Emily A. Carter

Emily A. Carter
Carter in 2019
Born
Alma mater
Scientific career
FieldsPhysical chemistry
Institutions
ThesisFinesse in Quantum Chemistry: Accurate Energetics Relevant for Reaction Mechanisms (1987)
Doctoral advisorWilliam Andrew Goddard III
Doctoral studentsTodd Martínez
Websitehttps://www.pppl.gov/research/applied-materials-and-sustainability-sciences

Emily A. Carter is the Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor in Energy and the Environment and a professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE), the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment (ACEE), and Applied and Computational Mathematics at Princeton University. She is also a member of the executive management team at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), serving as Senior Strategic Advisor and Associate Laboratory Director for Applied Materials and Sustainability Sciences.

The author of over 475 publications and patents, Carter has delivered over 600 invited and plenary lectures worldwide and has served on advisory boards spanning a wide range of disciplines. Among other honors, Carter is an elected foreign member of The Royal Society (2024), and fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2022), the National Academy of Inventors (2014), the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2008), the Institute of Physics (2004), American Association for the Advancement of Science (2000), the American Vacuum Society (1995), the American Physical Society (1994), and the American Chemical Society. She is also an elected member of the European Academy of Sciences (2020), the National Academy of Engineering (2016), International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science (2009), the National Academy of Sciences (2008).