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, Emeritus
Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Emeritus
Location:
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)
Location: Andlinger Center
Phone Number: 609-258-7833
Email Address: cgreig@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Analyze practical pathways for accelerating the global energy transition. Enabling rapid, large‑scale decarbonization by addressing real‑world bottlenecks in scaling clean energy, advancing carbon capture and storage, and transforming industrial and energy systems for net‑zero transitions. Highly interdisciplinary and industry‑informed. 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
Kelsey Hatzell
Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
Andlinger Center Executive Committee
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
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:
Electrochemical technologies for clean water and clean energy production. Ion-selective materials, membranes, and electrodes. Water desalination systems, fuel cells, electrolyzers, and flow batteries.
Research Areas: Pollutant Detection & Remediation, 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
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Location: 109 110 Prospect Ave
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, Emeritus
Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Emeritus
Location:
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