Emily A. Carter

This article is about the Princeton professor. For the author Emily Carter, see Emily Carter.
Emily A. Carter
Born (1960-11-28)November 28, 1960[1]
Los Gatos, California
Citizenship United States
Fields Chemistry
Institutions University of California, Los Angeles Princeton University
Alma mater University of California at Berkeley, California Institute of Technology
Doctoral advisor William Andrew Goddard III

Emily A. Carter (born November 28, 1960 in Los Gatos, California) is an Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor in Energy and the Environment, and founding director of the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at Princeton University. Carter is a theorist and computer scientist whose work combines quantum chemistry, quantum mechanics, solid-state physics, and computational mathematics.[2]

Education and career

Carter took a Bachelor of Science in chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley in 1982. She was awarded her Ph.D. in physical chemistry in 1987 from the California Institute of Technology, where she worked with William Andrew Goddard III, studying homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis.[2][3]

Carter held a postdoctoral position at the University of Colorado, Boulder during 1988-1989. She worked with James T. Hynes and others on the Blue moon ensemble, a rare event sampling method for condensed matter simulations.[4][5][6]

From 1988 to 2004, Carter held professorships in Chemistry and Materials Science and Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles. In 2004 she moved to Princeton University as the Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor in Energy and the Environment, to form the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment.[2]

Research

External video
“Andlinger Center director Emily Carter lays out strategic vision for energy research”, Princeton Engineering
“Mechanisms of Photoelectrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide“, Scuola Normale Superiore
“Quantum Mechanics and the Future of the Planet“, Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics

Carter has made significant contributions to theoretical and computational chemistry. She has developed ab initio quantum chemistry methods and applied them to the study of materials.[7] Early contributions included methods for accurate description of molecules at the quantum level and an algorithm for identifying transitional states in chemical reactions.[8] Her work with kinetic Monte Carlo simulations (KMC) and molecular dynamics (MD) is relevant to the study of surfaces and interfaces of materials. She has studied the chemical and mechanical causes and mechanisms of failure in materials such as silicon, germanium, iron and steel. She has also proposed methods for protecting materials from failure.[6]

Carter has developed fast methods for orbital-free density functional theory (OF-DFT) that can be applied to large numbers of atoms.[9] She has also developed embedded correlated wavefunction theory for the study of local condensed matter electronic structure.[10][11] This work has relevance to the understanding of photoelectrocatalysis.[9][12]

Carter's current research focuses on the understanding and design of materials for sustainable energy.[6][13] Applications include conversion of sunlight to electricity, clean and efficient use of biofuels and solid oxide fuel cells, and development of materials for use in fuel-efficient vehicles and fusion reactors.[3][14]

Awards

Carter has received a number of awards and honors, including the 2015-2016 Joseph O. Hirschfelder Prize in Theoretical Chemistry (the first woman to receive this award),[9][15] the 2014 Remsen Award for outstanding achievement in chemistry[16][17] and the 2007 ACS Award for Computers in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research.[18]

She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2008), the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Chemical Society (ACS), the American Physical Society,[2] the American Vacuum Society (1995),[19] the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science (2009),[20] the National Academy of Inventors (2014),[21] the National Academy of Sciences (2008),[22] and the National Academy of Engineering (2016).[23]

References

  1. ↑ "Emily A. Carter". IAQMS. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "The Carter Group". Princeton University. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Emily Ann Carter" (PDF). Princeton University. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  4. ↑ Carter, E.A.; Ciccotti, Giovanni; Hynes, James T.; Kapral, Raymond (April 1989). "Constrained reaction coordinate dynamics for the simulation of rare events" (PDF). Chemical Physics Letters 156 (5): 472–477. doi:10.1016/S0009-2614(89)87314-2.
  5. ↑ "Autobiography of James T. (Casey) Hynes". The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 112 (2): 191–194. January 2008. doi:10.1021/jp710517n. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  6. 1 2 3 Madsen, Lynnette (2014). Successful women in ceramics and glass science and engineering. [S.l.]: John Wiley. pp. 29–36. ISBN 1118733606. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  7. ↑ Carter, E. A. (8 August 2008). "Challenges in Modeling Materials Properties Without Experimental Input" (PDF). Science 321 (5890): 800–803. doi:10.1126/science.1158009.
  8. ↑ Carter, Emily A. (April 17, 1997). "Final Technical Report for AFOSR Grant No. F49620-93-1-0145" (PDF). Defense Technical Information Center. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  9. 1 2 3 Adarlo, Sharon. "Emily Carter is first woman and first Princeton professor to win Hirschfelder Prize". Princeton University. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
  10. ↑ Libisch, Florian; Huang, Chen; Carter, Emily A. (16 September 2014). "Embedded Correlated Wavefunction Schemes: Theory and Applications". Accounts of Chemical Research 47 (9): 2768–2775. doi:10.1021/ar500086h. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  11. ↑ Sharifzadeh, Sahar; Huang, Patrick; Carter, Emily A. (March 2009). "All-electron embedded correlated wavefunction theory for condensed matter electronic structure". Chemical Physics Letters 470 (4-6): 347–352. doi:10.1016/j.cplett.2009.01.072.
  12. ↑ "Renewable Fuels and Chemicals from Photoelectrocatalysis". University of Wisconsin-Madison. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  13. ↑ "Five Questions with Emily Carter: Seeking Sustainable Energy Solutions". Princeton University. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  14. ↑ "Kavli Foundation Lecture Series". ACS Chemistry for Life. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  15. ↑ "Joseph O. Hirschfelder Prize". University of Wisconsin-Madison. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  16. ↑ "Emily Carter Wins Remsen Award". Princeton University. 10 July 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  17. ↑ Wang, Linda (April 14, 2014). "Remsen Award To Emily Carter". Chemical & Engineering News 92 (15): 32. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  18. ↑ "ACS Award for Computers in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research". American Chemical Society. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  19. ↑ "Society Honors". AVS. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  20. ↑ Emery, Chris (July 29, 2009). "Carter elected to International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science". Princeton University. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  21. ↑ "Aksay, Carter named National Academy of Inventors Fellows". Princeton University. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  22. ↑ "Podcast Interview: Emily Carter" (PDF). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  23. ↑ "NAE Members". National Academy of Engineering. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
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