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