Zhiyong "Jason" Ren

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and Environment, Associate Director for Research at the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment

Website: https://www.princeton.edu/cee/people/display_person/?netid=zjren

Office: Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, 213

Phone: 609-258-4899

Research interests: Water-energy nexus and energy and resource recovery during waste treatment processes.

News

  • A palm-sized octopus figurine made of hydrogel

    Reusable and recyclable, this new hydrogel squishes the old version’s environmental impact

  • Researcher wearing goggles operates a laser surrounded by lab equipment

    Turning breakthroughs into lasting solutions

  • Woman handles strings to extract lithium salts.

    Better lithium production on a string

  • Wastewater sector emits nearly twice as much methane as previously thought

  • Solar-powered gel filters enough clean water to meet daily needs

  • Photo of a city from afar, with grass in foreground. This is the Meadowlands.

    Princeton research is pursuing a sustainable future for New Jersey and the world

Research

  • Energy and Environment

Affiliations

  • Three students look closely at a model of an architectural structure.

    Civil and Environmental Engineering

  • Faculty member, seated at end of row of colleagues, leads panel discussion.

    Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment