MIT Based Faculty
Fadel Adib, Associate Professor | |
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT | |
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Keywords: | Ocean IoT (internet-of-things), communications, sensor networks, underwater imaging, acoustics, ultra-low-power electronics, computer vision, machine learning, robotics, wireless sensing, radio frequency (RF), localization, signal processing |
Andrew Babbin, Associate Professor | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
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Keywords: | global biogeochemical cycles, nitrogen metabolisms, microfluidics, chemical-microbial interactions, marine particles |
Sara Beery, Assistant Professor | |
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT | |
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Keywords: | Computer vision, machine learning, camera trapping, remote sensing, bioacoustics, multimodal biodiversity monitoring, environmental monitoring, participatory human-AI systems, community science |
Michael Benjamin, Principal Research Scientist | |
Mechanical Engineering, MIT | |
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Keywords: | Marine autonomy, unmanned marine vehicles, autonomous decision-making |
Kristin Bergmann, Assistant Professor | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
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Keywords: | sedimentology, clumped isotope geochemistry, geobiology, Precambrian Earth History |
Tanja Bosak, Professor | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
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Keywords: | molecular and morphological biomarkers, molecular microbiology, fossilization, microbial and algal ecophysiology |
Edward A. Boyle, Professor | |
Chair, Joint Committee for Chemical Oceanography | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
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Keywords: | paleoceanography; trace element geochemistry; sediment geochemistry |
Sallie W. Chisholm, Professor | |
Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT | |
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Keywords: | phytoplankton |
Otto Cordero, Associate Professor | |
Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT | |
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Keywords: | Microbial community ecology, microbial interactions, marine particles, genomics, theoretical ecology |
Timothy Cronin, Assistant Professor | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
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Keywords: | Global climate, atmospheric dynamics and radiation, idealized modeling |
John M. Essigmann, Professor | |
Chemistry, Toxicology and Biological Engineering, MIT | |
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Keywords: | toxicology |
Raffaele Ferrari, Professor | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
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Keywords: | upper ocean processes, mixing, stirring, geophysical fluid dynamics |
John Fisher, Senior Research Scientist | |
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab, MIT | |
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Glenn Flierl, Professor | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
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Keywords: | geophysical fluid dynamics, nonlinear waves, eddies, bio-physical interactions |
Mick Follows, Professor | |
Joint Program Director | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
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Keywords: | ocean circulation, biogeochemical cycles, numerical modeling, observations |
Gregory P. Fournier, Assistant Professor | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
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Timothy L. Grove, Professor | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
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Keywords: | experimental phase equilibrium and kinetic studies to develop an understanding of the chemical evolution of the earth’s mantle at ocean spreading centers; mantle melting processes that lead to the generation of mid-ocean ridge basalts and crystallization and chemical differentiation that accompanies the formation of oceanic crust |
Philip M. Gschwend, Professor | |
Associate Director of the Joint Program | |
Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT | |
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Keywords: | environmental organic chemistry |
Bradford Hager, Professor | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
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Keywords: | Numerical modelling of solid-state convection at high Rayleigh numbers; study of the Earth’s gravity field; core-mantle coupling; space-geodetic observations of surface deformation; dynamical processes in the interiors of the terrestrial planets |
Michael Howland, Assistant Professor | |
Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT | |
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Keywords: | Renewable energy, environmental fluid mechanics, atmospheric boundary layer, turbulence, optimization, uncertainty quantification |
Wanying Kang, Assistant Professor | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
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Keywords: | geophysical fluid dynamics, planetary sciences |
Sertac Karaman, Professor | |
Director, LIDS | |
Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT | |
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Keywords: | robotics, control systems, transportation and logistics |
Mathias Kolle, Associate Professor | |
Mechanical Engineering, MIT | |
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Keywords: | dynamic optical materials formed from fluids and elastomers, bioinspired photonics, biological structure formation principles, light management in algae cultures, marine biological optics |
John J. Leonard, Professor | |
Associte Director of the Joint Program | |
Mechanical Engineering, MIT | |
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Keywords: | sensor data fusion, autonomous underwater vehicles, adaptive echolocation |
Nicholas Makris, Professor | |
Mechanical Engineering, MIT | |
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Keywords: | acoustical oceanography, underwater imaging, matched field tomography |
John Marshall, Professor | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
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Keywords: | ocean modeling, climate, biogeochemical cycles, geophysical fluid dynamics |
David McGee, Associate Professor | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
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Keywords: | paleoclimatology, isotope geochemistry, U-Th geochronology |
Brent Minchew, Associate Professor | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
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Keywords: | geophysics, glaciology, ice-sheet dynamics, remote sensing observations of ice flow, fluid and solid mechanics |
Heidi M. Nepf, Professor | |
Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT | |
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Keywords: | turbulence, wave-breaking, estuaries |
Shuhei Ono, Professor | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
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Keywords: | stable isotope, biogeochemical cycle, mass-independent fractionation, deep biosphere, hydrothermal deposit, Archean |
Alan Oppenheim, Professor | |
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT | |
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Keywords: | signal processing, geophysical signal processing, chaotic and fractal signals |
Matej Pec, Assistant Professor | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
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Keywords: | experimental rock deformation, melting and melt migration, semi-brittle flow, fault rocks |
Taylor Perron, Professor | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
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Keywords: | geomorphology, planetary surface processes, landscape evolution, self-organization |
Desiree Plata, Associate Professor | |
Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT | |
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Keywords: | environmental chemistry, environmentally and economically sustainable design |
Wim van Rees, Assistant Professor | |
Mechanical Engineering, MIT | |
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Keywords: | Bio-inspired propulsion, Numerical methods for fluids and |
Daniel H. Rothman, Professor | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
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Keywords: | numerical models of nonlinear dynamical systems, fluid dynamics, and pattern formation; theoretical models of rock physics; numerical methods for seismology |
Nicholas Roy, Professor | |
Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT | |
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Keywords: | autonomy, planning, machine learning |
Leigh H. Royden, Professor | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
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Keywords: | regional geology and geophysics; plate tectonics, thermal effects of continental deformation; mechanics of large-scale continental deformation; lithospheric flexure; continental extensions and sedimentary basin formation; uplift and erosion in mountain belts |
Serguei Saavedra, Associate Professor | |
Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT | |
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Keywords: | ecological networks |
Themistoklis Sapsis, Professor | |
Mechanical Engineering, MIT | |
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Keywords: | Reduced order modeling of chaotic and turbulent flows, quantification of extreme events in nonlinear systems, targeted energy transfer in mechanical systems, engergy harvesting from stochastic sources |
Henrik Schmidt, Professor | |
Mechanical Engineering, MIT | |
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Keywords: | numerical modeling, seismo-acoustic propagation |
Alexander Slocum, Professor | |
Mechanical Engineering, MIT | |
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Keywords: | precision machine design, symbiotic systems, sargassum sequestration, ocean mining |
Roger E. Summons, Professor | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
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Keywords: | biogeochemistry and geobiology with the following themes: lipid chemistry of geologically significant microbes and microbially dominated ecostsyems; organic and isotopic indicators of climate change, biotic evolution and mass extinction; age- and environment-diagnostic biomarkers in sediments and petroleum; Archean, Proterozoic and extraterrestrialbiogeochemical fossils |
Alexandra H. Techet, Professor | |
Chair, Joint Committee for Applied Ocean Sciences and Engineering | |
Mechanical Engineering, MIT | |
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Michael Triantafyllou, Professor | |
Mechanical Engineering, MIT | |
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Keywords: | fluid-structure interactions, autonomous underwater vehicles |
Robert van der Hilst, Professor | |
Department Head | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
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Keywords: | seismic tomography; studies of earth structure with emphasis on mantle beneath convergent plate boundaries; tectonic evolution of subduction systems; mantle dynamics; structure and evolution of continental lithosphere; field studies with portable seismometers |
J. Kim Vandiver, Professor | |
Director, Edgerton Center | |
Mechanical Engineering, MIT | |
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Keywords: | flow-induced vibration, dynamics of offshore structures |
Benjamin Weiss, Professor | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
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Keywords: | planetary history, paleomagnetism, early Earth, dynamo, Mars, Moon, asteroids, meteorites, planetary habitability and climate |
Brandon Weissbourd, Assistant Professor | |
Biology, MIT | |
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Keywords: | Neuroscience, behavior, jellyfish, cnidarian, evolution, development |
Dick K.P. Yue, Professor | |
Mechanical Engineering, MIT | |
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Keywords: | vortex dynamics, wave kinematics, hydromechanics |
Maria T. Zuber, Professor | |
Vice President for Research | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
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Keywords: | theoretical modeling of geophysical processes; models of lithosphere deformation and the physics of volcanism; relationships between gravity, topography, and tectonic features in determining the mechanical structures and states of stress in planetary lithospheres; development and implementation of space-based laser ranging systems |
MIT Emeritus Faculty
Arthur B. Baggeroer, Professor Emeritus | |
Mechanical Engineering, MIT | |
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Keywords: | sonar, ocean acoustics, adaptive arrays |
Kerry A. Emanuel, Professor | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
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Keywords: | global climate, tropical cyclone activity |
J. Brian Evans, Professor Emeritus | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
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Keywords: | effect of fluids and iimpurities on strength; interrelationships of porosity, permeability; and plastic flow |
Harold F. Hemond, Professor Emeritus | |
Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT | |
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Keywords: | biogeochemistry and hydrology of wetlands; chemical limnology; in-situ instrumentation |
Paola Rizzoli, Professor Emeritus | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
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Keywords: | climate, general ocean circulation, ecosystem models, data assimilation |
Carl Wunsch, Professor Emeritus | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
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Keywords: | global ocean circulation, altimetry, inverse methods and state estimation, mixing processes, tides, internal waves, paleoclimate |