Member login
Menu
Research
Research Projects
Publications
Future Energy Systems Center
Studies and reports
Seed Fund Program
Research Focus Areas
Buildings
Carbon management
Electric power
Energy storage
Industry
Low-carbon fuels
Policy
Transportation
Education
Undergraduate education
Graduate & postdoctoral
Online education
Education research
People
Membership
About
Levels
Benefits
Current members
Learn more
News & Events
Energy Futures
Events
In the media
News
Podcasts
About
Mission
Leadership
Staff
Annual Report
Affiliations
Careers
Contact
Donate
Search
Search
Search
Close
MIT
People
Sort by
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
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
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
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
Bradley Olsen
Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Research Interests
Low carbon materials, Natural materials and systems, Carbon management in ecosystems
Shuhei Ono
Professor
Department of Earth; Atmospheric; and Planetary Sciences
Research Interests
Geologic carbon sequestration, Isotopologue measurements, Natural gas and petroleum generation and storage
Tomás Palacios
Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Research Interests
Hydrogen sensing, Power electronics, Infrastructure monitoring
Sergey Paltsev
Deputy Director, MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy
MIT Energy Initiative
Research Interests
Energy economics, Technology deployment, Climate policy
Joseph Paradiso
Professor
Department of Media Arts and Sciences
Research Interests
Leveraging wearable sensing, the Internet of Things, AI
John Parsons
Deputy Director for Research
Sloan School of Management
Research Interests
nuclear, electricity, finance
Matěj Peč
Assistant Professor
Department of Earth; Atmospheric; and Planetary Sciences
Research Interests
Carbon mineralization, Hydrogen production, Geothermal energy
Alex Pentland
Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEPR)
Program in Media Arts and Sciences
Research Interests
Systems design including behavior change, Microbiome engineering for carbon reduction and human health
Jaime Peraire
Professor
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Research Interests
Aerodynamics, Wind power, Metamaterial design
Ignacio Pérez-Arriaga
Professor
Sloan School of Management
Research Interests
Power sector regulation, Universal energy access, Regional electricity markets
David Perreault
Ford Professor of Engineering
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Research Interests
Power electronics and applications
Ethan Peterson
Group Leader, Neutronics
Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Research Interests
Nuclear fusion and fission power, Radiation transport methods for nuclear energy
Desiree Plata
Associate Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research Interests
Carbon removal and abatement, Complex mixture characterization, Geochemical fate