The Princeton Materials Institute (PMI) is a multidisciplinary research center driving advances in materials science, photonics, and quantum science. A particular strength is research that combines expertise in “hard” materials such as conventional semiconductors and ceramics with knowledge of “soft” materials such as plastics, biological molecules, and fluids. Integrating these conventionally distinct areas yields breakthroughs in fields from telecommunications to energy to biotechnology. The institute brings together physicists, chemists, biologists, and engineers, as well as industry partners, to bring fundamental advances to market.
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Sigrid Adriaenssens
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Craig Arnold
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Ravindra Bhatt
Electrical and Computer Engineering

Elie Bou-Zeid
Civil and Environmental Engineering

Ian Bourg
Civil and Environmental Engineering

Clifford Brangwynne
Chemical and Biological Engineering

Stephen Chou
Electrical and Computer Engineering

Nathalie de Leon
Electrical and Computer Engineering

Pablo Debenedetti
Chemical and Biological Engineering

Adji Bousso Dieng
Computer Science

Jason Fleischer
Electrical and Computer Engineering

Branko Glišić
Civil and Environmental Engineering

Claire Gmachl
Electrical and Computer Engineering

Mikko Haataja
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Andrew Houck
Electrical and Computer Engineering

Marcus Hultmark
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Peter Jaffé
Civil and Environmental Engineering

Andrej Kosmrlj
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Chung Law
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Kai Li
Computer Science

Michael Littman
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Lynn Loo
Chemical and Biological Engineering

Marcella Lusardi
Chemical and Biological Engineering

Stephen Lyon
Electrical and Computer Engineering

Jyotirmoy Mandal
Civil and Environmental Engineering

Julia Mikhailova
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Athanassios Panagiotopoulos
Chemical and Biological Engineering

Glaucio Paulino
Civil and Environmental Engineering

Catherine Peters
Civil and Environmental Engineering

Rodney Priestley
Chemical and Biological Engineering

Paul Prucnal
Electrical and Computer Engineering

Barry Rand
Electrical and Computer Engineering

Richard A. Register
Chemical and Biological Engineering

Alejandro Rodriguez
Electrical and Computer Engineering

Michele L. Sarazen
Chemical and Biological Engineering

Kaushik Sengupta
Electrical and Computer Engineering

Mansour Shayegan
Electrical and Computer Engineering

Aditya Sood
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Howard Stone
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

James Sturm
Electrical and Computer Engineering

Sankaran Sundaresan
Chemical and Biological Engineering

Jeffrey Thompson
Electrical and Computer Engineering

Hakan Tureci
Electrical and Computer Engineering

Naveen Verma
Electrical and Computer Engineering

Claire White
Civil and Environmental Engineering

Gerard Wysocki
Electrical and Computer Engineering

Saien Xie
Electrical and Computer Engineering

Lilia Xie
