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Rohit Karnik
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Research Interests
Membrane separations, Sensors, Heat/mass transfer
Dina Katabi
Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Sheila Kennedy
Professor
Department of Architecture
Research Interests
Low carbon building design & construction, Building industry circular economy, Renewable electric power & lighting
Lionel Kimerling
Professor and Director, Microphotonics Center
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Randolph Kirchain
Principal Research Scientist
Materials Research Laboratory
James Kirtley
Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Research Interests
Electromechanics, Design, Motors and drives
Christopher Knittel
George P. Shultz Professor of Energy Economics, Director MIT CEEPR
Research Interests
Energy economics, Energy policy, Environmental policy
Janelle Knox-Hayes
Associate Professor, Director, Resilient Communities Lab
Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Research Interests
Community benefits and engagement, Offshore wind development, Energy siting and assessment
Jing Kong
Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Jesse Kroll
Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research Interests
Environmental impacts
Heather Kulik
Associate Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Research Interests
Carbon capture and upgrading, Greenhouse gas sequestration, Computational catalyst discovery
Brian Labombard
Senior Research Scientist
Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Research Interests
Magnetic fusion energy, High field superconducting magnets
Jeffrey Lang
Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Robert Langer
Institute Professor
Office of the Institute Professors
Kent Larson
Professor, Media Lab
Media Lab
Research Interests
Urban simulation, Low-carbon communities, Lightweight autonomous vehicles
Steven Leeb
Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Research Interests
Condition-based maintenance, Power electronics, Transportation systems
John Leonard
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Research Interests
Ocean exploration, Robotics for remote environments, Autonomous underwater vehicles
Pierre Lermusiaux
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Donald Roy Lessard
Professor
Sloan School of Management
Research Interests
Business models for industry decarbonization, Large scale (energy and infrastructure) projects and the energy transition
Richard Lester
Vice Provost and Professor
Office of the Provost
Ju Li
Professor
Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Research Interests
Electrolyzer, Nuclear energy, Battery
Mingda Li
Associate Professor
Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Research Interests
Waste heat recovery, Thermoelectrics, Energy materials
Ju Li
Professor
Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
John Lienhard
Professor
Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab
Research Interests
Thermodynamics, Transport phenomena, Separation processes
Yijun Lin
RF Physicist
Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Yuming Liu
Senior Research Scientist
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Research Interests
Renewable marine energy, Maritime transportation, Offshore exploration and engineering
Ruaridh Macdonald
Energy Systems Research Lead
MIT Energy Initiative
Research Interests
Energy system optimization, Grid reliability, Interannual variation
Stuart Madnick
Professor
Sloan School of Management
Thomas Magnanti
Institute Professor
Sloan School of Management
Dharik Mallapragada
Visiting Scientist
MIT Energy Initiative
Thomas Malone
Professor
Sloan School of Management
Research Interests
Crowdsourcing solutions to climate change
Youssef Marzouk
Professor
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Research Interests
Uncertainty quantification, Inference and inverse problems, Scientific machine learning
Admir Masic
Associate Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Clapperton Mavhunga
Professor
Program in Science; Technology; and Society
Miho Mazereeuw
Associate Professor
Department of Architecture
Gareth McKinley
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Michael Mehling
Deputy Director, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEPR)
MIT Energy Initiative
Research Interests
Carbon pricing, Emissions trading, Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)
Philip Michael
Research Scientist
Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Research Interests
Superconducting magnets, Fusion technology, Superconducting power transmission
Ernest Moniz
Professor of Physics and Special Advisor to the President
Department of Physics
Jennifer Morris
Principal Research Scientist
MIT Energy Initiative
Research Interests
Energy transitions, Integrated economic and climate analysis, Multi-sector dynamics
Caitlin Mueller
Associate Professor
Department of Architecture
Fiona Murray
Professor
Sloan School of Management
Heidi Nepf
Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research Interests
Blue carbon, Nature-based solutions to carbon mitigation
Dava Newman
Director, Media Lab
Media Lab
Farnaz Niroui
Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Leslie Norford
Professor
Department of Architecture
Research Interests
Building energy use and carbon emissions, Interactions of buildings with district energy systems and with electricity grids
John Ochsendorf
Professor
Department of Architecture
Elsa Olivetti
Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Research Interests
Energy economics, Manufacturing, Materials availability