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
Civil and Environmental Engineering
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
