PhD Advisors at Massachusetts Institute of Technology 麻省理工学院 US
Quick answer: Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US has 1467 faculty profiles in phd-match’s database, of which 13 currently show active PhD hiring signals (as of 2026-10-19). phd-match covers 174 universities across the US, the UK, Australia, China, Hong Kong, Canada, and Singapore, not just one country.
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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⭐ Currently Hiring PhD Students (13)
Professors at Massachusetts Institute of Technology with active hiring signals for PhD students — reach out if your research matches.
Alexander Amini
Research Affilliate · MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)
⭐ If you're interested in a UROP or SuperUROP position, please send a resume and brief cover note explaining your interest n the project to amini@mit.edu
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…
Chris A. Kaiser
Amgen Professor of Biology · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
⭐ Chris Kaiser is no longer accepting students.
protein folding and trafficking in cells, protein folding in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), quality control mechanisms in the ER, and membrane protein sorting in Golgi compartments
Haoning Tang
Assistant Professor (Starting July 2026) · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
⭐ The Reconfigurable Photonics Lab welcomes postdocs, PhD students, visiting scholars, and interns with backgrounds in optics, EE, ME, physics, and related fields. Please contact: haoning at mit.edu
Nanophotonics: photonic metamaterials, photonic crystal, 2D materials
Optical spectroscopy: nonlinear optics, quantum optics
Micro(nano)-Electro-Mechanical Systems
Josh Tenenbaum
Professor · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
⭐ If you are an undergraduate at MIT interested in research with our group, please send a short email about your interests and background (as specific as possible), with resume/CV and any previous research papers, to cocosci-urop@mit.edu. Thanks!
If you are applying to work with our group via an MIT …
My colleagues and I in the Computational Cognitive Science group want to understand that most elusive aspect of human intelligence: our ability to learn so much about the world, so rapidly and flexibly. I like to ask, "How do we humans get so much from so little?" and by that I m…
Linlin Fan
Assistant Professor · Brain and Cognitive Sciences
⭐ currently recruiting for her lab
Linlin Fan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a position she joined in 2024, and an Investigator at the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory. She leads the Fan Lab at MIT and was nam…
Luca Carlone
Associate Professor, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
⭐ if you are an undergraduate student at MIT and you want to join SPARK: please consider taking 6.141 / 16.405 (Robotics: Science and Systems), 16.485 (Visual Navigation for Autonomous Vehicles), or UROPing in the group. if you are outside MIT: please consider applying to the MIT graduate program. Due…
Certifiable Perception: robust perception algorithms and systems for high-integrity autonomous systems; High-level Perception: super-human geometric, semantic, and physical scene understanding; Efficient and Task-driven Perception: lightweight perception for resource-constrained …
Mert Demirer
Professor · MIT Sloan School of Management
⭐ [PhD] Postdoc Position in Industrial Organization, MIT Sloan School of Management, 2024. [Postdoc] Professional Staffing role, MIT Sloan School of Management, 2024.
Industrial Organization, Technology Strategy, Management Processes, Professional Development, Organizational Behavior, Marketing
Mohsen Ghaffari
Associate Professor · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
⭐ PhD positions: If you're interested in working with me and my team and have a strong algorithmic background, please submit an application to our PhD program and mention my name. Unfortunately, I am not able to answer individual emails.
Theoretical computer science, with a focus on distributed and parallel algorithms.
Monty Krieger
Whitehead Professor of Molecular Genetics · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
⭐ No longer accepting new students.
cell surface receptors and cholesterol and their impact on normal physiology and diseases, such as heart disease and infertility; cell surface receptor structure and function; lipoprotein receptors — in particular, the High Density Lipoprotein (HDL) receptor called Scavenger Rece…
Sara Beery
Assistant Professor · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
⭐ If you are interested in any position with the group (Postdoc, PhD, MEng, UROP, Visitor), instead of emailing me please fill out the interest survey below so I can better organize my responses. I am unlikely to respond to individual emails. Interested in a PhD? I consider students primarily via MIT …
Computer vision methods for global-scale environmental and biodiversity monitoring across data modalities, tackling real-world challenges including strong spatiotemporal correlations that lead to domain shift, imperfect data quality, fine-grained categories, and long-tailed distr…
Sherrie Wang
Assistant Professor · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
⭐ We are hiring PhD students and postdocs to start in 2024-25! Please visit our lab website for more details.
novel data and computational algorithms to monitor our planet and enable sustainable development; improving agricultural management and mitigating climate change; satellite imagery, crowdsourced data, LiDAR, and other spatial data; machine learning methods that work well with sca…
Tania A. Baker
E. C. Whitehead Professor of Biology; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
⭐ No longer accepting students.
mechanisms and regulation of enzyme-catalyzed protein unfolding, ATP-dependent protein degradation, and remodeling of the proteome during cellular stress responses.
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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 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
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
Abdullah Almaatouq is the Douglas Drane Career Development Associate Professor in Information Technology and Management and an Associate Professor of Information Technology at the MIT Sloan School of Management. His research focuses on computational social science, with a particu…
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
Abigail Bodner is the X-Window Consortium Career Development Professor and Assistant Professor in Electrical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her research focuses on complex ocean-atmosphere interactions, utilizing AI tools, satellite imagery, and simulat…
Acemoglu, Daron
Institute Professor · MIT Sloan School of Management
Daron Acemoglu is an Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he also serves as Faculty Co-Director of the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of Work and as a Research Affiliate at MIT's Blueprint Labs. …
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.
Adityanarayanan Radhakrishnan
Assistant Professor · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Adityanarayanan Radhakrishnan is an Assistant Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), affiliated with the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS) and the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems. His research focuses on computer science and ar…
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)
Aidan Reid is a Program Assistant for the SPURS/Humphrey Fellowship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, affiliated with the MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP). Their work supports the fellowship programs housed within the department.
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 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
Albert Figurt
Guest · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
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 de la Fuente
Robert Woods Bliss Professor of Latin American History and Economics and Professor of African and African American Studies · Harvard University
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Aleksander Madry
Professor · MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)
Algorithms & Theory, AI & ML
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 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
Alex Rives is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT, where he joined in September 2024, and a core institute member (on leave) at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. His research focuses on applying artificial intellige…
Alex Tsankov
Professor · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Alex Tsankov is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), affiliated with the Wireless Communication and Network Sciences Laboratory (WINS Lab). His research interests center on wireless communication and network sciences, building on his M.S. in electrical …
Alexander Megretski
Professor · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Alexander Megretski is a Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research interests lie in mathematical systems and control theory, with work including contributions to open problems in the field and studies on root optimization of polynomial families.
Alexander Petrov
Clay Mathematics Institute Research Fellow · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Algebra & Algebraic Geometry, Number Theory
Alexander Postnikov
Professor of Applied Mathematics · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Algebraic Combinatorics
Alexander Rakhlin
Distinguished Professor in Data, Systems, and Society, IDSS and Brain and Cognitive Sciences · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Alexander “Sasha” Rakhlin works at the intersection of statistics, machine learning, and optimization. A major thrust of his research is in developing theoretical and algorithmic tools for online prediction, a method of machine learning that processes information provided in a se…
Alexander Slocum
Professor · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Precision machine design, Medical device design, Machines for the energy industry
Alexander Wolitzky
Jane Berkowitz Carlton and Dennis William Carlton Professor of Microeconomics · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Economic Theory, Industrial Organization, Political Economy
Alexandra Bardon
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Alexandra Bardon is a PhD candidate in Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where she is also a graduate student in the Miller Lab. Her research focuses on anesthesia and consciousness.
Alexandra Techet
Professor of Mechanical Engineering · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Alexandra Techet is a Professor of Mechanical and Ocean Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where she also directs the Experimental Hydrodynamics Laboratory. Her research focuses on experimental and image-based studies of hydrodynamics.
Alexandre Jacquillat
Associate Professor of Operations Research and Statistics · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stochastic optimization | Data-driven decision-making | Analytics for social good | Large-scale Optimization | Transportation
Alexandre Megretski
Professor of EE, [EE and AI+D] · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Information Science and Systems, Systems Theory, Control, and Autonomy, Theory of Computation
Alexei Borodin
Barton L. Weller (1940) Professor
Professor of Mathematics · School of Science
Integrable Probability
Alfred Spector
Professor of the Practice, [AI+D and CS] · MIT Schwarzman College of Computing
AI and Society, Information Science and Systems, Systems and Networking
Alfredo Alexander-Katz
Michael (1949) and Sonja Koerner Professor, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
self-assembly and the dynamics of biological and bio-inspired soft-materials using a combination of analytical theory, simulations, and experiments. His group is focused on designer 3D self-assembly of copolymers to create custom nanostructure materials with intricate and novel m…
Ali Aouad
Assistant Professor · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Algorithms | Stochastic modeling | Marketplaces | Social & societal applications
Ali Jadbabaie
JR East Professor of Engineering · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
the interplay of dynamic systems and networks with specific emphasis on multi-agent coordination and control, distributed optimization, network science, and network economics
Ali Jadbabaie
JR East Professor of Engineering · Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS)
My research is focused on understanding of collective phenomena and group decision making in social and engineering systems. My group and I use tools of control theory, network science, dynamical systems, optimization theory and related disciplines to address questions related to…
Alison E. Ringel
Assistant Professor of Biology; Core Member, Ragon Institute · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Immunology
Alison Wendlandt
Associate Professor of Chemistry · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research in the Wendlandt Group focuses on the development of selective, catalytic reactions using the tools of organic/organometallic synthesis and physical organic chemistry. Mechanistic study plays a central role in the development of these new transformations. Projects in our…
Allan S. Myerson
Professor of the Practice · School of Engineering
crystallization from solution with an emphasis on nucleation, polymorphism, and industrial applications of crystallization
Amah Edoh
Assistant Professor of Anthropology and African Studies · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cultural anthropology, production of knowledge about Africa, African-ness across West Africa and Western Europe, Dutch Wax cloth, textile design, political and economic upheaval in Togo
Amir Anvari
Assistant Professor of Linguistics · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Semantics, Pragmatics
Amos Winter
Germeshausen Professor, Professor of Mechanical Engineering · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mechanical and Mechanism Design, Product Design, Design for Emerging Markets and Developing Countries, Reverse Innovation and Cross-Cultural Technology Transfer, Biologically-Inspired Design, Fluid, Solid, Soil Mechanics, Biomechanics, Medical Device Design, Assistive Technology,…
Amy E. Keating
Jay A. Stein (1968) Professor · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Keating Lab's goal is to understand, at a high level of detail, how the interaction properties of proteins are encoded in their sequences and structures
Amy Finkelstein
John & Jennie S. MacDonald Professor of Economics · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Health Economics, Public Economics
Amy Glasmeier
Class of 1922 Professor of Economic Geography and Regional Planning · School of Architecture and Planning
Economic opportunities for communities and individuals by investigating the role of geographic access and the effect of locational accidents on human development; Industry Agglomeration and Innovation-Driven Economic Growth; analysis of the geographies of investment in current fe…
Amy Moran-Thomas
Andrew W. Mellon Associate Professor of Anthropology · School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
ethnographic research focuses on how health technologies and ecologies are designed and come to be materially embodied—often inequitably—by people in their ordinary lives; the social lives of carbohydrates (especially sugar); embodied aspects of hydrocarbons; health between gener…
Ana Abreu, Ph.D., M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Endocrinology, Brigham and Women's Hospital · Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology
genetics of pubertal disorders
Ana Pantelic
Associate Professor Emerita · MIT Morningside Academy for Design
Ana Pantelic is the executive director of MIT D-Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she also holds the title of Associate Professor Emerita. An international development practitioner, academic researcher, and social entrepreneur, her work focuses on participat…
Anand V Natarajan
Associate Professor, [CS] · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Electronic, Magnetic, Optical and Quantum Materials and Devices, Theory of Computation
Anant Agarwal
CEO, edX; Professor Post-Tenure [CS and EE] · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Computer Architecture, Programming Languages and Software Engineering, Systems and Networking
Anant Agarwal
Professor · MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)
Got it, let's tackle this. First, start with his position: he's a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT. Then mention he served as director of MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), the institute's largest interdisciplinar…
Anantha Chandrakasan
Provost; Vannevar Bush Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science [EE and CS] · MIT Schwarzman College of Computing
Artificial Intelligence + Machine Learning, Communications Systems, Electronic, Magnetic, Optical and Quantum Materials and Devices, Energy, Integrated Circuits and Systems, Nanoscale Materials, Devices, and Systems, Signal Processing, Systems and Networking
Anantha Chandrakasan
Vannevar Bush Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Security hardware, energy harvesting, wireless charging for the internet of things; energy-efficient circuits and systems for multimedia processing; platforms for ultra-low-power biomedical electronics.
Anders Sejr Hansen
Class of 1943 Career Development Professor · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Exquisite regulation of gene expression in time and space underlies essentially all biological processes. However, understanding gene regulation in mammals is challenging because mammalian genomes are enormous and largely non-coding. Specifically, mammalian genes are controlled b…
Andrea Conti
Associate Professor · University of Ferrara
theory and experimentation of wireless systems and networks including network localization, distributed sensing, adaptive diversity communications, and network secrecy
Andrea Giani
Assistant Professor · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
quantum information science and stochastic networks, with application to sensing and communication
Andrea Giorgetti
Assistant Professor · University of Bologna
ultrawide bandwidth communications systems, wireless sensor networks, and multiple-antenna systems
Andrea Louise Campbell
Arthur and Ruth Sloan Professor of Political Science · School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
American politics; public opinion; political behavior; inequality; policy feedbacks; social policy; health policy; tax policy.
Andrea Ridolfi
PhD Candidate
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Andreas F. Molisch
Professor and chairholder for radio systems · Lund University
measurement and modeling of mobile radio channels, UWB, cooperative communications, and MIMO systems
Andreea Bobu
Boeing Career Development Professor in Aeronautics and Astronautics · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
I focus on human-centered robotics, algorithmic human-robot interaction, robot learning from human feedback, personalization, and human-aligned representation learning.
Andres Sevtsuk
Charles and Ann Spaulding Associate Professor of Urban Science and Planning, Head of City Design and Development Program Group · School of Architecture and Planning
The influence of built environments on sustainable travel behavior and on public qualities of cities--urban ground floors, and amenity location patterns. His work contributes to making city environments more walkable, sustainable and equitable, bridging the fields of urban design…
Andrew Akerson
Assistant Professor · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Optimal Design, Computational Solid Mechanics, Material Characterization
Andrew Babbin
Associate Professor of Chemical Oceanography and Marine Microbiology · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Bablab studies how microbes (bacteria!) shape Earth’s climate by controlling greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. We do this by sailing across the planet, performing high precision experiments in our Cambridge laboratory, and contextualizing our observations with numerical mod…
Andrew Gillespy
Professor of the Practice · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Andrew Gillespy is a Professor of the Practice at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), affiliated with the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Naval Construction and Engineering Program. His professional background includes over 25 years as a Navy Engineering…
Andrew Lo
Charles E. and Susan T. Harris Professor; Director of the MIT Laboratory for Financial Engineering · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Financial engineering | Mathematical finance | Computational finance | Statistics | Econometrics
Andrew Whittle
Edmund K Turner Professor in Civil Engineering · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Geotechnical engineering
Constitutive models for geomaterials
Analysis methods for foundations
Excavations and tunnels
In situ test methods and ground improvement
Field monitoring and sensor networks
Andy Sun
Iberdrola-Avangrid Professor in Electric Power Systems, Associate Professor, Operations Research · MIT Sloan School of Management
Andy Sun is the Iberdrola-Avangrid Professor in Electric Power Systems and an Associate Professor in Operations Research and Statistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), affiliated with the MIT Sloan School of Management. His research focuses on robust and stoch…
Anette “Peko” Hosoi
Associate Dean of Engineering; Neil and Jane Pappalardo Professor · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
nonlinear hydrodynamics, biomechanics, bio-inspired design, shape, kinematic, and rheological optimization of biological systems, soft robotics, biomechanics, applied mathematics, sports
Angela Belcher
James Mason Crafts Professor · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Controlling materials at the nanoscale using biology. Evolving organisms using directed evolution to work with elements to encourage them to grow and assemble technologically important materials and devices for energy, the environment, and medicine.
Angela Koehler
Charles W. and Jennifer C. Johnson Professor · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Chemical tools and technologies for cancer therapy. The Koehler Lab aims to innovate in the earliest stages of drug discovery by building chemical tools and technologies to expand the repertoire of protein targets that are considered "undruggable."
Angelo Bucci
Professor of the Practice · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Angelo Bucci is a Professor of the Practice at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His work focuses on architecture, as demonstrated by his creation of an exhibition piece for the Venice Biennale.
Anissa Touati
Guest Curator · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Anissa Touati is a transnational independent curator affiliated with the Art, Culture, and Technology (ACT) program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she has also served as a guest curator. Trained as an archaeologist and medievalist, her work draws on the Broad…
Ankur Jain
Associate Professor of Biology; Core Member, Whitehead Institute
investigates the role of RNA self-assembly in cellular organization and neurodegenerative disease.
Ankur Moitra
Norbert Wiener Professor, Mathematics · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Theoretical Computer Science, Machine Learning
Ann K. Shinn
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School · Harvard Medical School
Psychosis, Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, Psychopathology, Hallucinations, Delusions
Ann Lui
Assistant Professor · School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Ann Lui is an architect and founding partner of Future Firm, a Chicago-based architecture and design research practice. She serves as Assistant Professor of Architecture, Interior Architecture, and Designed Objects at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and is affiliated …
Anna Mikusheva
Professor · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Anna Mikusheva is a Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where she has been a faculty member in the Department of Economics since 2007. Her research focuses on developing new econometric procedures that remain robust when standard asymptotic …
Anna Rutherford
Assistant Professor, Medicine, Brigham and Women’s · Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology
Peptide fragments, keratin-18, liver transplantation, acute liver failure, antigens
Anna Stansbury
W. Maurice Young (1961) Career Development Assistant Professor of Management
Assistant Professor, Work and Organization Studies · MIT Sloan School of Management
Behavioral and Policy Sciences
Anna-Christina Eilers
Assistant Professor · MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research
Anna-Christina Eilers is an assistant professor in MIT’s Physics Department and at the MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, where she joined the faculty in 2023. An observational astrophysicist, she leads MIT’s Cosmic Dawn Group, focusing on the formation and …
Anna-Sophie Springer
Guest · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Anna-Sophie Springer is a writer, editor, and curator affiliated with MIT's Art, Culture, and Technology program as a guest. She is the co-director of K. Verlag, an independent Berlin-based press focused on the book as a site for exhibition making.
Anne Duk Hee Jordan
Guest · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Anne Duk Hee Jordan is a Korean-born German artist based in Berlin, affiliated with MIT’s Art, Culture, and Technology program as a guest. Her work centers on themes of transience, transformation, and ecology, exploring ecological disruptions through concepts like artificial stup…
Anne Slinn
Executive Director of CS3 Research · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Anne Slinn is the Executive Director of Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy (CS3). With over thirty years of experience, she manages MIT's interdisciplinary and multi-institutional research collaborations aimed at…
Anne Whiston Spirn
Professor of Landscape Architecture and Planning · School of Architecture and Planning
Anne Whiston Spirn is the Cecil and Ida Green Distinguished Professor of Landscape Architecture and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where she is affiliated with both the Department of Urban Studies and Planning and the Department of Architecture. Her …
Anthony Patera
Ford Foundation Professor of Engineering
Professor of Mechanical Engineering · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Anthony Patera is the Ford Foundation Professor of Engineering and a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). His research focuses on model reduction of parametrized systems, particularly in the context of computational mechanics and…
Antoine Allanore
Professor of Metallurgy; Heather N. Lechtman Professor of Materials Science and Engineering · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Energy and the Environment, Manufacturing, Archaeological Materials, Characterization, Metals, Computation and Design, Synthesis and Processing, Semiconductors
Antoinette Schoar
Stewart C. Myers-Horn Family Professor of Finance · MIT Sloan School of Management
Her research interests span from entrepreneurial finance to household finance, fintech, cryptocurrencies, and financial intermediation.
Antonio Celona
Director of Technology, DUSP · School of Architecture and Planning
Antonio Celona is the Director of Technology at the Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP) within the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's School of Architecture and Planning. His role involves supporting the DUSP community, which includes faculty, staff, and doctoral…
Antonio Torralba
Faculty Head, AI+D; Delta Electronics Professor, [AI+D] · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Artificial Intelligence + Machine Learning, Graphics and Vision
Anum Mustafa
PhD candidate · School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
public opinion, political behaviour and state-society relations, with an issue focus on environmental governance and climate change. Her dissertation looks at the attitudes of ordinary Americans on climate change, with a focus on Republicans and conservatives. It investigates how…
Areg Danagoulian
Associate Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Arms control
Nuclear nonproliferation
Cargo security
Nuclear detection
Ariel L. Furst
Professor · School of Engineering
bioelectrochemistry, clinical diagnostics, biotechnology, surface chemistry and self-assembly
Ariel White
Associate Professor of Political Science · School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
American politics; political behavior; voting; race/ethnicity.
Arindam Dutta
Professor of Architectural Theory and History · School of Architecture and Planning
Modern architectural theory and history; imperialism, globalization, and third world politics; technology studies and body politics; Marxist and post-structuralist thought.
Aristide Gumyusenge
Henry L. Doherty Career Development Professor in Ocean Utilization, Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
semiconducting polymers, their processing and characterization, and their role in the future of electronics. Particularly, he has tackled long-standing challenges in operation stability of semiconducting polymers under extreme heat and has pioneered high-temperature plastic elect…
Arlene Fiore
Associate Department Head, Peter H. Stone and Paola Malanotte Stone Professor of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
I study the two-way interactions between air pollutants and the climate system, at scales of space and time ranging from urban to global, and from daily to decades-long. My group, TEAMPACCC (Trends in Earth's Atmospheric Makeup: Pollution of the Air – Chemistry – Climate Connecti…
Armando Solar-Lezama
Distinguished Professor of Computing, MIT Schwarzman College of Computing; Professor of EECS, [CS and AI+D] · MIT Schwarzman College of Computing
Programming Languages and Software Engineering, Systems and Networking
Arnaud Costinot
Ford Professor of Economics · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
International Economics
Arnold I. Barnett
George Eastman Professor of Management Science, Professor of Statistics · MIT Sloan School of Management
Arnold I. Barnett is the George Eastman Professor of Management Science and a Professor of Statistics at the MIT Sloan School of Management. His research focuses on applied mathematical modeling, particularly problems of health and safety, and he has taught courses on probability…
Artemis Bell
Guest · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Arthur Bahr
Professor · School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
I’m interested in what the structure of medieval manuscripts can tell us about the texts that they contain: what interpretive strategies they suggest or enable, especially as contrasted with those normalized by the printing press and consequent mass production of literary texts. …
Arup K. Chakraborty
Institute Professor, Professor of Chemical Engineering, Physics and Chemistry. MIT · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Immunology statistical mechanics, computational biology, gene regulation in mammals
Arvind Satyanarayan
Associate Professor · MIT Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Human-Computer Interaction, Programming Languages & Software Engineering, Big Data
Aryan Zoroufi
Directory · MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Aryan Zoroufi is affiliated with the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Their research interests include object affordances and cognitive neuroscience, as evidenced by their contributions to conference papers and journal artic…
Asegun Henry
George N. Hatsopoulos Professor in Thermodynamics · MIT Center for Computational Science & Engineering
My group uses molecular dynamics simulations to study phonon transport, and is currently focused on developing methods to describe interatomic interactions accurately using first principles, with high speed.
Asha Bhakar
Director of Development
Asha Bhakar, PhD, is the Director of Development at the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where she is also affiliated with the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences. Her research interests focus on neuroscience, pa…
Ashesh Rambachan
Assistant Professor, Economics · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ashesh Rambachan is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research interests include the economics of digitization, economic measurement, and financial frictions, with recent work exploring topics such as program evaluation using re…
Ashia Wilson
Lister Brothers (Gordon K. ’30 and Donald K. ’34) Career Development Assistant Professor · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
designing scalable, reliable and socially responsible AI systems using tools from dynamical systems theory, statistics, and optimization
Asu Ozdaglar
Professor, EECS · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Asu Ozdaglar is the Mathworks Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where she also serves as head of the EECS department and Deputy Dean for Academics in the Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing. Her res…
Athanasios Orphanides
Professor of the Practice, Global Economics and Management · MIT Sloan School of Management
central banking, finance, and political economy
Atif Akin
Associate Professor of Art & Design · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Austin van Loon
Class of 1956 Career Development Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, Work and Organization Studies · MIT Sloan School of Management
How people make sense of the world around them, and how that process shapes what they do — especially in contexts of disagreement, ambiguity, and conflict. In the substantive stream of his research, he studies how groups define who belongs, how they manage internal differences, a…
Azra Akšamija
Director and Professor · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Azra Akšamija is a professor and director of the Art, Culture, and Technology Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), within the Department of Architecture. An artist and architectural historian originally from Sarajevo, her research focuses on the role of cul…
Badr Alkhamissy
Directory · MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Badr Alkhamissy is affiliated with the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where they are listed in the department directory. Their profile is situated within MIT's broader research environment, which encompasses neurosci…
Bailey Flanigan
Assistant Professor of Political Science and Computer Science · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Formal methods, sampling methods, deliberation and deliberative democracy, public opinion measurement and preference elicitation, and design of democratic processes (e.g., voting systems, participatory budgeting, deliberative mini-publics, democratic inputs to algorithms, etc.). …
Bailey Flanigan
Assistant Professor, EECS · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bailey Flanigan is an Assistant Professor in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Her research focuses on theoretical computer science, with a particular emphasis on developing complex computational methods to supp…
Balakrishnan Rajagopal
Associate Professor of Law and Development · School of Architecture and Planning
Balakrishnan Rajagopal is an Associate Professor of Law and Development in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he also serves as Founding Director of the Program on Human Rights and Justice. His research focuses o…
Bar Luzon
Assistant Professor · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
My love for the Bible was captured by Justin Khoo.
Barbara Imperiali
Class of 1922 Professor of Chemistry and Biology · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research in the Imperiali group is concerned with diverse aspects of protein structure, function, and design. The lab employs a multidisciplinary approach involving synthesis, state-of-the-art spectroscopy, molecular modeling, enzymology, and molecular biology to address fundamen…
Barbara Liskov
Institute Professor (post tenure) · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Programming Languages and Software Engineering, Systems and Networking
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