Faculty

Faculty 2022-23 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

Sarah Bloomer
Academic Director of SCOPE
Visiting Professor of Design
M.A. New York University

Debbie Chachra
Professor of Engineering
Ph.D. University of Toronto 

Diana Dabby on leave Spring '23
Music Program Director
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Music
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Zachary del Rosario
Assistant Professor of Engineering
Ph.D. Stanford University

Helen Donis-Keller
Professor of Biology and Art and Michael E. Moody Professor
Ph.D. Harvard University

Daniela Faas
Director of Fabrication and Laboratory Operations
Associate Professor of the Practice 
Ph.D. Iowa State University

Alessandra Ferzoco
Assistant Professor of Measurement Science
Ph.D. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

John Geddes
Professor of Applied Mathematics
Ph.D. University of Arizona

Chhavi Goenka 
Visiting Assistant Professor of Engineering
Ph.D. Boston University

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 on leave Fall '22 and Spring '23
Associate Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Ph.D. California Institute of Technology

Jean Huang
Associate Professor of Biology
Ph.D. California Institute of Technology

Christopher Lee 
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D. University of Michigan

Benjamin Linder on leave Fall '22
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
Dean of Faculty
Professor of Anthropology
Ph.D. University of Chicago

Melinda Malley
Visiting Assistant Professor of Engineering
Ph.D. Harvard University

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

Kenechukwu Mbanisi
Assistant Professor of Robotics Engineering
Ph.D. Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Samantha Michalka on leave Fall '22 and Spring '23 
Associate Professor of Computational Neuroscience and Engineering
Ph.D. Boston University

Amon Millner 
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 
Associate 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
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Ph.D. University of California San Diego, La Jolla

Alisha Sarang-Sieminski
Dean of the College
Professor of Engineering
Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania

Tim Ferguson Sauder
Professor of the Practice in Design
B.A. Wheaton College

David Shuman
Professor of Data Science and Applied Mathematics
Ph.D. University of Michigan

Mark Somerville
Provost
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

Emily Tow
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Jessica Townsend on leave Fall '22 and Spring '23
Professor of Engineering
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Linda Vanasupa
Professor of Materials Engineering
Ph.D. Stanford University

Alison Wood on leave Fall '22
Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering
Ph.D. University of Texas, Austin

Jason Woodard
Dean of External Programs and Partnerships
Professor of Engineering and Entrepreneurship
Ph.D. Harvard University

Yevgeniya Zastavker
Professor of Physics and Education
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology