PI
![Zachary P. Smith](http://smithlab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2022/12/Smith_Headshot_Hi_Res.jpg)
Zachary P. Smith
Principal Investigator Robert N. Noyce Career Development Professor of Chemical Engineering
[CV]
zpsmith@mit.edu
Admin
![Barbara Balkwill](http://smithlab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2022/07/Barbara_Balkwill.png)
![Prossy Najjuma](http://smithlab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2023/02/Prossy.jpg)
Post-docs
![Tae Hoon Lee](http://smithlab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2022/09/Tae-Hoon-Lee-1.jpg)
Tae Hoon Lee
Post-doc [About Me]
Ph.D., Energy Engineering, Hanyang University
B.S., Energy Engineering, Hanyang University
thlee94@mit.edu
![Matthew Rivera](http://smithlab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2022/09/Matt-3.png)
Matthew Rivera
Post-doc [About Me]
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Mississippi State University
mprivera@mit.edu
![Benjamin Pedretti](http://smithlab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2023/09/Ben-2.jpg)
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](http://smithlab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2024/02/headshot-scaled-e1708372876719.jpg)
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
![Pablo Dean](http://smithlab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2022/01/pablo-e1671816764236.jpeg)
Pablo Dean
Graduate Student [About Me]
B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park (UMD)
pdean@mit.edu
![Thomas Goodwin](http://smithlab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2024/01/IMG_0895.jpg)
Thomas Goodwin
Graduate Student [About Me]
B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst
tgoodwin@mit.edu
![Aristotle Franklin Grosz](http://smithlab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2020/01/Aristotle-Grosz-Headshot.jpg)
Aristotle Franklin Grosz
Graduate Student [About Me]
B.S., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Tech
afgrosz@mit.edu
![Eric Thomas Hahnert](http://smithlab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2020/12/Eric-Hahnert.jpg)
Eric Thomas Hahnert
Graduate Student [About Me]
B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Louisville
ethahn01@mit.edu
![Megan Herrington](http://smithlab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2024/01/mcherr91-.jpg)
Megan Herrington
Graduate Student [About Me]
B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Tulsa
mcherr91@mit.edu
![Philippe Jean-Baptiste](http://smithlab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2022/01/Philippe.jpeg)
Philippe Jean-Baptiste
Graduate Student [About Me]
B.Eng., Chemical Engineering, The City College of New York
pjeanbap@mit.edu
![Taigyu Joo](http://smithlab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/12/TJ-photo-e1546292354799.jpg)
Taigyu Joo
Graduate Student [About Me]
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
tjoo@mit.edu
![Samuel Joshua Kaser](http://smithlab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2023/01/Sam-scaled.jpeg)
Samuel Joshua Kaser
Graduate Student [About Me]
B.Sc (Hons.), Chemistry, Dalhousie University
skaser@mit.edu
![Simar Kaur Mattewal](http://smithlab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2022/01/Simar.jpg)
Simar Kaur Mattewal
Graduate Student [About Me]
B.Tech & M.Tech, Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
mattewal@mit.edu
![Erin Sturd](http://smithlab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2024/01/Erin1.jpg)
Erin Sturd
Graduate Student [About Me]
B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Kansas
ersturd@mit.edu
![John Vergados](http://smithlab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2024/01/headshotjpeg.jpeg)
John Vergados
Graduate Student [About Me]
B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Purdue University
vergados@mit.edu
![Wan-Ni Wu](http://smithlab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2022/12/Wanny-1-e1671816710216.jpg)
Wan-Ni Wu
Graduate Student [About Me]
B.S., Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University
wannywu@mit.edu
![Jing Ying Yeo](http://smithlab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2022/12/JingYing-e1671816826888.jpg)
Jing Ying Yeo
Graduate Student [About Me]
B.E., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore
jyyeo@mit.edu
![Yein Yoon](http://smithlab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2024/01/IMG_2546.jpg)
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](http://smithlab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2024/01/original-C0F2C600-5852-4454-B7B5-3C5E7E11621A.jpeg)
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](http://smithlab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2021/11/Nick.jpg)
Nicholas Aiello
Group Alumni UROP 2021
Current: Undergraduate at MIT
![Maha Aljuhani](http://smithlab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2022/03/Maha.jpg)
Maha Aljuhani
Group Alumni Post-doc 2021-2022
Current: SWCC representative at KAUST
![Patrick Asinger](http://smithlab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/10/Pattrick-Headshot-Square.jpg)
Patrick Asinger
Group Alumni Graduate Student, M.S.CEP 2017 - 2019
Current: Graduate Student at MIT
![Anand Ayyar](http://smithlab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2024/01/annand_V2-e1671816431702.jpg)
Anand Ayyar
Group Alumni Visiting Graduate Student, Oct '22-Jan'23
Current: PhD, University of Copenhagen
![Francesco M. Benedetti](http://smithlab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/10/Francesco-photo.jpg)
Francesco M. Benedetti
Group Alumni Visiting Student 2017 - 2018
Postdoctoral Associate 2019 - 2021
Current: Co-Founder, CEO, and President at Osmoses, Inc.
![Laura Chen](http://smithlab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2019/09/Laura.jpg)
Laura Chen
Group Alumni UROP
Current: Undergraduate Student at MIT
![Lucas Chi](http://smithlab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/10/Lucas-Chi.jpg)
Lucas Chi
Group Alumni Post-doc Associate 2017 - 2019
Current: Assistant Professor at Chonnam National University
![Stephen DeWitt](http://smithlab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2020/12/Steph-DeWitt.jpg)
Stephen DeWitt
Group Alumni Post-doc 2021-2022
![James Drayton](http://smithlab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/10/James-photo.jpg)
James Drayton
Group Alumni UROP 2017 - 2019
Current: Undergraduate Student at MIT
![Fatimah Edhaim](http://smithlab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2020/02/Fatima.jpg)
Fatimah Edhaim
Group Alumni Post-doc Fellow 2020-2021
![Evan J. Gwozdz](http://smithlab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2020/07/Evan.png)
Evan J. Gwozdz
Group Alumni UROP
Current: Undergraduate Student at MIT
![Moein Hajian](http://smithlab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2022/07/448B0D1B-13E4-4911-95A7-706245973F68_1_201_a-scaled-e1671816201369.jpg)
Moein Hajian
Group Alumni Visiting Graduate Student 2022
Current: PhD Candidate at Texas Tech University
![Andy Han](http://smithlab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/10/Andy-photo-1.jpg)
Andy Han
Group Alumni Research Associate 2018-2020
Current: Associate Professor at College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University
![Asia Hypsher](http://smithlab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/10/Asia-photo.jpg)
Asia Hypsher
Group Alumni UROP
Current: Undergraduate Student at MIT
![Holden Lai](http://smithlab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/10/holden_orig.jpg)
Holden Lai
Group Alumni Visiting Student 2018
Current: Postdoctoral Associate at University of Pennsylvania
![Hyunhee Lee](http://smithlab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2024/01/Hyunhee-photo-e1546292064200.jpg)
Hyunhee Lee
Group Alumni PhD Student, 2018-2023
Current:
![Moonjoo Lee](http://smithlab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2022/05/3.jpg)
Moonjoo Lee
Group Alumni Postdoctoral Associate 2019 - 2021
Current: Staff Researcher at Samsung
![Sharon Lin](http://smithlab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2019/07/group-meeting-photo.jpg)
Sharon Lin
Group Alumni PhD Student 2016-2021
Current: Postdoctoral Associate at UC San Diego
![Alexander Liu](http://smithlab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2019/07/WashSq-3-1-e1562079273430.jpg)
Alexander Liu
Group Alumni UROP
Current: Undergraduate Student at MIT
![Mostafa Lofty](http://smithlab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2022/03/ML-e1671816022279.jpg)
Mostafa Lofty
Group Alumni Visiting Graduate Student 2022
Current: Research Assistant at ETH Zürich at the Functional Materials Laboratory
![Ruoxin Lu](http://smithlab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2021/04/Ruoxin-1-scaled.jpeg)
Ruoxin Lu
Group Alumni UROP 2021-2022
Current: Graduate Student (MSCEP) at MIT
![Robin Michel Studer](http://smithlab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2020/02/Robinphoto.png)
Robin Michel Studer
Group Alumni Visiting Student 2020
Current: R&D Engineer at UniSieve AG
![Tai Xuan Tan](http://smithlab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2022/07/photo-scaled-e1671813589538.jpg)
Tai Xuan Tan
Group AlumniVisiting Undergraduate Student Summer 2022 Current: Undergraduate Student at Imperial College London
![Justin Teesdale](http://smithlab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2022/05/1.jpg)
Justin Teesdale
Group Alumni Postdoctoral Associate 2019 - 2021
Current: Process Chemistry Scientist at Vertex Pharmaceuticals
![Qihui Qian](http://smithlab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/10/Qihui-photo.jpeg)
Qihui Qian
Group Alumni PhD Student 2016-2021
Current: Product Development Engineer at LiquiGlide Inc.
![Katherine Mizrahi Rodriguez](http://smithlab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/10/Katherine-Picture.jpg)
Katherine Mizrahi Rodriguez
Group Alumni PhD Student 2017-2022
Current: Co-founder and VP of Engineering at Osmoses
![Naksha Roy](http://smithlab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2020/06/IMG_2962-copy.jpg)
Naksha Roy
Group Alumni UROP 2020-2021
Current: Consultant at Guidehouse
![Kayla Roberta Storme](http://smithlab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2024/01/KRS600x700.png)
Kayla Roberta Storme
Group Alumni PhD Student, 2018-2023
Current:
![Shaofei Wang](http://smithlab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2019/12/Shaofei-photo.jpg)
Shaofei Wang
Group Alumni Post-doc Associate 2020
Current: Professor at College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University
![Albert Wu](http://smithlab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/11/Harvard-Bridge-e1541239918968.jpg)
Albert Wu
Group Alumni PhD Student 2016-2021
Current: Senior Technical Engineer at 3M
![Shiqi Zhao](http://smithlab.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/10/Shiqi-photo-1.jpg)
Shiqi Zhao
Group Alumni Visiting Student 2018
Current: Graduate Student at University of Michigan
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