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
Carbon management; alternative fuels and energy management; fluid mechanics and transport processes; applied physics
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
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
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
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
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
Hydroclimatology; landsurface-atmosphere interaction over continental scales; snow hydrology; water resource management
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
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
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
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
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
Transport phenomena in thermal plasma spraying, energy, and material recovery from solid wastes; cogeneration of electricity and heat; industrial ecology
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
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
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
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
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
Environmental application of Geographic Information Systems
Wade R. McGillis
Doherty Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
905E S.W. Mudd, Mailcode 4711
500 West 120th Street
New York
,
NY
10027
Phone: +1 845-365-8562
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+1 212-854-3082
Fax: +1 508-292-0418
Email: wrm2102@columbia.edu
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
Urban wet weather flow management; watershed hydrology; water resource management; water quality management