PI

Zachary P. Smith
Principal Investigator Robert N. Noyce Career Development Professor of Chemical Engineering
[CV]
zpsmith@mit.edu
Admin


Post-docs

Cassiano Aimoli
Visiting Scientist [About Me]
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, State University of Campinas & University of Notre Dame
B.S., State University of Campinas
aimoli@mit.edu

Benjamin Pedretti
Post-doc [About Me]
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Texas, Austin
B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
pedretti@mit.edu

Ji Wu
Post-doc [About Me]
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, National University of Singapore
B.S., Chemical Engineering, National University of Singapore
wuji@mit.edu
Graduate Students

Anna Binnemans
Visiting Student [About Me]
B.S. in Bio-science Engineering, KU Leuven
annab355@mit.edu

Lauren Burton
Graduate Student [About Me]
B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Iowa State University
lbburton@mit.edu

Pablo Dean
Graduate Student [About Me]
B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park (UMD)
pdean@mit.edu

Luca Fois
Visiting Student [About Me]
B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano
lucafois@mit.edu

Andrea Giovanelli
Visiting Student [About Me]
B.S., M.S. in Chemistry, University of Pisa
andreag1@mit.edu

Thomas Goodwin
Graduate Student [About Me]
B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst
tgoodwin@mit.edu

Aristotle Franklin Grosz
Graduate Student [About Me]
B.S., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Tech
afgrosz@mit.edu

Eric Thomas Hahnert
Graduate Student [About Me]
B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Louisville
ethahn01@mit.edu

Megan Herrington
Graduate Student [About Me]
B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Tulsa
mcherr91@mit.edu

Philippe Jean-Baptiste
Graduate Student [About Me]
B.Eng., Chemical Engineering, The City College of New York
pjeanbap@mit.edu

Simar Kaur Mattewal
Graduate Student [About Me]
B.Tech & M.Tech, Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
mattewal@mit.edu

Colleen Lonfat
Visiting Student [About Me]
B.S. in Chemistry, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
lonfat@mit.edu

Erin Sturd
Graduate Student [About Me]
B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Kansas
ersturd@mit.edu

Brandon Tapia
Graduate Student [About Me]
B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech
bctapia@mit.edu

John Vergados
Graduate Student [About Me]
B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Purdue University
vergados@mit.edu

Olivia Wilkinson
Graduate Student [About Me]
B.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia
owilki13@mit.edu

Jing Ying Yeo
Graduate Student [About Me]
B.E., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore
jyyeo@mit.edu

Yein Yoon
Graduate Student [About Me]
B.A. in Chemistry and a B.S.E in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
yeiny288@mit.edu

Brenda Zhao
Graduate Student [About Me]
B.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
bzhao408@mit.edu
Undergraduate Students
Group Alumni

Nicholas Aiello
Group Alumni UROP 2021
Current: Undergraduate at MIT

Maha Aljuhani
Group Alumni Post-doc 2021-2022
Current: SWCC representative at KAUST

Patrick Asinger
Group Alumni Graduate Student, M.S.CEP 2017 - 2019
Current: Graduate Student at MIT

Anand Ayyar
Group Alumni Visiting Graduate Student, Oct '22-Jan'23
Current: PhD, University of Copenhagen

Francesco M. Benedetti
Group Alumni Visiting Student 2017 - 2018
Postdoctoral Associate 2019 - 2021
Current: Co-Founder, CEO, and President at Osmoses, Inc.

Laura Chen
Group Alumni UROP
Current: Undergraduate Student at MIT

Lucas Chi
Group Alumni Post-doc Associate 2017 - 2019
Current: Assistant Professor at Chonnam National University

Stephen DeWitt
Group Alumni Post-doc 2021-2022

James Drayton
Group Alumni UROP 2017 - 2019
Current: Undergraduate Student at MIT

Fatimah Edhaim
Group Alumni Post-doc Fellow 2020-2021

Evan J. Gwozdz
Group Alumni UROP
Current: Undergraduate Student at MIT

Moein Hajian
Group Alumni Visiting Graduate Student 2022
Current: PhD Candidate at Texas Tech University

Andy Han
Group Alumni Research Associate 2018-2020
Current: Associate Professor at College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University

Asia Hypsher
Group Alumni UROP
Current: Undergraduate Student at MIT

Taigyu Joo
Graduate Student PhD Student 2019-2024
Current: Postdoctoral associate at Stanford

Samuel Joshua Kaser
Group Alumni PhD Student 2022-2024
Current: Membrane Scientist at Sora Fuel

Holden Lai
Group Alumni Visiting Student 2018
Current: Postdoctoral Associate at University of Pennsylvania

Hyunhee Lee
Group Alumni PhD Student, 2018-2023
Current:

Moonjoo Lee
Group Alumni Postdoctoral Associate 2019 - 2021
Current: Staff Researcher at Samsung

Tae Hoon Lee
Group Alumni Postdoc, 2022-2025
Current: Associate Professor at Sungkyunkwan University

Sharon Lin
Group Alumni PhD Student 2016-2021
Current: Postdoctoral Associate at UC San Diego

Alexander Liu
Group Alumni UROP
Current: Undergraduate Student at MIT

Mostafa Lofty
Group Alumni Visiting Graduate Student 2022
Current: Research Assistant at ETH Zürich at the Functional Materials Laboratory

Ruoxin Lu
Group Alumni UROP 2021-2022
Current: Graduate Student (MSCEP) at MIT

Jose Luque Alled
Group Alumni Visiting Scholar, July-Sep 2024
Current: Post-doc at University of Zaragoza

Robin Michel Studer
Group Alumni Visiting Student 2020
Current: R&D Engineer at UniSieve AG

Sohum Patel
Group Alumni Postdoc, 2024-2025
Current: Senior Scientist at Capture6

Tai Xuan Tan
Group Alumni Visiting Undergraduate Student Summer 2022
Current: Undergraduate Student at Imperial College London

Justin Teesdale
Group Alumni Postdoctoral Associate 2019 - 2021
Current: Process Chemistry Scientist at Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Qihui Qian
Group Alumni PhD Student 2016-2021
Current: Product Development Engineer at LiquiGlide Inc.

Sherrie Qian
Group AlumniUROP

Matt Rivera
Group Alumni Postdoctoral Fellow 2022-2024
Current:

Katherine Mizrahi Rodriguez
Group Alumni PhD Student 2017-2022
Current: Co-founder and VP of Engineering at Osmoses

Naksha Roy
Group Alumni UROP 2020-2021
Current: Consultant at Guidehouse

Kayla Roberta Storme
Group Alumni PhD Student, 2018-2023
Current:

Duha Syar
Group AlumniUROP

Yew Jueen Tan
Group AlumniUROP

Shaofei Wang
Group Alumni Post-doc Associate 2020
Current: Professor at College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University

Albert Wu
Group Alumni PhD Student 2016-2021
Current: Senior Technical Engineer at 3M

Wan-Ni Wu
Group Alumni PhD Student 2019-2024
Current:

Shiqi Zhao
Group Alumni Visiting Student 2018
Current: Graduate Student at University of Michigan
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