PhD Advisors at Massachusetts Institute of Technology 麻省理工学院
Research-focused faculty at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, listed for PhD / Master's applicants. Find professors whose research matches your interests, and check hiring signals before you reach out.
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Anna Frebel
Professor of Physics, Division Head for Astrophysics · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Observational stellar astrophysics, discoveries and spectroscopic analyses of the oldest, most metal-poor stars in the Milky Way and small dwarf galaxies ('stellar and dwarf galaxy archaeology'), chemical and physical conditions of the early universe, first stars and first galaxi…
Aram Harrow
Professor of Physics · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Theoretical quantum information science, Quantum algorithms, The role of quantum information in many-body physics
Barton Zwiebach
Professor of Physics · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
String Theory, Theoretical Particle Physics, String Field Theory, D-branes with exceptional symmetry, Tachyon condensation, Double field theory, Generalized geometry, Cosmology of closed string tachyons, Heterotic string field theory, L-infinity algebras, Minimal area metrics, Hy…
Charles Sodini
Clarence J. LeBel Professor of Electrical Engineering (Post-Tenure), [EE]; Founder & Co-Director, Medical Electronic Device Realization Center (MEDRC) · MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department
Biological and Medical Devices and Systems; Electronic, Magnetic, Optical and Quantum Materials and Devices; Integrated Circuits and Systems
Daniel Harlow
Associate Professor of Physics · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Combining quantum mechanics and gravity, focusing on the quantum-mechanical aspects of black holes and cosmology. Recently using methods from quantum information theory to approach these problems, in particular relating the AdS/CFT correspondence—our best theory of quantum gravit…
Daniel Sanchez
Professor of EECS, [CS and EE] · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Computer Architecture, Integrated Circuits and Systems, Systems and Networking
David A. Mindell
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
David E. Pritchard
Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics, Post-Tenure (1970-2022) · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Atomic Physics
Eluned Smith
Assistant Professor of Physics · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Uses rare beauty decays to search for new fundamental particles at mass scales above the collision energy of the LHC. Prof Smith's research uses rare decays of particles containing beauty quarks (B hadrons). These decays are referred to as electroweak penguin decays, named after …
Emilio Baglietto
TEPCO Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Associate Department Head · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Computational Fluid Dynamics, Turbulence Modeling, Boiling heat transfer, Uncertainty quantification, Nuclear reactor design and safety analysis
Erin Kara
Assistant Professor of Physics · MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research
Gravitational radiation, Gravitational wave detection, Supernovae, Neutron stars and Black holes, Particle Physics, High performance computing
Ernest J. Moniz
Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics and Engineering Systems, Post-Tenure (1973– 2013) · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Energy, science and technology, and national security policy. Research Areas: Nuclear Physics Experiment, Strong Interactions and Nuclear Theory
Iain W. Stewart
Otto (1939) and Jane Morningstar Professor of Science · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Theoretical nuclear and particle physics; development and application of effective field theories to answer fundamental questions about interactions between elementary particles, including weak and electromagnetic interactions, and in particular strong interactions described by Q…
Jacqueline N. Hewitt
Julius A. Stratton Professor in Electrical Engineering and Physics · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Radio astronomy investigations of the Cosmic Dawn, application of techniques of radio astronomy and signal processing to problems in astrophysics, wide-area radio surveys, gravitational lensing, low-frequency radio studies of the Epoch of Reionization and the Cosmic Dawn, surveys…
Janet Conrad
Dieter Egli, PhD · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Searches for signatures of new particles, new forces and new symmetries using neutrinos from MeV to PeV energy scales. My work focuses on the lightest known matter particles, the neutrino. Their number far exceeds the atoms in the universe. Yet we know surprisingly little about t…
Jonathan Ragan-Kelley
Associate Professor · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
AI & ML, Graphics & Vision, Programming Languages & Software Engineering
Julien Tailleur
Associate Professor of Physics · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
non-equilibrium systems, active matter and their biophysical applications, Biophysics, Condensed Matter Theory
Laurent Demanet
Professor of Applied Mathematics · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Inverse problems, Analysis and algorithms for wave propagation and scattering, Signal processing and applied harmonic analysis, Geophysical imaging, Scientific computing and machine learning for geophysics
Luca Daniel
Professor of EECS, [EE and AI+D] · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Electronic, Magnetic, Optical and Quantum Materials and Devices; Nanoscale Materials, Devices, and Systems; Systems Theory, Control, and Autonomy
Marin Soljačić
Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
nanophotonics, nonlinear optics, artificial intelligence in science
Martin Zwierlein
Utpal Pajvani, MD, PhD · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Experiments on strongly interacting quantum gases of atoms and molecules, to realize and advance our understanding of novel states of matter. Research areas include: Atomic Physics. Martin Zwierlein studies strongly interacting Fermi gases of atoms and molecules. These gases host…
Matthew Evans
Mathworks Professor of Physics · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Improving the current generation of gravitational-wave detectors, while paving the way for next generation observatories. Lab-scale research projects aimed at developing low thermal noise coatings, and enhancing control of the quantum-optical state of gravitational-wave interfero…
Maxim A. Metlitski
Associate Professor of Physics · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Understanding topological phases, such as quantum Hall states and topological insulators; quantum criticality; non-Fermi-liquid behavior in metals; structure of entanglement in many-body systems
Mehran Kardar
Francis Friedman Professor of Physics · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Non-equilibrium collective behavior, disordered systems, soft matter, fluctuation-induced phenomena, and biophysics
Mikhail Ivanov
Assistant Professor of Physics · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Large-scale structure, effective field theories, black holes, and astrophysical and cosmological data analysis. Mikhail Ivanov's research has developed at the interface of theoretical physics and data analysis, bridging state-of-the-art theoretical ideas with observational data. …
Miklos Porkolab
National Academy Fellows and Members · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Experimental studies of turbulence and RF waves using Phase Contrast Imaging diagnostic in high temperature tokamak and stellarator plasmas, including the DIII-D tokamak at General Atomics in San Diego and the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator in Greifswald, Germany.
Mingda Li
Associate Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Quantum, Nuclear, AI
Nergis Mavalvala
Curtis (1963) and Kathleen Marble Professor of Astrophysics, Dean, MIT School of Science · School of Science
Detection of gravitational waves and quantum measurement science
Netta Engelhardt
Associate Professor of Physics · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Professor Engelhardt works on quantum gravity, primarily within the framework of the AdS/CFT correspondence. Her research focuses on understanding the dynamics of black holes in quantum gravity, leveraging insights from the interplay between gravity and quantum information via ho…
Nicholas Roy
Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Robotics, Autonomous Robots, Perception, Decision Making, Machine Learning, Natural Language Interaction, Unmanned Vehicles, UAV Guidance and Control
Raffaele Ferrari
Cecil & Ida Green Professor of Oceanography · School of Science
Atmospheric dynamics; Biogeochemistry; Fluid dynamics; Ocean dynamics; Ocean modeling; Paleoclimate; Turbulence in the ocean and atmosphere; Impact of ocean turbulence on marine biology and the carbon cycle; Ocean-atmosphere-land interactions that shape past, present, and future …
Richard Fletcher
Assistant Professor of Physics · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Atomic Physics; Professor Richard Fletcher studies the collective quantum behaviour of many-particle systems using dilute atomic vapours cooled down to nanokelvin temperatures, and manipulated by intricately sculpted laser beams and magnetic fields. The philosophy is to engineer …
Richard G. Milner
Professor of Physics · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
QCD structure of proton and nuclei
Robert A. Simcoe
Francis L. Friedman Professor of Physics, Director, MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Spectroscopy of matter in the early universe to search for signatures of the First Stars; Physics of diffuse matter at the interface between galaxies and intergalactic space; Explosive astrophysical transients, especially those associated with gravitational wave events; Design an…
Ronald Fernando Garcia Ruiz
Thomas A. Frank (1977) Associate Professor of Physics · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nuclear Physics Experiment, Atomic Physics
Talia Tamarin-Brodsky
Class of 1947 Career Development Professor, Assistant Professor of Atmospheric Science · School of Science
Large-scale atmospheric dynamics, Temperature variability and extremes, Midlatitude storms tracks, Climate change, midlatitude storm-tracks, atmospheric wave breaking events, slowly varying circulation regimes, subseasonal-to-seasonal predictability, temperature variability, clim…
Tanja Bosak
Professor of Geobiology, John Reed Science Investigator · School of Science
Microbial stable isotope fractionation; Microbial mats and stromatolite formation; Anoxygenic and oxygenic photosynthesis; Great Oxygenation Event and conditions of early Earth; Preparation and analysis of samples taken from the Jezero Crater as part of the Returned Sample Scienc…
Taylor Perron
Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences · School of Science
Landscape Evolution; Planetary Surfaces; Human Landscape; Dynamic river networks; Climate and landscape evolution; Landscape evolution and biological evolution; Erosion and sediment transport; Islands, coasts, and coral reefs; Landscapes on Mars and Saturn's moon Titan; Landscape…
Yury Polyanskiy
Education Officer for AI+D; Leverett Howell Cutten '07 And William King Cutten '39 Professor, [AI+D and EE] · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Artificial Intelligence + Machine Learning, Communications Systems, Information Science and Systems, Systems Theory, Control, and Autonomy
Zhurun (Judy) Ji
Assistant Professor of Physics · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Quantum sensing, quantum materials, and quantum devices. Two major research directions: (1) Develop new scanning probe techniques (RFlexiscope), using microwave techniques to study the local electrical properties and noise phenomena of quantum materials, especially two-dimensiona…
Aaron Dominic Aguirre
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital · Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology
Medical devices, artificial intelligence, cardiac imaging, optical microscopy, Ultrasound, Cardiology, critical care, heart failure, Shock, Mechanical circulatory support
Aarti Sunder
· Massachusetts Institute of Technology
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Aashna Daga
SMarchS Urbanism Candidate ('26) · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
research and design for the built environment and the 'city' at all scales within the context of an overarching question: How do we ensure our cities are places of expanding opportunity and dignity, of wonder and well-being, while still being relevant and resilient to pressures o…
Abdullah Almaatouq
Douglas Drane Career Development Associate Professor in Information Technology and Management, Associate Professor, Information Technology · MIT Sloan School of Management
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Abigail Bodner
X-Window Consortium Career Development Assistant Professor · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
I am fascinated by the way mathematics can describe fluid motion. My research interests span climate, physical oceanography, geophysical fluid dynamics, and turbulence. I investigate turbulence in the upper ocean from O(100 km) to O(1 m) using a combination of theory, high-resolu…
Abigail Bodner
X-Window Consortium Career Development Professor; Assistant Professor [EE] · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Abigail E. Disney
· Massachusetts Institute of Technology
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Acemoglu, Daron
Institute Professor · MIT Sloan School of Management
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Adam Berinsky
Mitsui Professor of Political Science · School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Survey research; political methodology; political behavior; public opinion; American politics; political rumors; misinformation; survey methodology; experimental research.
Adam C. Martin
Salvador E. Luria Professor; Co-Undergraduate Officer · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cell Biology, Computational Biology, Stem Cell and Developmental Biology
Adam Chlipala
Professor · MIT CSAIL
Computer Architecture, Programming Languages & Software Engineering, Security & Cryptography, Systems & Networking
Adam Jost
Program Scientist · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
My primary research interests are the geochemical evolution of the Earth's oceans over the past billion years and how these records are preserved or altered. At MIT, I specialize in measuring carbonate clumped isotope on our Nu Perspective IRMS and U-Th dating on our Nu Plasma II…
Adam P. Willard
Francis Wright Davis Professor of Chemistry
Undergraduate Officer · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
In the Willard group we use theory and simulation to explore the role of molecular fluctuation in a variety of chemical phenomena. We are particularly interested in systems for which a mean field approach, i.e., the averaging out of molecular-level detail, fails to reproduce expe…
Adela Goldbard
Associate Professor · Rhode Island School of Design
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Adi Hollander
· Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Adityanarayanan Radhakrishnan
Assistant Professor · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Admir Masic
Associate Professor · Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Professor Masic’s research focuses on the science-enabled engineering of sustainable construction materials for large-scale infrastructure innovation. A chemist by training, with expertise in biomineralization, he specializes in the development of multifunctional cement-based mat…
Adrien Verdelhan
Stephens Naphtal Professor of Finance, Professor, Finance · MIT Sloan School of Management
international finance with a particular interest in foreign exchange and bond markets. Current projects include the impact of exchange rates on firm’s decisions and outcomes, the share of systematic risk in bilateral exchange rates at high frequencies, the impact of financial int…
Adrián Lozano-Durán
Draper Assistant Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Fluid dynamics theory and modeling by artificial intelligence, numerical simulations, turbulent flows
Agustín Rayo
Professor of Philosophy, Kenan Sahin Dean of MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences · School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
philosophy of logic and philosophy of language, understanding the relationship between our language and the world it represents, clarifying the connection between logic and mathematics, investigating the limits of communicable thought
Ahmad Bahai
Professor of the Practice, [EE] · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Electronic, Magnetic, Optical and Quantum Materials and Devices; Information Science and Systems; Integrated Circuits and Systems
Ahmed F. Ghoniem
Ronald C. Crane (1972) Professor · MIT Center for Computational Science & Engineering
High performance computing in turbulent reactive flow; computational mathematics; combustion dynamics and active control; modeling and simulation of transport-chemistry interactions in thermochemical and electrochemical systems including high temperature fuel cells, gasification …
Ahmed Ghoniem
Ronald C. Crane (1972) Professor of Mechanical Engineering · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Computational methods in fluid-thermal sciences with focus on multiscale methods for turbulent combustion, transport and phase change in supercritical fluids, fluidization and dense multiphase flows
Fundamentals of combustion and thermochemistry in the gas phase and coupling with…
Ai-Ris Yonekura Collier
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology
Pre-eclampsia, Viral Antibodies, Placenta, Relapsing fever, Neutralizing Antibodies
Aidan Reid
Program Assistant, SPURS/Humphrey Fellowship · MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP)
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Akintunde Akinwande
Thomas and Gerd Perkins Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Professor of EE, [EE] · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Electronic, Magnetic, Optical and Quantum Materials and Devices; Nanoscale Materials, Devices, and Systems
Alan Berger
Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urban Design · School of Architecture and Planning
Sustainable cities and suburban forms, urban planning for autonomous mobility, resilient urbanism, growth boundary landscapes, reclamation of ecological systems, stormwater wetland design, Systemic Design, environmental problems caused by urbanization, design and remediation of w…
Alan D. Grossman
Praecis Professor of Biology · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Alan Grossman studies mechanisms and regulation of DNA replication, gene expression, and horizontal gene transfer in bacteria. We use a variety of approaches to investigate several of the fundamental and conserved processes used by bacteria for propagation and growth, adaptation …
Alan Edelman
PhD Candidate · MIT Center for Computational Science & Engineering
High performance computing; numerical computation; linear algebra; stochastic eigenanalysis (random matrix theory).
Alan Edelman
Research Scientist · School of Science
Scientific Computing, Numerical Linear Algebra, Random Matrices
Alan Edelman
Professor · MIT Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Julia, high performance, linear algebra, random matrix theory
Alan Jasanoff
Eugene McDermott Professor in the Brain Sciences and Human Behavior; Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences; Associate Investigator, McGovern Institute · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Jasanoff laboratory is developing a new generation of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) methods to study the neural mechanisms of behavior. Its principal focus is on the design and application of new contrast agents that may help define spatiotemporal patterns of n…
Alan Kwan
· Massachusetts Institute of Technology
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Alan Oppenheim
Ford Professor of Engineering (Post-Tenure), [EE and CS, AI+D] · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Quantum Computing, Communication, and Sensing, Signal Processing, Systems Theory, Control, and Autonomy
Alan Ruttenberg
· Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Alan Spoon
· Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Albert Figurt
Guest · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Albert Saiz
Daniel Rose Professor of Urban Economics and Real Estate · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
local public finance, real estate economics and urban economic development, with an emphasis on immigration and immigrant location choices, and the impact of skills on earnings and city growth
Alberto Rabbachin
Marie Curie Fellow · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
communication theory and stochastic geometry applied to real-problems in wireless networks including network secrecy, cognitive radio, ultrawide band transceiver design, network synchronization, ranging techniques, and interference exploitation
Alejandro Medina
· Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Alejandro de la Fuente
Robert Woods Bliss Professor of Latin American History and Economics and Professor of African and African American Studies · Harvard University
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Aleksander Madry
Professor · MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)
Algorithms & Theory, AI & ML
Aleksandr Logunov
PhD Student · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Harmonic Analysis, Geometrical Analysis, Complex Analysis, PDE, Nodal Geometry
Aleksandra Mir
· Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Aleksandra Stankovic
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School · Harvard Medical School
Long-Duration Space Exploration, Spaceflight Biomedical Engineering, Space Medicine, Behavioral Health and Performance, Teamwork, human factors, Human-Automation Collaboration, human-systems integration, Human-Centered Design, Sensors and wearables
Alessandro Acquisti
Department Technology Manager · MIT Sloan School of Management
Privacy and personal data, Privacy and disclosure behavior in social media, Economics and behavioral economics applied to privacy
Alessandro Bonatti
John Norris Maguire (1960) Professor, Professor, Applied Economics · MIT Sloan School of Management
Alessandro is an applied microeconomic theorist working at the intersection of game theory and industrial organization. His research studies the dynamics of incentives in organizations, nonlinear and dynamic pricing strategies, and the economics of digital markets. His most recen…
Alex "Sandy" Pentland
Professor Post Tenure of Media Arts and Sciences · MIT Center for Computational Science & Engineering
Big data analytics; cybersecurity, privacy, and data sharing; innovative city systems.
Alex 'Sandy' Pentland
Professor Post Tenure of Media Arts and Sciences · MIT Media Lab
computational social science, organizational engineering, wearable computing, image understanding, modern biometrics
Alex Byrne
Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
philosophy of mind (especially perception and consciousness), epistemology (especially self-knowledge), and metaphysics (especially color) and the philosophy of sex and gender
Alex Damian
Assistant Professor of Mathematics · School of Science
Deep Learning, Optimization, Machine Learning
Alex K. Shalek
Director, Institute for Medical Engineering & Science, MIT; Director, Health Innovation Hub, MIT; J.W. Kieckhefer Professor, IMES, Chemistry, MIT; Extramural Member, Koch Institute For Integrative Cancer Research, MIT; Member, Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, & Harvard; Institute Member, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nanobiotechology, single cells, systems biology, microfluidics, genomics, immunology, cellular circuits, synthetic biology, cancer, molecular biology, chemical biology, proteomics, modeling, microfabrication, nanofabrication, HIV, TB, vaccines, autoimmunity, immunodeficiency, muc…
Alex Rives
Arthur Conner Career Development Professor, Assistant Professor [AI+D] · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Alex Tsankov
Professor · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Alexander Amini
Research Affilliate · MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)
⭐ Possibly hiring PhD students
develop the science and engineering of autonomy and its applications to safe decision making for autonomous agents; learning end-to-end control of autonomous systems; formulating confidence of neural networks; mathematical modeling of human mobility; building complex inertial ref…
Alexander Megretski
Professor · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.