People


Faculty

Klaus S. Lackner
Department Chair; Maurice Ewing and J. Lamar Worzel Professor of Geophysics
1038D S. W. Mudd, Mail Code: 4711

Phone: +1 212-854-0304
Fax: +1 212-854-7081
Email: kl2010@columbia.edu

Research Areas:

Carbon management; alternative fuels and energy management; fluid mechanics and transport processes; applied physics


Paul Wesley Brandt-Rauf
Professor; Chair of MSPH Environmental Health Sciences
60 Haven Ave, B1-109A

Phone: +1 212-305-3959
Fax: +1 212-305-4012
Email: pwb1@columbia.edu

Research Areas:

Environmental carcinogenesis; protein chemistry; molecular epidemiology; ethics


Marco J. Castaldi
Assistant Professor
926-B S. W. Mudd, Mail Code: 4711

Phone: +1 212-854-6390
Fax: +1 212-854-7081
Email: mc2352@columbia.edu

Research Areas:

Enhanced combustion processes; catalytic reactor design; integrated systems for energy materials; fuels optimization


Kartik Chandran
Assistant Professor
1038A S. W. Mudd, Mail Code: 4711

Phone: +1 212-854-9027
Fax: +1 212-854-7081
Email: kc2288@columbia.edu

Research Areas:

Environmental microbial transformations and ecology; bacterial response to stress and stimuli; applied bacterial genomics in public health


Paul F. Duby
Professor
905 S. W. Mudd, Mail Code: 4711

Phone: +1 212-854-2928
Fax: +1 212-854-7081
Email: pfd1@columbia.edu

Research Areas:

Electrochemical and hydrometallurgical processes; corrosion of metals; water chemistry; mineral waste treatment and recovery


Vasilis M. Fthenakis
Director, Center for Life Cycle Analysis
926D Mudd S. W. Mudd, Mail Code: 4711

Phone: +1 631-344-2830 , +1 212-854-8885
Email: vmf5@columbia.edu

Research Areas:

Air pollution, fluid dynamics, two-phase flow modeling, atmospheric dispersion, sustainable energy, life cycle analysis, process safety, recycling, hydrometallurgical separation processes


Gavin Gong
Assistant Professor
838 S. W. Mudd, Mail Code: 4711

Phone: +1 212-854-7287
Fax: +1 212-854-7081
Email: gg2138@columbia.edu

Research Areas:

Hydroclimatology; landsurface-atmosphere interaction over continental scales; snow hydrology; water resource management


Nikhil Krishnan
Assistant Professor
500 West 120th Street, Mailcode: 4711
905C S.W. Mudd
New York , NY 10027

Phone: 212-854-9366
Email: nk2162@columbia.edu

Research Areas:

Reducing the environmental impacts of industrial activity.


Upmanu Lall
Alan and Carol Silberstein Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering and of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
840 S. W. Mudd, Mail Code: 4711

Phone: +1 212-854-8905, +1 845-680-4421
Email: ula2@columbia.edu

Research Areas:

Hydroclimatology, nonlinear dynamics, and applied statistics; natural hazards, water systems, and risk management; water technologies for developing countries


Ah-Hyung Alissa Park
Assistant Professor
500 West 120th Street
Mailcode 4711; 1045B SW Mudd
New York , NY 10027

Phone: +1 212 854 8989
Email: ap2622@columbia.edu

Research Areas:

Carbon sequestration; Clean fossil energy conversion systems; Alternative energy production; Particle technology; Electrostatic tomography; Multiphase flow systems


Peter Schlosser
Vinton Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering; Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences; Associate Director of the Earth Institute
842-C S. W. Mudd, Mail Code: 4711

Phone: +1 212-854-0306
Fax: +1 212-854-7081
Email: schlosser@ldeo.columbia.edu

Research Areas:

Water movement and its variability in natural systems; ocean/atmosphere gas exchange; paleotemperature reconstructions; anthropogenic impact on natural systems


Ponisseril Somasundaran
LaVon Duddleson Krumb Professor of Mineral Engineering
911 S. W. Mudd, Mail Code: 4711

Phone: +1 212-854-2926
Fax: +1 212-854-8362
Email: ps24@columbia.edu

Research Areas:

Surface and colloid science; nanoparticles, biosurfaces, and biosensors; enhanced oil and coal recovery; polymer / surfactant / protein interactions; arsenic remediation


Nickolas John Themelis
Stanley-Thompson Professor Emeritus of Chemical Metallurgy
926E S. W. Mudd, Mail Code: 4711

Phone: +1 212-854-2138
Fax: +1 212-854-5213
Email: njt1@columbia.edu

Research Areas:

Transport phenomena in thermal plasma spraying, energy, and material recovery from solid wastes; cogeneration of electricity and heat; industrial ecology


Nicholas J. Turro
Professor; William P. Schweitzer Professor of Chemistry; Professor of Chemical Engineering; Professor of Environmental Engineering and Materials Science
766 Chandler Hall, Mail Code: 3119

Phone: +1 212-854-2175
Fax: +1 212-932-1289
Email: njt3@columbia.edu

Research Areas:

Spectroscopic methods for the elucidation of the structure and dynamics of adsorbed molecules; investigation of nanoparticles for catalysis for pollution control


Tuncel M. Yegulalp
Professor
926B S. W. Mudd, Mail Code: 4711

Phone: +1 212-854-2984
Fax: +1 212-854-7081
Email: yegulalp@columbia.edu

Research Areas:

Mineral economics; systems analysis; extreme value statistics applications; zero-emission power plant modeling and design; CO2 sequestration



Adjunct Faculty

William Becker
Vice President, Hazen and Sawyer, P.C.
918 S. W. Mudd, Mail Code: 4711

Phone: +1 212-854-2905
Email: wb2148@columbia.edu

Research Areas:

Physical chemical process; drinking water treatment; wastewater treatment; watershed protection


Raymond S. Farinato
Adjunct Professor
918 S. W. Mudd, Mail Code: 4711

Phone: +1 212-854-2905
Fax: +1 212-854-7081
Email: rsf2106@columbia.edu

Research Areas:

Surface and colloid chemistry


Robert Farrauto
Research Fellow, Hydrogen and Fuel Cells
918 S. W. Mudd, Mail Code: 4711

Phone: +1 212-854-2905
Email: Bob.Farrauto@basf.com

Research Areas:

Catalysts for pollution control; catalysts for fuel cells and the hydrogen economy


Yuri Gorokhovich
Associate Research Scientist
202 Geoscience
Lamont-Doherty Earth Obs
Palisades , N.Y. 10964

Phone: +1 845-365-8970 +1 212-854-7065
Email: yg119@columbia.edu

Research Areas:

Environmental application of Geographic Information Systems


Wade R. McGillis
Doherty Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
208 Geoscience
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Palisades , N.Y. 10964

Phone: +1 845-365-8562 , +1 212-854-3082
Fax: +1 508-292-0418
Email: wrm2102@columbia.edu

Research Areas:

Water and land surface fluxes; global carbon cycle; air-, water-, and land-quality observational techniques


Srinvasan Rangarajan
Senior Project Manager, HydroQual, Inc.
918 S. W. Mudd, Mail Code: MC:4711

Phone: +1 212-854-2905
Email: srangarajan@hydroqual.com

Research Areas:

Urban wet weather flow management; watershed hydrology; water resource management; water quality management