Biography

Emily A. Carter is the Founding Director of the Andlinger Center for Energy and Environment at Princeton University. Her current research is focused entirely on enabling discovery and design of materials for sustainable energy.

She received her B. Sc. in Chemistry from UC Berkeley in 1982 and her Ph.D. in Chemistry from Caltech in 1987. After a year as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Colorado, Boulder, she joined the faculty of UCLA first as a Professor of Chemistry and later also as a Professor of Science and Engineering. After 16 years at UCLA, she moved to Princeton University in 2004.

Professor Carter is author of over 310 publications and has delivered over 480 invited and plenary lectures all over the world. She serves on numerous advisory boards spanning a wide range of disciplines.
Her scholarly work has been recognized by national and international awards from a variety of entities, including the American Chemical Society, the American Vacuum Society, the American Physical Society, the Institute of Physics, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science. Professor Carter was elected in 2008 to both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences.