AI4Energy Leaders

Northwestern researchers have built many of the open data sets, computational methods, and AI-guided research systems that underpin research applying machine learning to accelerate energy innovation.

Faculty members who are active researchers in this area include:

Wei Chen, PhD

Chair and Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Wilson-Cook Professor in Engineering Design
Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences and Materials Science and Engineering (by courtesy)

Vinayak Dravid, PhD

Abraham Harris Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Founding Director, Northwestern University Atomic and Nanoscale Characterization (NUANCE) Center

Founding Director, Soft and Hybrid Nanotechnology Experimental (SHyNE) Resource, an NSF-NNCI Node

Mark Hersam, PhD

Chair of Materials Science and Engineering

Walter P. Murphy Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and (by courtesy) Electrical and Computer Engineering and Chemistry

Director, Materials Research Science and Engineering (MRSEC)

Manling Li , PhD

Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Jeffrey Lopez, PhD

Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Ian McCue, PhD

Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Morris E. Fine Junior Professor in Materials and Manufacturing

Chad Mirkin, PhD

Director, International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN)

George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, and Medicine

Edward Sargent, PhD

Director, Paula M. Trienens Institute for Sustainability and Energy

Lynn Hopton Davis and Greg Davis Professor, Department of Chemistry, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Randall Snurr, PhD

John G. Searle Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Dashun Wang, PhD

Kellogg Chair of Technology

Professor of Management and Organizations

Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences

Director, Center for Science of Science and Innovation (CSSI)

Co-Director, Ryan Institute on Complexity
Director, Northwestern Innovation Institute