Principal Investigator
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Prof. Christopher “Kit” Cummins
B.A. Cornell University (Advisor: Prof. Peter Wolczanski)
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Advisor: Prof. Richard Schrock)
Post-Doctoral Researchers
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Dr. Mira Kessler
B.S. Bielefeld University (Advisor: Prof. Thorsten Glaser)
M.S. Bielefeld University (Advisor: Prof. Berthold Hoge)
Ph.D. Bielefeld University (Advisor: Prof. Berthold Hoge)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2023-Present)
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Dr. Pawel Löwe
B.S. University of Münster
M.S. University of Münster (Advisor: Prof. Fabian Dielmann)
Ph.D. University of Münster (Advisor: Prof. Fabian Dielmann)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2023-Present)
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Dr. Rachid Taakili
B.S. Cadi Ayyad University (Advisor: Prof. Ahmed Benharref)
M.S. Paul Sabatier University (Advisor: Prof. Ahmed Benharref and Prof. Yves Canac)
Ph.D. Paul Sabatier University (Advisor: Prof. Yves Canac)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2024-Present)
Ph.D. Students
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Kevin Qian
B.A. Columbia University (Advisor: Prof. Jonathan Owen)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2021-Present)
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Juhwan Shin
B.S. Seoul National University (Advisor: Prof. Dongwhan Lee)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2022-Present)
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Chonghe Zhang
B.S. Southern University of Science and Technology (Advisor: Prof. Qing Ye)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2022-Present)
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Yuxuan Cai
B.S. University of California Berkeley (Advisor: Prof. Jonathan Rittle)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2023-Present)
Undergraduate Researchers
Lucia Edmonds
Wellesley College
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2022-Present)
Dion Sukhram
B.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2023)
Administrative Assistant
Lexy Wyne
Former PhD Students
- Tiansi Xin
- Dr. Martin-Louis Riu
- Dr. Scott M. Shepard
- Dr. Michael Baily Geeson
- Prof. Wesley J. Transue
- Prof. Julia M. Stauber
- Prof. Matthew Nava
- Dr. Ioana Knopf
- Prof. Alexandra Velian
- Dr. Daniel Tofan
- Dr. Christopher R. Clough
- Dr. Jared S. Silvia
- Dr. Glen E. Alliger
- Prof. Brandi M. Cossairt
- Dr. Alex R. Fox
- Dr. John J. Curley
- Prof. Nicholas A. Piro
- Prof. Joshua S. Figueroa
- Dr. Arjun Mediratta
- Dr. Frances H. Stephens
- Prof. Paula L. Diaconescu
- Dr. John-Paul F. Cherry
- Prof. Jane Brock Greco
- Prof. Yi-Chou “James” Tsai
- Prof. Daniel J. Mindiola
- Dr. Michael G. Fickes
- Prof. Jonas C. Peters
- Prof. Aaron L. Odom
- Dr. Sheree L. Stokes
- Dr. Marc J. A. Johnson
- Prof. Adam R. Johnson
Master’s Graduates
- Hyehwang Kim
- Laura Avena
Former Postdoctoral Fellows/Associates
- Dr. Gyeongjin “Jane” Park
- Dr. Stephan Hagspiel
- Dr. Keita Tanaka
- Dr. André K. Eckhardt
- Prof. Feng Zhai
- Dr. Elizabeth Foreman
- Dr. Yingying Liu
- Dr. Marc-André Courtemanche
- Dr. Maximilian G. Joost
- Dr. Arup Mukherjee
- Dr. Shiyu Zhang
- Prof. Polly L. Arnold
- Prof. Luis M. Baraldo
- Prof. Mikhail V. Barybin
- Dr. James M. Blackwell
- Dr. Justin K. Brask
- Prof. Paul J. Chirik
- Prof. Anthony Cozzolino
- Dr. Yanfeng Jiang
- Prof. Nazario Lopez
- Dr. Cesar Manna
- Prof. Karsten Meyer
- Prof. Michael Montag
- Prof. Tetsuro Murahashi
- Prof. Mostafa Y. Nassar
- Dr. Matt Rankin
- Dr. Heather A. Spinney
- Dr. Runyu Tan
- Dr. Manuel Temprado
- Prof. Norah Alhaqbani
Former Visiting Scholars
- Prof. Linda Doerrer
- Prof. Rajendra Ghadwal
- Prof. Robert J. Gilliard, Jr.
- Prof. Davit Zagarian
Former MIT Undergraduate Researchers
- Miller Tan
- Junyu Yang
Former Visiting Students
- Prof. Anna Ordyszewska
- Arun Sridharan
- Marie Perrin
- Rebecca Jones
- Kevin Wai Pong To
- Wendy Qingyun Wan
- Jan Rall
- Esau Martinez
- Kevin Szkop
- Pablo Rios Moreno
- Paul Varava
- Jeniffer Perea-Lopez
- Qing Xin Bang
- Carolin Albrecht
- Jens-Michael Breunig
- Mona Julia Calik
- Mariam-Céline Diawara
- Marthe Ketels
- Andreas Nordheider
- Manuel T Schickinger
- Albert Paparo
- Diego Solis
- Isabelle Tannou