Members

PI

Zachary P. Smith

Zachary P. Smith

Principal Investigator

Robert N. Noyce Career Development Professor of Chemical Engineering
[CV]
zpsmith@mit.edu

Admin

Bryn van Dommelen

Bryn van Dommelen

Administrative Assistant

bvandomm@mit.edu






Prossy Najjuma

Prossy Najjuma

Senior Financial Coordinator

pnajjuma@mit.edu






Post-docs

Tae Hoon Lee

Tae Hoon Lee

Post-doc

[About Me]

Ph.D., Energy Engineering, Hanyang University
B.S., Energy Engineering, Hanyang University
thlee94@mit.edu


Benjamin Pedretti

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

Sohum Patel

Sohum Patel

Post-doc

[About Me]

Ph.D., Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University
B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
skpatel5@mit.edu

Graduate Students

Lauren Burton

Lauren Burton

Graduate Student

[About Me]

B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Iowa State University
lbburton@mit.edu




Pablo Dean

Pablo Dean

Graduate Student

[About Me]

B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park (UMD)
pdean@mit.edu



Luca Fois

Luca Fois

Visiting Graduate Student

[About Me]

B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano
lucafois@mit.edu




Thomas Goodwin

Thomas Goodwin

Graduate Student

[About Me]

B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst
tgoodwin@mit.edu




Aristotle Franklin Grosz

Aristotle Franklin Grosz

Graduate Student

[About Me]

B.S., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Tech
afgrosz@mit.edu



Eric Thomas Hahnert

Eric Thomas Hahnert

Graduate Student

[About Me]

B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Louisville
ethahn01@mit.edu




Megan Herrington

Megan Herrington

Graduate Student

[About Me]

B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Tulsa
mcherr91@mit.edu


Philippe Jean-Baptiste

Philippe Jean-Baptiste

Graduate Student

[About Me]

B.Eng., Chemical Engineering, The City College of New York
pjeanbap@mit.edu

Simar Kaur Mattewal

Simar Kaur Mattewal

Graduate Student

[About Me]

B.Tech & M.Tech, Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
mattewal@mit.edu

Erin Sturd

Erin Sturd

Graduate Student

[About Me]

B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Kansas
ersturd@mit.edu

Brandon Tapia

Brandon Tapia

Graduate Student

[About Me]

B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech
bctapia@mit.edu




John Vergados

John Vergados

Graduate Student

[About Me]

B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Purdue University
vergados@mit.edu



Olivia Wilkinson

Olivia Wilkinson

Graduate Student

[About Me]

B.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia
owilki13@mit.edu




Jing Ying Yeo

Jing Ying Yeo

Graduate Student

[About Me]

B.E., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore
jyyeo@mit.edu


Yein Yoon

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

Brenda Zhao

Graduate Student

[About Me]

B.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
bzhao408@mit.edu




Undergraduate Students

Corinne De La Mora

Corinne De La Mora

Undergraduate Student

[About Me]


Wesley Smith

Wesley Smith

Undergraduate Student

[About Me]


Group Alumni

Nicholas Aiello

Nicholas Aiello

Group Alumni

UROP 2021
Current: Undergraduate at MIT

Maha Aljuhani

Maha Aljuhani

Group Alumni

Post-doc 2021-2022
Current: SWCC representative at KAUST

Patrick Asinger

Patrick Asinger

Group Alumni

Graduate Student, M.S.CEP 2017 - 2019
Current: Graduate Student at MIT

Anand Ayyar

Anand Ayyar

Group Alumni

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

Francesco M. Benedetti

Francesco M. Benedetti

Group Alumni

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

Laura Chen

Laura Chen

Group Alumni

UROP
Current: Undergraduate Student at MIT




Lucas Chi

Lucas Chi

Group Alumni

Post-doc Associate 2017 - 2019
Current: Assistant Professor at Chonnam National University

Stephen DeWitt

Stephen DeWitt

Group Alumni

Post-doc 2021-2022

James Drayton

James Drayton

Group Alumni

UROP 2017 - 2019
Current: Undergraduate Student at MIT



Fatimah Edhaim

Fatimah Edhaim

Group Alumni

Post-doc Fellow 2020-2021





Evan J. Gwozdz

Evan J. Gwozdz

Group Alumni

UROP
Current: Undergraduate Student at MIT

Moein Hajian

Moein Hajian

Group Alumni

Visiting Graduate Student 2022
Current: PhD Candidate at Texas Tech University

Andy Han

Andy Han

Group Alumni

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

Asia Hypsher

Asia Hypsher

Group Alumni

UROP
Current: Undergraduate Student at MIT



Taigyu Joo

Taigyu Joo

Graduate Student

PhD Student 2019-2024
Current: Postdoctoral associate at Stanford

Samuel Joshua Kaser

Samuel Joshua Kaser

Group Alumni

PhD Student 2022-2024
Current: Membrane Scientist at Sora Fuel

Holden Lai

Holden Lai

Group Alumni

Visiting Student 2018
Current: Postdoctoral Associate at University of Pennsylvania

Hyunhee Lee

Hyunhee Lee

Group Alumni

PhD Student, 2018-2023
Current:

Moonjoo Lee

Moonjoo Lee

Group Alumni

Postdoctoral Associate 2019 - 2021
Current: Staff Researcher at Samsung

Sharon Lin

Sharon Lin

Group Alumni

PhD Student 2016-2021
Current: Postdoctoral Associate at UC San Diego

Alexander Liu

Alexander Liu

Group Alumni

UROP
Current: Undergraduate Student at MIT



Mostafa Lofty

Mostafa Lofty

Group Alumni

Visiting Graduate Student 2022
Current: Research Assistant at ETH Zürich at the Functional Materials Laboratory

Ruoxin Lu

Ruoxin Lu

Group Alumni

UROP 2021-2022
Current: Graduate Student (MSCEP) at MIT

Jose Luque Alled

Jose Luque Alled

Group Alumni

Visiting Scholar, July-Sep 2024
Current: Post-doc at University of Zaragoza

Robin Michel Studer

Robin Michel Studer

Group Alumni

Visiting Student 2020
Current: R&D Engineer at UniSieve AG

Tai Xuan Tan

Tai Xuan Tan

Group Alumni

Visiting Undergraduate Student Summer 2022
Current: Undergraduate Student at Imperial College London

Justin Teesdale

Justin Teesdale

Group Alumni

Postdoctoral Associate 2019 - 2021
Current: Process Chemistry Scientist at Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Qihui Qian

Qihui Qian

Group Alumni

PhD Student 2016-2021
Current: Product Development Engineer at LiquiGlide Inc.

Sherrie Qian

Sherrie Qian

Group Alumni

UROP

Matt Rivera

Matt Rivera

Group Alumni

Postdoctoral Fellow 2022-2024
Current:

Katherine Mizrahi Rodriguez

Katherine Mizrahi Rodriguez

Group Alumni

PhD Student 2017-2022
Current: Co-founder and VP of Engineering at Osmoses

Naksha Roy

Naksha Roy

Group Alumni

UROP 2020-2021
Current: Consultant at Guidehouse

Kayla Roberta Storme

Kayla Roberta Storme

Group Alumni

PhD Student, 2018-2023
Current:

Duha Syar

Duha Syar

Group Alumni

UROP

Yew Jueen Tan

Yew Jueen Tan

Group Alumni

UROP

Shaofei Wang

Shaofei Wang

Group Alumni

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


Albert Wu

Albert Wu

Group Alumni

PhD Student 2016-2021
Current: Senior Technical Engineer at 3M

Wan-Ni Wu

Wan-Ni Wu

Group Alumni

PhD Student 2019-2024
Current:

Shiqi Zhao

Shiqi Zhao

Group Alumni

Visiting Student 2018
Current: Graduate Student at University of Michigan

Photos

Group Photos