Current Team

Principal Investigator

 Principal Investigator

Bradley D. Olsen

Bradley D. Olsen

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor

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Email: bdolsen@mit.edu
Biography
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Postdoctoral Associates

Postdoctoral Associates

Michael Deagen

Michael Deagen

(Spring 2022 - present)

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Email: mdeagen@mit.edu
Ph.D. Materials Science & Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2018)
B.S. Materials Engineering, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (2012)
Hometown: Pleasanton, CA

Melody Morris

Melody Morris

(Summer 2019 – present)

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Email: melodym@mit.edu
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware (2019)
B.S. Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology (2013)
Hometown: Bedford, Massachusetts

Jiale Shi

Jiale Shi

(Spring 2022 - present)

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Email: jialeshi@mit.edu
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Notre Dame (2022)
B.S. Chemistry, Peking University (2017)
Hometown: Hangzhou, China

Dylan Walsh

Dylan Walsh

(Summer 2020 - present)

Email: dylanwal@mit.edu
Ph.D. Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois (2020)
B.Eng. Chemical Engineering, University of Minnesota (2014)
B.S. Chemistry, University of Minnesota (2014)
Hometown: Sun Prairie, Wisconsin

Yu Zheng

Yu Zheng

(Fall 2022 – present)

Email: zyu123@mit.edu
Ph.D. Chemistry, Stanford University (2022)
B.S. Chemistry, Nankai University (2017)
Hometown: Benxi, China



Weizhong Zou

Weizhong Zou

(Summer 2018 – present)

Email: weizhong@mit.edu
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan (2018)
B.S.E. Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum-Beijing (2011)
Hometown: Lanzhou & Suzhou, China


Graduate Students

Graduate Students

Sarah Av-Ron

Sarah Av-Ron

(Spring 2019 – present)

Email: savron@mit.edu
M.Eng. ESPCI, Paris, France (2019)
B.Eng. ESPCI, Paris, France (2018)
Hometown: Palaiseau, France

Haley Beech

Haley Beech

(Spring 2019 – present)

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Email: beech@mit.edu
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Minnesota (2018)
Hometown: Stillwater, Minnesota

Charlotte Dai

Charlotte Dai

(Spring 2021 – present)

Email: kexindai@mit.edu
B.S. Chemical Engineering, UC Santa Barbara (2020)
Hometown: Beijing, China

Katharina Fransen

Katharina Fransen

(Spring 2021 – present)

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Email: kfransen@mit.edu
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Minnesota (2020)
Hometown: Fishers, Indiana




Alexis Hocken

Alexis Hocken

(Spring 2022 - present)

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Email: ahocken@mit.edu
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Arizona State University (2021)
Hometown: Scottsdale, Arizona

Natalie Mamrol

Natalie Mamrol

(Spring 2022 - present)

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Email: ndmamrol@mit.edu
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Penn State University (2020)
Hometown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Ameya Rao

Ameya Rao

(Spring 2018 – present)

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Email: ameyarao@mit.edu
B.S. Chemical Engineering, UC Berkeley (2017)
Hometown: Palo Alto, California




Nathan Rebello

Nathan Rebello

(Spring 2019 – present)

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Email: nrebello@mit.edu
B.S. Chemical Engineering, UT Austin (2018)
Hometown: Katy, Texas

Devosmita Sen

Devosmita Sen

(Spring 2022 - present)

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Email: devosmi@mit.edu
BTech Chemical Engineering, IIT Bombay (2021)
Hometown: Mumbai, India

Clara Troyano-Valls

Clara Troyano-Valls

(Summer 2021 – present)

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Email: ctroyano@mit.edu
B.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins (2020)
Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio

Oliver Xie

Oliver Xie

(Spring 2021 – present)

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Email: oxie@mit.edu
B.Eng. Chemical Engineering, McGill University (2020)
Hometown: Orlando, Florida

Alex Zappi

Alex Zappi

(Spring 2022 - present)

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Email: zappi@mit.edu
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Louisiana (2021)
Hometown: Lafayette, Louisiana




Undergraduates

Undergraduates

Tess Buchanan

Tess Buchanan

Class of 2023

Email: trbuchan@mit.edu
Expected degree: B.S. Materials Science and Engineering
Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pennslvania

Dechen Rota

Dechen Rota

Class of 2023

Email: dechen@mit.edu
Expected degree: B.S. Chemical Engineering
Hometown: Queens, New York

Lana Van Note

Lana Van Note

Class of 2025

Email: lvannote@mit.edu
Expected degree: B.S. Chemical-Biological Engineering
Hometown: Toms River, New Jersey

Carlos Villa

Carlos Villa

(Spring 2022 - present)

Email: villac@mit.edu
Expected degree: B.S. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Hometown: Gurnee, Illinois

Visiting Students

Visiting Students

Axel Rosenvinge

Axel Rosenvinge

(Summer 2022 - present)

Email: axelro@mit.edu
Expected Degree: M.Sc. Chem Engineer, Aarhus University, Denmark
Hometown: Aarhus, Denmark

Bruno Salomão Leão

Bruno Salomão Leão

(Summer 2022 - present)

Email: brunosal@mit.edu
Degree: B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Campinas (2022)
Hometown: Americana, São Paulo, Brazil