258-1424
Email Address: nverma@princeton.edu

Research Description:

Environmental sensors and computation platforms (low-power circuits and systems)

Research Areas: , ,

Mark Zondlo

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Andlinger Center Executive Committee

Location: E403 Engineering Quad
Phone Number: 609-258-5037
Email Address: 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

Research Areas: ,