Emily

Carter

Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, and the Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics; Senior Strategic Advisor for Sustainability Science at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

Research interests: Quantum mechanical simulation techniques to enable discovery and design of molecules and materials for sustainable energy and carbon dioxide utilization.

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Experts show routes to recycling carbon dioxide and coal waste into useful products

Portrait of Emily Carter. — Emily A. Carter. Photo by David Kelly Crow.

Emily Carter elected to Royal Society

A person (face not visible) wearing a white lab coat and blue disposable gloves holds a square lab plate in their left hand. Their right hand holds a pair of tweezers which they are using to pick up one of several small green plants on the plate. — Jonathan Conway, assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering, received an innovation grant for the project “Engineering symbiotic plant-microbe interactions for sustainable agriculture.” Photo by Sameer A. Khan/Fotobuddy

Since 2008, innovation funds have fostered research in AI fairness, sustainable agriculture, drug discovery and more

Four people share a stage during a panel discussion. — From left to right, Sarah Gasda, Noah McQueen, Erika La Plante, and Emily A. Carter, took center stage during the panel entitled “Next-Generation Technologies for Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage.” (Photos by Lori M. Nichols)

Andlinger Center meeting spotlights next-decade technologies and design approaches for the clean energy transition

While interest in the use of ammonia as a hydrogen carrier and zero-carbon fuel grows, a Princeton-led team of researchers found that a mismanaged ammonia economy could have unwanted environmental consequences. (adobe.stock.com)

Ammonia fuel offers great benefits but demands careful action

Iron's electron orbits are thicker and dimmer than cobalt's, allowing identification of each element — Electron orbits shown in an image made with an atomic force microscope at the Princeton Materials Institute. Images by Princeton University

Like facial recognition for atoms, image distinguishes elements by electron orbitals

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Solving problems in energy, combustion, fluids, lasers, materials science, robotics and control systems, and nuclear security

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Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment

Decarbonizing the world while increasing energy access worldwide

Emily Carter