Principal Investigator
Bradley D. Olsen
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor Google Scholar
Email: bdolsen@mit.edu
Biography
CV
Postdoctoral Associates
Michael Deagen
(Spring 2022 - present) Google Scholar
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
(Summer 2019 – present) Google Scholar
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
(Spring 2022 - present) Website
Email: jialeshi@mit.edu
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Notre Dame (2022)
B.S. Chemistry, Peking University (2017)
Hometown: Hangzhou, China
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
(Fall 2022 – present) Email: zyu123@mit.edu
Ph.D. Chemistry, Stanford University (2022)
B.S. Chemistry, Nankai University (2017)
Hometown: Benxi, China
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
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
(Spring 2019 – present) Google Scholar
Email: beech@mit.edu
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Minnesota (2018)
Hometown: Stillwater, 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
Ameya Rao
(Spring 2018 – present) Google Scholar
Email: ameyarao@mit.edu
B.S. Chemical Engineering, UC Berkeley (2017)
Hometown: Palo Alto, California
Nathan Rebello
(Spring 2019 – present) Website
Email: nrebello@mit.edu
B.S. Chemical Engineering, UT Austin (2018)
Hometown: Katy, Texas
Devosmita Sen
(Spring 2022 - present) Google Scholar
Email: devosmi@mit.edu
BTech Chemical Engineering, IIT Bombay (2021)
Hometown: Mumbai, India
Clara Troyano-Valls
(Summer 2021 – present) Google Scholar,
Email: ctroyano@mit.edu
B.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins (2020)
Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio
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
Undergraduates
Tess Buchanan
Class of 2023 Email: trbuchan@mit.edu
Expected degree: B.S. Materials Science and Engineering
Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pennslvania
Dechen Rota
Class of 2023 Email: dechen@mit.edu
Expected degree: B.S. Chemical Engineering
Hometown: Queens, New York
Lana Van Note
Class of 2025 Email: lvannote@mit.edu
Expected degree: B.S. Chemical-Biological Engineering
Hometown: Toms River, New Jersey
Carlos Villa
(Spring 2022 - present) Email: villac@mit.edu
Expected degree: B.S. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Hometown: Gurnee, Illinois
Visiting Students
Axel Rosenvinge
(Summer 2022 - present) Email: axelro@mit.edu
Expected Degree: M.Sc. Chem Engineer, Aarhus University, Denmark
Hometown: Aarhus, Denmark
Bruno Salomão Leão
(Summer 2022 - present) Email: brunosal@mit.edu
Degree: B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Campinas (2022)
Hometown: Americana, São Paulo, Brazil