MIT PhD student enhances STEM education in underrepresented communities in Puerto Rico
Through her organization, Sprouting, Taylor Baum is empowering teachers to teach coding and computer science in their classrooms and communities.
Charlie Farquhar: Forger of chemical and social bonds
While developing targeted drug-delivery methods, the PhD student advocates for inclusion, belonging, and collaboration.
Sally Romero: Grateful for opportunities at MIT and eager to pay it forward
Housing and Residential Services team member expanded her skillset and became a U.S. citizen with help from MIT. Now, she wants to help other MIT employees.
Crystan McLymore SM ’23: Exceling at sea and in the lab
US Navy officer and recent MechE alumna who served on a nuclear aircraft carrier researches radiation detection.
Preparing Colombia’s cities for life amid changing forests
MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative Research Program Director Marcela Angel MCP ’18 has built an international program in natural climate solutions.
Building a playbook for elite-level sports
Master’s student Jerry Lu works to optimize the performance of both athletes and their sporting organizations.
Studying phages far from home
Biology graduate student Tong Zhang has spent the last two years learning the intricacies of how bacteria protect themselves.
Embracing life’s surprises
Unexpected experimental results often give Associate Professor Cem Tasan new insights into how metals break and deform — and how to design damage-resistant alloys.
Meet the tight-knit technical staff who help MIT.nano handle any challenge
All together, a core group of MIT.nano staffers has more than 400 years of technical experience in nanoscale characterization and fabrication.
Life in a hologram
Physicist Daniel Harlow explores an alternate quantum reality in search of fundamental truths to our physical universe.
Breaking down barriers in music research
Associate Professor Leslie Tilley’s passion for a diversity of musical practices comes through in her research and in the classroom.
Driven to driverless
Cindy Alejandra Heredia’s journey from Laredo, Texas, took her to leading the MIT autonomous vehicle team and to an MBA from MIT Sloan.
Fueled by problem-solving
Undergraduate research helped feed physics and EECS major Thomas Bergamaschi’s post-MIT interest in tackling challenges.
Exploring the links between diet and cancer
Omer Yilmaz’s work on how diet influences intestinal stem cells could lead to new ways to treat or prevent gastrointestinal cancers.
Understanding boiling to help the nuclear industry and space missions
Florian Chavagnat seeks to answer fundamental questions about heat transfer that will shape the success of nuclear power plants — and extended missions in space.