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Serguei Saavedra

Associate Professor

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUSCivil & Environmental Engineering

Serguei Saavedra was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor with Tenure effective July 1. His research seeks to understand the emergence, sustainability, and transformations of ecological systems under changing...

EcologyComputer scienceBiologyEconometrics
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4.4K
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129
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Ariel L. Furst

Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUSChemical Engineering

Ariel L. Furst is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT. Her research focuses on the development of new materials and methods for chemical and biological applications, emphasizing the understanding and...

ChemistryNanotechnologyMaterials scienceCombinatorial chemistry
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2.2K
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110
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Chuchu Fan

Leonardo Career Development Professor of Engineering

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUSAeronautics & Astronautics

Chuchu Fan is an Associate Professor (pre-tenure) in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AeroAstro) and the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS) at MIT. Her research group, Realm at MIT,...

Computer scienceArtificial intelligenceMathematical optimizationControl engineering
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1.5K
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173
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Susumu Tonegawa

Professor

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUSBiology

Susumu Tonegawa is the Picower Professor of Biology and Neuroscience at MIT and serves as the Director of the RIKEN-MIT Laboratory for Neural Circuit Genetics. His research investigates the biological underpinnings of...

BiologyNeuroscienceMolecular biologyCell biology
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184.7K
citations
802
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Phillip A. Sharp

Professor

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUSBiology

Phillip A. Sharp is an Institute Professor and Professor of Biology Emeritus at MIT, affiliated with the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research. His research has focused on various aspects of gene expression in...

BiologyMolecular biologyGeneticsCell biology
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196.5K
citations
934
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Bruce Walker

Professor

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUSBiology

Bruce Walker is a Professor of the Practice and a Core Member at the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard. His research investigates cellular immune responses in chronic human viral infections, with a particular...

BiologyVirologyImmunologyMedicine
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200.8K
citations
1.7K
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David Bartel

Professor

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUSBiology

David Bartel is a professor of biology at MIT and a core member of the Whitehead Institute. He is an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. His research focuses on molecular pathways that regulate...

BiologyGeneticsComputational biologyCell biology
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417.3K
citations
571
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Stephen Leffler Buchwald

Camille Dreyfus Professor

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUSChemistry

Stephen Leffler Buchwald is the Camille Dreyfus Professor of Chemistry at MIT. His research group combines elements of organic synthesis, physical organic chemistry, and organometallic chemistry to develop catalytic...

ChemistryCombinatorial chemistryOrganic chemistryMedicinal chemistry
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108.4K
citations
1.2K
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Matthew Vander Heiden

Professor

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUSBiology

Matthew Vander Heiden is the Lester Wolfe Professor of Molecular Biology and the Director of the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT. His research focuses on the role that cell metabolism plays in...

BiologyCancer researchCell biologyBiochemistry
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162.2K
citations
930
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Yang Shao-Horn

Professor

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUSMaterials Science & Engineering

Professor Yang Shao-Horn is the JR East Professor and a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering at MIT. Her research focuses on materials for electrochemical and photoelectrochemical...

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82K
citations
774
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Edward Stuart Boyden

Tan Professor of Neurotechnology

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUSPsychology

Edward Stuart Boyden is the Y. Eva Tan Professor in Neurotechnology at MIT, an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and a faculty member of the MIT McGovern Institute for Brain Research. He leads the...

NeuroscienceBiologyComputer scienceChemistry
136
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72.8K
citations
768
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Klavs F. Jensen

Warren K. Lewis Professor in Chemical Engineering, Post-Tenure

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUSChemical Engineering

Klavs F. Jensen is the Warren K. Lewis Professor in Chemical Engineering at MIT, with a focus on research in chemical engineering. His work encompasses areas such as biomedical and biotechnology, catalysis and reaction...

Materials scienceChemistryComputer scienceNanotechnology
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69.7K
citations
827
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Sallie (Penny) W. Chisholm

Professor

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUSBiology

Sallie (Penny) W. Chisholm is an MIT Institute Professor who studies the biology, ecology, and evolution of the most abundant marine phytoplankton species to understand the forces that shape microbial ecosystems. Her...

BiologyEcologyBotanyOceanography
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61.8K
citations
343
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Lorna J. Gibson

Professor

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUSMaterials Science & Engineering

Lorna J. Gibson is a Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT and a MacVicar Faculty Fellow. She specializes in studying the mechanical behavior of materials with a cellular structure, including engineering...

Materials scienceMedicineComposite materialInternal medicine
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36.8K
citations
229
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Michael Whinston

Sloan Fellows Professor of Management

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUSApplied Economics

Michael D. Whinston is the Sloan Fellows Professor of Management in the Applied Economics Group at MIT Sloan and a Professor of Economics in the MIT Department of Economics. He was previously the Robert E. and Emily H....

EconomicsBusinessMicroeconomicsIndustrial organization
43
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14K
citations
99
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Deborah L. Ancona

Seley Distinguished Professor of Management

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUSWork and Organization Studies

Deborah L. Ancona is the Seley Distinguished Professor of Management and a Professor of Organization Studies at the MIT Sloan School of Management. She is also the Founder of the MIT Leadership Center. Her pioneering...

BusinessComputer sciencePsychologyKnowledge management
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8.8K
citations
67
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Y. Karen Zheng

George M. Bunker Associate Professor

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUSOperations Management

Y. Karen Zheng is the George M. Bunker Professor of Management and an Associate Professor of Operations Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Her research focuses on the design of incentives, technologies,...

BiologyGeneticsCell biologyComputational biology
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5.9K
citations
64
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David Kaiser

Professor

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUSPhysics

David I. Kaiser is the Germeshausen Professor of the History of Science and Professor of Physics at MIT. His research focuses on early-universe cosmology, foundations of quantum theory, and the history of modern...

PhysicsTheoretical physicsComputer scienceHistory
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7.1K
citations
345
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Elfar Adalsteinsson

Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUSElectrical Engineering and Computer Science

Elfar Adalsteinsson is the Eaton-Peabody Professor at MIT, with a research focus that includes AI for Healthcare and Life Sciences, Biological and Medical Devices and Systems, Graphics and Vision. His work leverages...

Computer scienceNuclear magnetic resonanceArtificial intelligenceMedicine
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18.7K
citations
382
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Edward F. Crawley

Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Post Tenure

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUSAeronautics & Astronautics

Edward F. Crawley is the Ford Professor of Engineering at MIT and a Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics. His research has focused on the architecture, design, and decision support and optimization in complex...

Computer scienceEngineeringSystems engineeringAerospace engineering
44
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13.9K
citations
471
papers
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