Bringing an investigator’s eye to complex social challenges
MIT economics doctoral student Anna Russo studies how to improve the design, function, and outcomes of public policies.
MIT economics doctoral student Anna Russo studies how to improve the design, function, and outcomes of public policies.
For senior Mikayla Britsch, civil and environmental engineering is a vocation that requires both technical and people skills.
Senior Olivia Rosenstein balances cross-country competitions with research in quantum gasses and early-universe radio wave signals.
PhD candidate Emma Bullock studies the local and global impacts of changing mineral levels in Arctic groundwater.
Mark Harnett investigates how electrical activity in mammalian cortical cells helps to produce neural computations that give rise to behavior.
Postdoc Shaniel Bowen studies women's sexual anatomy and health while also working to interest young women in STEM careers.
Graduate student Hammaad Adam is working to increase the supply of organs available for transplants, saving lives and improving health equity.
She says one question drives her work: “Which pillars of gravitational physics are just not true?”
The longtime academic leader of the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology reflects on her time spent guiding students at the intersection of medicine and engineering.
MIT senior Daisy Wang interweaves biological engineering and women’s and gender studies as a way to address social problems.
PhD student Lavender Tessmer applies computation to create textiles that behave in novel ways.
Professor Rafael Jaramillo relishes the challenge of developing new, environmentally beneficial semiconductor materials.
The junior, who is majoring in computer science and molecular biology, wants to “make it a norm to lift others as I continue to climb.”
Professor of applied economics Catherine Wolfram balances global energy demands and the pressing need for decarbonization.
By blending mechanical engineering, creative writing, and history studies, senior Amber Velez is discovering new ways of addressing climate change.