Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, Princeton University

08/31/2026

A huge congratulations to our director Iain McCulloch on being awarded the Royal Society’s Hughes Medal for groundbreaking work in clean energy research.

Professor Iain McCulloch, Fellow & Tutor in Chemistry, has been awarded the Royal Society’s Hughes Medal in recognition of his outstanding contributions in the field of energy.

08/25/2026

Our E-ffiliates retreat tackled strategies to strengthen rare earth supply chains, boost mineral innovation, and navigate economic, tech, and geopolitical challenges.

The Andlinger Center’s thirteenth annual Princeton E-ffiliates Partnership Retreat discussed potential pathways and bottlenecks for harnessing and scaling rare earth element production in the United States.

08/25/2026

It was a pleasure to connect with so many students yesterday at the Andlinger Center’s booth during the Academic Expo. Your college journey in sustainable solutions for energy and the environment starts with us! Welcome!

06/17/2026

Our June ACEE newsletter is live!
✅ We celebrate 22 graduating seniors and welcome our newest summer interns
✅ Andlinger associated faculty are recognized with awards.
✅ We recap a forward-thinking workshop on biomanufacturing in the U.S.
And more. Catch the latest research highlights, news, and events shaping the future of energy and the environment.
�https://mailchi.mp/princeton.edu/acee-news-june2026

06/02/2026

Our core bottleneck is manufacturing capacity, not technology. In its biomanufacturing workshop, the Andlinger Center explored potential solutions to current manufacturing challenges and envisioned how future biomanufacturing systems could use early-stage technologies.

Experts from academia, industry, finance, government, and NGOs convened at Princeton University to develop a strategy framework that addresses the interconnectedness of current biomanufacturing scale-up challenges and a future industry that’s efficient, competitive, and enduring.

05/21/2026

Our May ACEE newsletter is live! Ara Partners joins E-ffiliates, faculty receive funding through Schmidt Transformative Technology Fund. A new study new study sheds light on the “resource curse.” And more.

https://mailchi.mp/princeton.edu/acee-news-may2026

05/21/2026

Step into a cool pavilion and discover the cutting-edge sustainable cooling technologies being explored at the Andlinger Center and put into action right here on campus!

Sponsored by the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment

04/27/2026

A new study led by Princeton University sheds light on the “resource curse” – a phenomenon whereby a resource-rich region has paradoxically struggled with limited economic growth and unstable political institutions. Postdoctoral research associate at the Andlinger Center, Nusrat Molla, and her team are the first to formally explore different theories for why the resource curse happens.

Princeton-led study examines the complexities of translating natural resource wealth into economic prosperity; higher social and human capital and institutional safeguards are critical in avoiding the “resource curse” that comes along with extraction.

04/27/2026

How do we decarbonize concrete? Join Kimberly Kurtis (Georgia Tech) for an Andlinger Center Highlight Seminar on advancing lower‑clinker cement systems for sustainable infrastructure: April 30 at 12:30 pm

Andlinger Center Highlight Seminar Series with speaker Kimberly Kurtis of Georgia Institute of Technology

04/20/2026

Our April ACEE newsletter is live!� Z. Jason Ren and Dean Rodney Priestley are named AAAS Fellows. Andlinger Center faculty and a former distinguished postdoctoral fellow receive grants from the Sustainability of Our Planet fund. And more. Catch the latest research highlights, news, and events shaping the future of energy and the environment.�https://mailchi.mp/princeton.edu/acee-news-april2026