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MITEI brings together faculty and researchers from across the Institute and multiple disciplines to focus on the energy transition.

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Anuradha Agarwal
Principal Research Scientist
Materials Research Laboratory
Research Interests
Minimizing consumption of energy, chemicals, water
Alfredo Alexander-Katz
Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Research Interests
Soft Matter, Computation and Design, Self-Assembly
Antoine Allanore
Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Research Interests
Electrification of materials, Iron and steel, Copper
Florian Allroggen
Executive Director, Lab for Aviation and the Environment
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Research Interests
Sustainable aviation, Aviation energy, SAF
Saurabh Amin
Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research Interests
Grid reliability and resilience, Control and optimization, Predictive and prescriptive analytics
Lallit Anand
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Research Interests
Li-ion batteries, Hydrogen embrittlement in steels
Anuradha Annaswamy
Senior Research Scientist
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Research Interests
Smart grids, Distributed energy resources, Grid reliability and resilience
Brian Anthony
Principal Research Scientist
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Research Interests
Electromechanical systems, Complex algorithms, and computation
Robert Armstrong
Chevron Professor of Chemical Engineering, emeritus, and Former Director
Department of Chemical Engineering; MIT Energy Initiative
Bill Aulet
Professor of the Practice
Sloan School of Management
Research Interests
Innovation-driven entrepreneurship specific to the climate, energy and water sector
Emilio Baglietto
Associate Professor
Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Marc Baldo
Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Office of the Vice President for Research
Research Interests
High efficiency solar cells and solid-state lighting
Ronald Ballinger
Professor Emeritus
Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Abhijit Banerjee
Professor
Department of Economics
Steven Barrett
Associate Department Head and Professor
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Paul Barton
Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Research Interests
Energy systems engineering
Carlos Batlle
Senior Lecturer
Sloan School of Management
Research Interests
Economic regulation and model simulation of energy systems
Moungi Bawendi
Professor
Department of Chemistry
Research Interests
Semiconductor nanocrystal (aka quantum dots)
Martin Bazant
Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Research Interests
Electrochemical physics, Batteries, Fuel cells
Angela Belcher
Professor
Department of Biological Engineering
Research Interests
Energy storage, Catalysis, Clean mining
Moshe Ben-Akiva
Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research Interests
Energy transition in transportation
Kristin Bergmann
Assistant Professor
Department of Earth; Atmospheric; and Planetary Sciences
Research Interests
Earth Science, geologic hydrogen, Stable isotope geochemistry of carbonates including clumped-isotope thermometry
Adam Berinsky
Professor
Department of Political Science
Research Interests
Public opinion
Dimitri Bertsekas
Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Edmundo Blankschtein
Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Research Interests
Colloid and interface science, Electrochemistry, 2D nanomaterials
Audun Botterud
Principal Research Scientist, Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems
Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems
Research Interests
Electricity markets, Renewable energy, Energy storage
Richard Braatz
Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Research Interests
Systems Theory, Systems and Control Theory, Fault Diagnosis
John Brisson
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Leslie Bromberg
Research Engineer
Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Research Interests
Pyrolytic hydrogen, low carbon intensity methanol, distributed chemical manufacturing
Fikile Brushett
Associate Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Research Interests
Electrochemical energy storage, Electrochemical carbon capture, Electrolytic fuels
Matteo Bucci
Associate Professor
Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Research Interests
Heat transfer, Nuclear energy, Cryogenic energy storage
Markus Buehler
Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research Interests
Bioinspired materials, Generative AI, Multiscale materials modeling
Cullen Buie
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Vladimir Bulović
Director, MIT.nano and Professor
Office of the Vice President for Research
Research Interests
Energy, Nanoscale Materials/Devices and Systems, Optics + Photonics
Anthony Buonassisi
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Research Interests
Accelerated development of novel materials for sustainability using autonomous labs, Solar photovoltaics, Fusion
Jacopo Buongiorno
Professor
Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Research Interests
Nuclear energy, Microreactors, Small modular reactors
Oral Buyukozturk
Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research Interests
Safety and sustainability of buildings and infrastructure, Energy efficient sustainable construction materials
Kerri Cahoy
Associate Department Head
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Research Interests
Remote sensing, Climate impacts, Flood management
Sylvia Ceyer
Professor
Department of Chemistry
Research Interests
Direct conversion of methane, Ammonia decomposition, Low temperature graphene formation
Anantha Chandrakasan
Chief Innovation and Strategy Officer, MIT
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Research Interests
Energy-efficient circuits and systems, Low-power edge computing, Ultra low-power wireless sensors
Joseph Checkelsky
Associate Professor
Department of Physics
Gang Chen
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Research Interests
Solar energy, Energy-water nexus, Energy efficiency
Yet-Ming Chiang
Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Research Interests
Energy storage, Batteries, Electrification of transportation
Sallie Chisholm
Institute Professor
Office of the Provost
Michael Cima
Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Robert Cohen
Professor Emeritus
Department of Chemical Engineering
Research Interests
polymer surfaces/interfaces, structure-property relationships
Daniel Cohn
Research Scientist
MIT Energy Initiative
Research Interests
Low-carbon liquid fuels from biomass and hydrogen, Alternative fuels and engines, Grid reliability
James Collins
Professor
Department of Biological Engineering

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