Robert Cava
Russell Wellman Moore Professor of Chemistry
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Location: A88 Frick Chemistry Laboratory
Phone Number: 609-258-0016
Email Address: rcava@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Synthesis, discovery and characterization of new superconducting, thermoelectric, and semiconducting materials.
Research Areas: Superconducting Materials, Thermoelectrics, Transmission, Waste Heat Recovery
Stephen Chou
Joseph C. Elgin Professor of Engineering
Professor of Electrical Engineering
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Location: B412 Engineering Quad, B-Wing
Phone Number: 609-258-4416
Email Address: 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
Research Areas: Buildings, Energy Efficiency, Energy Storage, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Manufacturing/Chemistry, Waste Heat Recovery
Pablo Debenedetti
Class of 1950 Professor in Engineering and Applied Science
Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Dean for Research
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Location: 91 Prospect Avenue, Room 107
Phone Number: 609-258-5480
Email Address: pdebene@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Molecular modeling of hydrate melting and formation as possible approach to carbon sequestration; molecular modeling of heterogeneous ice nucleation for improved weather and climate models; computational modeling of phase behavior of water, carbon dioxide and salt mixtures for carbon capture and storage and geothermal energy production; computational investigation of water in nafion membranes for fuel cells; desalination with gas hydrates for improved fresh water production and greater energy efficiency
Research Areas: Carbon Capture & Storage, Fuel Cells, Renewable Energy, Waste Heat Recovery, Water Desalination
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
Nai Phuan Ong
Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Location: 302 Jadwin Hall
Phone Number: 609-258-4347
Email Address: npo@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Thermoelectrics, fundamental studies of superconductivity, novel superconducting and magnetic materials, topological insulators, Dirac-Weyl metals
Research Areas: Superconducting Materials, Thermoelectrics, Transmission, Waste Heat Recovery
Rodney Priestley
Dean of the Graduate School
Pomeroy and Betty Perry Smith Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Associate Director, Princeton Center for Complex Materials (PCCM)
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Location: A417 Engineering Quad
Phone Number: 609-258-5721
Email Address: rpriestl@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Research Areas: Solar, Sustainable Manufacturing/Chemistry, Water Desalination
Sankaran Sundaresan
Norman John Sollenberger Professor in Engineering
Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Andlinger Center Executive Committee
Location: A315 Engineering Quad A-Wing
Phone Number: 609-258-4583
Email Address: sundar@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Carbon capture technology planning through use of large-scale simulations of reacting multiphase flows on large computational platforms; plasma-assisted catalytic reactors for energy-efficient synthesis of chemicals
Research Areas: Carbon Capture & Storage, Waste Heat Recovery, Water Desalination