Faculty
Faculty 2020-21 Academic Year
Sarah Spence Adams
Professor of Mathematics and Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ph.D. Cornell University
Jonathan Adler
Professor of Psychology
Ph.D. Northwestern University
Gilda A. Barabino
President
Professor of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering
Ph.D. Rice University
David Barrett
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Debbie Chachra
Professor of Engineering
Ph.D. University of Toronto
Diana Dabby
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Music
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Helen Donis-Keller
Professor of Biology and Art
Ph.D. Harvard University
Allen Downey on leave Fall '20 and Spring '21
Professor of Computer Science
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
Jeff Dusek
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Daniela Faas
Assistant Professor of the Practice and Director of Fabrication and Laboratory Operations
Ph.D. Iowa State University
Alessandra Ferzoco
Assistant Professor of Measurement Science
Ph.D. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
John Geddes on leave Fall '20
Professor of Applied Mathematics
Ph.D. University of Arizona
Erhardt Graeff
Assistant Professor of Social and Computer Science
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sara Hendren
Associate Professor of Arts, Humanities and Design
MDes Harvard University
Scott Hersey
SCOPE Director
Assistant Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Ph.D. California Institute of Technology
Benjamin Hill on leave Fall '20 and Spring '21
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ph.D. Cornell University
Aaron Hoover
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
Jean Huang
Associate Professor of Biology
Ph.D. California Institute of Technology
Christopher Lee on leave Fall '20
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D. University of Michigan
Benjamin Linder
Professor of Design and Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Whitney Lohmeyer
Assistant Professor of Engineering
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Caitrin Lynch
Professor of Anthropology
Ph.D. University of Chicago
Robert Martello
Professor of the History of Science and Technology
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Steve Matsumoto
Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
Ph.D. Carnegie Mellon University
Samantha Michalka
Assistant Professor of Computational Neuroscience and Engineering
Ph.D. Boston University
Amon Millner on leave Fall '20 and Spring '21
Associate Professor of Computing and Innovation
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bradley Minch
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ph.D. California Institute of Technology
Lawrence Neeley
Associate Professor of Design and Entrepreneurship
Ph.D. Stanford University
Carolyn Nugent on leave Fall '20
Assistant Professor of Computational Physics and Planetary Science
Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles
Joanne Pratt
Associate Dean
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania
Paul Ruvolo on leave Spring '21
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Ph.D. University of California San Diego, La Jolla
Alisha Sarang-Sieminski
Associate Dean
Professor of Engineering
Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania
Tim Ferguson Sauder
Associate Professor of Practice in Design
B.A. Wheaton College
Mark Somerville
Provost and Dean of Faculty
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Physics
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lynn Andrea Stein
Professor of Computer and Cognitive Science
Ph.D. Brown University
Jonathan Stolk
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Education
Ph.D. University of Texas, Austin
Brian Storey
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
Emily Tow
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jessica Townsend
Interim Academic Vice President for External Engagement
Professor of Engineering
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Linda Vanasupa
Professor of Materials Engineering
Ph.D. Stanford University
Alison Wood
Assistant Professor of Environmental Engineering
Ph.D. University of Texas, Austin
Jason Woodard
Associate Dean
Associate Professor of Engineering and Entrepreneurship
Ph.D. Harvard University
Yevgeniya Zastavker
Professor of Physics and Education
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology