R E S E A R C H
Research – and the groundbreaking discoveries it enables – is at the core of Arts and Sciences.
Our faculty undertake wide-ranging research across the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences, and contribute expertise to numerous University-wide initiatives and collaborations. Within the Arts and Sciences, our centers and institutes also pursue leading-edge research that seeks to unlock new knowledge and achieve new levels of impact.
Through coursework, independent study, and assistantships, our students gain valuable research experience and meaningful opportunities to build their knowledge and skills.
Research Spotlight

Incite Institute at Columbia University
At Incite, the worlds of scholarship, community engagement, the arts, and other specialties unite to ask ambitious questions and understand and engage the social world in surprising new ways. Incite is home to centers including the Columbia Center for Oral History Research, the Trust Collaboratory, and the Columbia Labor Lab.
Since 2019, Incite Institute at Columbia University has interviewed hundreds of people to produce the official oral history of the Obama presidency. These in-depth interviews, conducted with those inside and outside of the administration, represent roughly 1,100 hours of audio and video that together form a comprehensive record of the Obama years.
Launched in 2020, Assembling Voices is a year-long fellowship that supports activists, artists, scholars, workers, and others with ideas for public initiatives that bring people together to address community-identified issues in novel ways.
Learn more about Incite and its programs here.
Faculty Research Videos
Alessandra Russo, Chair and Professor in the Department of Latin American and Iberian Cultures, speaks about her award-winning book, A New Antiquity: Art and Humanity as Universal: 1400-1600, and the role that artifacts play in shaping modern conceptions of art.
Professor Russo’s book received the 2025 Eleanor Tufts Award from the Society for Iberian and Global Art, which recognizes an outstanding English-language publication in the area of Spanish or Portuguese art history.
Ishmail-Abdus Saboor, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, shares insights into his research on how our nervous system distinguishes between a soft caress and a painful bite, and the broader implications for society.
Folarin Kolawole, Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, discusses his work to better understand how preexisting cracks in the earth’s crust could be used to safely sequester carbon.

Undergraduate Research at Columbia
The Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships works closely with faculty and students to develop and design research and fellowship opportunities at every stage of a student’s Columbia experience
The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Platform (UROP) acts as a central repository for Columbia undergraduates to search for research opportunities from across the University, and for mentors from all Schools to advertise research projects that welcome undergraduate participation or research programs targeting undergraduates.
A&S INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH CENTERS AND INSTITUTES
Research Laboratories
Astronomy
Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory
https://www.astro.columbia.edu/content/astrophysics-lab
Schiminovich Group Laboratory
http://sgl.astro.columbia.edu/
Aprile Group
http://xenon.astro.columbia.edu/
Savin Group
http://user.astro.columbia.edu/~savin/
Cool Worlds Lab
https://www.coolworldslab.com/
Biological Sciences
Barnhart Lab
https://barnhartlab.org/
Duvall Lab
https://www.duvalllab.com/team
Frank Lab
https://joachimfranklab.org/
Hobert Lab
https://www.hobertlab.org/
Stockwell Lab
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/biology/StockwellLab/index/
Toches Lab
https://www.tosches-lab.com/
Chemistry
Berkelbach Group
https://berkelbach.chem.columbia.edu/
Cacciuto Group
https://berkelbach.chem.columbia.edu/
Campos Research Group
https://www.somoscampos.org/
Cornish Lab
https://cornishlaboratory.squarespace.com/
Delor Labs
https://www.delor-labs.com/
Friesner Research Group
https://friesner.chem.columbia.edu/
Gonzalez Laboratory
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/chemistry/groups/gonzalez/index.html
Kaufman Group
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/chemistry/groups/kaufman/
Leighton Group
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/chemistry/groups/leighton/index.html
McDermott Lab
Min Lab
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/chemistry/groups/min/
Norton Research Laboratory
https://nortonlab.chem.columbia.edu/
Nuckolls Group
http://nuckolls.chem.columbia.edu/
Owen Research Group
https://owen.chem.columbia.edu/
Parkin Group
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/chemistry/groups/parkin/index.html
Reichman Group
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/chemistry/groups/reichman/
Rovis Group
https://rovislab.wixsite.com/home
Roy Research Group
https://www.roy-labs.com/
Sames Group
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/chemistry/groups/sames/index.html
Shah Lab
https://shahlab.wixsite.com/home
Venkataraman Group
https://www.venkataramangroup.org/
X.Y. Zhu Group
https://xyzhugroup.com/
E3B
Bendesky Lab
https://bendeskylab.com/
Cords Lab
http://www.columbia.edu/~mc51/
Eaton Lab
https://eaton-lab.org/
Eco-Epidemiology Lab
https://ecoepidemiologylab.e3b.columbia.edu/
Griffin Lab
https://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~griff/Griffin_Lab/Home.html
Menge Lab
http://www.columbia.edu/~dm2972/
Rubenstein Lab
http://www.columbia.edu/~dr2497/
Physics
Basov Laboratory
https://infrared.cni.columbia.edu/
Zelevinsky Lab
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/zlab/
Dean Lab
https://deanlab.physics.columbia.edu/
Will Lab
https://www.will-lab.com/
Pasupathy Research Group
https://anp-lab.physics.columbia.edu/
Karagiorgi Group
https://georgiakaragiorgi.com/
Nevis Laboratories
https://www.nevis.columbia.edu/
Psychology
Aly Lab
https://www.alylab.org/
Columbia Couples Lab
https://columbiacoupleslab.weebly.com/
Columbia Dynamic Perception and Memory Lab
https://www.dpmlab.org/
CORE Lab / Davachi Lab
https://davachilab.psychology.columbia.edu/
DCN Lab
https://dcnlab.psychology.columbia.edu/
Social Relations Lab
https://socialrelationslab.psychology.columbia.edu/
Social Cognitive and Neural Sciences Lab
https://www.freemanlab.org/
Neuropsychopharmacology Lab
https://neuropsychopharmacologylab.psychology.columbia.edu/
Social and Moral Cognition Lab
https://columbiasamclab.weebly.com/
Higgins Lab
https://cuhigginslab.com/
Hood Visual Science Lab
https://hoodvisualscience.psychology.columbia.edu/
Visual Inference Lab
https://kriegeskortelab.zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/
Marlin Lab
https://www.biancajonesmarlin.com/
MetaLab
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/psychology/metcalfe/index.html
Scan Lab
http://www.ochsnerscanlab.org/
Shoshamy Lab
https://shohamylab.zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/
Silver Lab
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/psychology/silver/index.html
The Living Lab
http://www.alfredospagna.com/#outreach
Primate Cognition Lab
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/psychology/primatecognitionlab/
Development Affective Neuroscience Lab
https://danlab.psychology.columbia.edu/
Wooley Lab
https://woolleylab.com/
Laboratory of Intergroup relations and the Social Mind
https://www.lirsm.psychology.columbia.edu/