Faculty
Faculty 2025-26 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
Jesse Austin-Breneman
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Gilda A. Barabino
Professor of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering and Former President
Ph.D. Rice University
Debbie Chachra on leave Fall '25 and Spring '26
Professor of Engineering
Ph.D. University of Toronto
Andrea Cuadra ‘13
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Ph.D. Cornell University
Diana Dabby
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Music
Music Program Director
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Zachary del Rosario ‘14
Assistant Professor of Engineering
Ph.D. Stanford University
Annick Dewald
Visiting Assistant Professor of Engineering
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Helen Donis-Keller
Professor of Biology and Art and Michael E. Moody Professor
Ph.D. Harvard University
Gillian Epstein
Associate Professor of English
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
Daniela Faas
Associate Professor of the Practice
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
Chhavi Goenka
Assistant Professor of Engineering
Ph.D. Boston University
Erhardt Graeff
Associate Professor of Social and Computer Science
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Scott Hersey
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
Co-Chair of Faculty Affairs
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D. University of Michigan
Benjamin Linder
Professor of Design and Mechanical Engineering
Design Justice Studio (DJS) Program Director
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Caitrin Lynch
Professor of Anthropology
Ph.D. University of Chicago
Robert Martello
Co-Chair of Faculty Affairs
Professor of the History of Science and Technology
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Steve Matsumoto on leave Spring '26 and Fall '26
Associate 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
Associate Dean
Associate Professor of Computational Neuroscience and Engineering
Ph.D. Boston University
Amon Millner
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 on leave Fall '25 and Spring '26
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
Professor of Biological Sciences
Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania
Victoria Preston '16
Assistant Professor of Engineering
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Paul Ruvolo
Professor of Computer Science
Ph.D. University of California San Diego, La Jolla
Daniel Sambor
Assistant Professor of Engineering
Ph.D. Stanford University
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
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
Elisabeth Sylvan
Visiting Associate Professor of Sociotechnical Systems
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Orion Taylor
Visiting Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Emily Tow on leave Fall '25 and Spring '26
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jessica Townsend
Professor of Engineering
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Georgia Van de Zande
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Rachel Yang
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Yevgeniya Zastavker
Professor of Physics and Education
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology