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
CV

Postdoctoral Associates

Postdoctoral Associates

Jiale Shi

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

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

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

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

Graduate Students

Graduate Students

Gabrielle Godbille-Cardona

Gabrielle Godbille-Cardona

(Spring 2023-Present)

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Email: gfgod@mit.edu
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Queen's University (2020)
Hometown: Kingston, Ontario, Canada




Brian Carrick

Brian Carrick

(Spring 2023-Present)

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Email: bcarrick@mit.edu
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Minnesota (2022)
Hometown: Red Wing, 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

Devosmita Sen

Devosmita Sen

(Spring 2022 - present)

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

Zhi Kai Tio

Zhi Kai Tio

(Spring 2024-Present)

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Email: zktio@mit.edu
B.E. & M.E. Chemical Engineering
National University of Singapore (2023)
Hometown: Singapore

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

Phoebe Weil

Phoebe Weil

(Fall 2022 - present)

Email: pjweil@mit.edu
Expected degree: B.S. Chemistry at Wellesley College
Hometown: Washington, DC

Yijia Gao

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

Jiarui Lu

(Fall 2023 - present)

Email: jiaruil@mit.edu
Expected degree: B.S. in Computer Science & Mathematics, Wellesley College
Hometown: Nanjing, China

Kanon Hasegawa

Kanon Hasegawa

(Fall 2023 - present)

Email: kanon@mit.edu
Expected degree: B.E Chemical Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Hometown: Kanagawa, Japan

Joshika Chakraverty

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

Rachel Claire Henry

(Spring 2024 - present)

Expected degree: B.S Physics and Computer Science, Wellesley College
Hometown: Indianapolis, IN

Julia Casey

Julia Casey

(Spring 2023 - present)

Email:julia815@mit.edu
Expected degree: B.S. in Chemical Engineering, MIT
Hometown: Salem, IN

Visiting Students

Visiting Students

Hari Ramakrishn Sudhakar

Hari Ramakrishn Sudhakar

Summer 2024

Email:hramki@mit.edu
Expected degree: B.Tech in Chemical Engineering, IIT Bombay (2025)
Hometown: Kerala, India

Sebastian Seitel

Sebastian Seitel

Summer 2024

Email:seseitel@uni-mainz.de
Expected degree: PhD in Chemistry at Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz (2026)
Hometown: Schifferstadt, Germany