Principal Investigator
Bradley D. Olsen
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor Google Scholar
Email: bdolsen@mit.edu
Biography
CV
Postdoctoral Associates
Jiale Shi
(Spring 2022 - present) Website
Email: jialeshi@mit.edu
Ph.D. ChemE, University of Notre Dame (2022)
B.S. Chemistry, Peking University (2017)
Hometown: Hangzhou, China
Yu Zheng
(Fall 2022 – present) Email: zyu123@mit.edu
Ph.D. Chemistry, Stanford University (2022)
B.S. Chemistry, Nankai University (2017)
Hometown: Benxi, China
Smita V. Mankar
(Spring 2024 - present) Email: svmankar@mit.edu
Ph.D. Polymer Technology, Lund University (2023)
M.Sc., Savitribai Phule Pune University (2014)
Hometown: Pune, India
Zixian Cui
(Fall 2024-present) Email: zixian22@mit.edu
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia (2024)
M.S. Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University (2017)
B.S. Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology (2016)
Hometown: Beijing, China
Jignesh S. Mahajan
(Fall 2024-Present) Email: jmahajan@mit.edu
Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering, University of Delaware (2024)
M.Tech. Polymer Science and Technology, IIT Delhi (2018)
B.Tech. Chemical Technology, Institute of Chemical Technology Mumbai (2016)
Hometown: Jalgaon, India
Masashi Ohira
(Spring 2025 - present) Email:mohira@mit.edu
Ph.D. Bioengineering, The University of Tokyo (2023)
M.S. Chemistry, The University of Tokyo (2020)
B.S. Chemistry, Tokyo University of Science (2018)
Hometown: Kasama, Japan
Graduate Students
Gabrielle Godbille-Cardona
(Spring 2023-Present) Google Scholar
Email: gfgod@mit.edu
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Queen's University (2020)
Hometown: Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Brian Carrick
(Spring 2023-Present) Google Scholar
Email: bcarrick@mit.edu
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Minnesota (2022)
Hometown: Red Wing, Minnesota
Charlotte Dai
(Spring 2021 – present) Email: kexindai@mit.edu
B.S. Chemical Engineering, UC Santa Barbara (2020)
Hometown: Beijing, China
Katharina Fransen
(Spring 2021 – present) Google Scholar
Email: kfransen@mit.edu
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Minnesota (2020)
Hometown: Fishers, Indiana
Alexis Hocken
(Spring 2022 - present) Google Scholar
Email: ahocken@mit.edu
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Arizona State University (2021)
Hometown: Scottsdale, Arizona
Natalie Mamrol
(Spring 2022 - present) Google Scholar
Email: ndmamrol@mit.edu
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Penn State University (2020)
Hometown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Devosmita Sen
(Spring 2022 - present) Google Scholar
Email: devosmi@mit.edu
BTech Chemical Engineering, IIT Bombay (2021)
Hometown: Mumbai, India
Zhi Kai Tio
(Spring 2024-Present) Google Scholar
Email: zktio@mit.edu
B.E. & M.E. Chemical Engineering
National University of Singapore (2023)
Hometown: Singapore
Oliver Xie
(Spring 2021 – present) Google Scholar
Email: oxie@mit.edu
B.Eng. Chemical Engineering, McGill University (2020)
Hometown: Orlando, Florida
Alex Zappi
(Spring 2022 - present) Google Scholar
Email: zappi@mit.edu
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Louisiana (2021)
Hometown: Lafayette, Louisiana
Hannah Uhl
(Spring 2025 - present) Google Scholar
Email:huhl@mit.edu
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Kansas (2024)
Hometown: Sheldon, Iowa
Undergraduates
Phoebe Weil
(Fall 2022 - present) Email: pjweil@mit.edu
Expected degree: B.S. Chemistry at Wellesley College
Hometown: Washington, DC
Yijia Gao
(Summer 2023 - present) Email: yijia864@mit.edu
Expected degree: B.S. Chemical Biology and Chemical Engineering & Industrial Bioengineering at Tsinghua University
Hometown: Beijing, China
Jiarui Lu
(Fall 2023 - present) Email: jiaruil@mit.edu
Expected degree: B.S. in Computer Science & Mathematics, Wellesley College
Hometown: Nanjing, China
Kanon Hasegawa
(Fall 2023 - present) Email: kanon@mit.edu
Expected degree: B.E Chemical Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Hometown: Kanagawa, Japan
Joshika Chakraverty
(Fall 2023 - present) Email: joshika@mit.edu
Expected degree: Chemical Engineering and Applied Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hometown: Sunnyvale, CA
Rachel Claire Henry
(Spring 2024 - present) Expected degree: B.S Physics and Computer Science, Wellesley College
Hometown: Indianapolis, IN
Julia Casey
(Spring 2023 - present) Email:julia815@mit.edu
Expected degree: B.S. in Chemical Engineering, MIT
Hometown: Salem, IN
Visiting Students
Hari Ramakrishn Sudhakar
Summer 2024 Email:hramki@mit.edu
Expected degree: B.Tech in Chemical Engineering, IIT Bombay (2025)
Hometown: Kerala, India
Sebastian Seitel
Summer 2024 Email:seseitel@uni-mainz.de
Expected degree: PhD in Chemistry at Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz (2026)
Hometown: Schifferstadt, Germany