Bio:
Jeffrey C. Grossman is the Morton and Claire Goulder and Family Professor in Environmental Systems, and is faculty in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT. He received his B.A. in Physics from John Hopkins University in 1991, M.S. in Physics from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1992 and Ph.D. in Physics from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1996.
Research Interests:
I strive to apply a combined computational / experimental approach to outstanding science and technology challenges, with emphasis on gaining a deep understanding and then using that to design new materials for advances in energy conversion, energy storage, and water filtration. My approach does not necessarily rely on a single method to solve a given problem nor do I favor one method over another; rather, I believe in using the best method(s) available and those most suited to tackle the challenge at hand. The vision I set for my research program includes a strong emphasis on a multidisciplinary approach in order to expand the scientific possibilities beyond any one discipline or field, and to allow students and postdocs in my group to gain exposure to a broad intersection of materials science and engineering. In addition to cross-disciplinary collaborations related to my research goals, I actively pursue key partnerships with colleagues from both academia and industry in order to work on materials breakthroughs that can be scalable, robust and manufacturable at competitive cost.
Jeffrey C. Grossman
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Email: jcg@mit.edu Phone: 617-324-3566
Address: 13-5049, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge MA 02139
Administrative Staff
I’ve been an Administrative Assistant at MIT through RLE since 1993, joining the Grossman Group in 2015. I provide non-scientific support by handling administrative tasks necessary to keep things running so that the group members can focus on their research. I’m a resource for knowing or finding out Institute rules and practices (“how to do something”) in order to ensure we’re in compliance while also providing layperson explanations of what we’re doing and why to other administrative offices as needed. My focus is taking the big picture of what this group is working to accomplish and determining what administrative details have to be in place to support that picture and implementing them accordingly. I also provide administrative support to 3.091: Introduction to Solid-State Chemistry each fall semester with the goal of allowing Prof. Grossman and the teaching assistants to focus more on the actual teaching of the class, as well as assisting the course’s students.
I graduated from Boston University’s Metropolitan College summa cum laude with a Bachelor’s degree in English. Outside of work, I can be found reading and spending time with my family and community of friends, especially if it involves poking around used book stores to find new-to-me treasures! I will read anything if it’s well-written.
Email: vonbosau@mit.edu
Office: 13-5014
Phone: (617) 253-2561
Research Scientists
Research Interests: novel application of natural and artificial nanostructured materials for energy, sensing, water treatment and electronic applications; nanoscale technologies based on geological materials; carbon-based energy technologies; novel characterization techniques for subsurface engineering; synthesis and characterization of nanostructured materials; instrumentation development; science education; open source software for scientific applications.
As the founding and current director of the experimental research program in the Grossman Group, I describe our beginnings as a “true experiment”. The experimental program within the Grossman Group began in early 2011 with an empty room and lots of ideas. Our initial founding experimental strategy was to leverage the theoretical and modeling work within the group to establish validation prototypes of materials and devices. Since then, it has expanded to include projects that grew out of experimental ideas with the support of computational modeling. The experimental component of the group currently consists of two experimental laboratories, with 3 post-docs and 5 graduate students (not to mention, several highly motivated undergraduate students). Below you might find a list of project we are actively working on:
- Solar Thermal Fuels, synthesis and application to the automotive industry
- Towards Single Layer Photovoltaics with 2D materials
- Nanoscale porous membranes for water desalination and filtration
- Novel applications for organic geomaterials (from coal to oil to organic shales)
- Novel multi-scale integrated methods and tools for chemo-mechanical characterization of materials
- Towards making more sustainable cement: cement chemistry at the nanoscale.
- Amorphous semiconductors for photovoltaics
- Beyond roof-top installation of PV modules: 3D-photovoltaics
- … and more…
If you are interested in knowing more of any of these projects, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
Email: ferralis@mit.edu
Office: 13-5134
Phone: (617) 324-0372
Post-Docs
Research Interests: Nanomaterial synthesis and deformation, Multi-scale modeling
Research Approach: Theory
Email: yanmingwATmitDOTedu
Phone: 650-485-9696
Office: 13-4038
Research Interests: Polymer science, energy storage, nanoscale transport phenomena
Research Approach: Theory
Email: artflATmitDOTedu
Office: 13-4077
Research Interests: Surfaces and interfaces, atomic/molecular layer deposition, membrane separations, materials for energy storage and conversion
Research Approach: Experiments
Email: bergsmanATmitDOTedu
Office: 13-4042
Research Interests: Nanoporous materials for applications in water and energy, nanomanufacturing
Research Approach:Experiments
Email: b_smithATmitDOTedu
Phone: (617) 258-0222
Office: 13-4042
Research Interests: 2D and quasi-2D materials/heterostructures, natural carbonaceous materials, energy harvesting and storage materials, laser manufacturing
Research Approach: Experiments
Email: xzangATmitDOTedu
Office: 13-4069
Research Interests: Transparent conductive materials, photovoltaics, nanomaterials for energy applications
Research Approach: Experiments
Email: tsnATmitDOTedu
Office: 13-4077
Research Interests: Membrane separations, self-healing materials, stimuli-responsive polymers
Research Approach: Experiments
Email: bezawitATmitDOTedu
Office: 13-4078
Research Interests: Water and energy application of nanomaterials
Research Approach: Experiments
Email: zhengmaoATmitDOTedu
Office: 13-4038
Research Interests: random heterogeneous media, computational organic chemistry, unnatural physics of natural carbons
Research Approach: Theory
Email: taishanATmitDOTedu
Office: 13-4077
Graduate Students
Research Interests: Li-ion battery materials
Research Approach: Theory
Email: efadelATmitDOTedu
Phone: 857-600-7007
Office: 13-4077
Research Interests: Materials for decarbonization, machine learning
Research Approach: Theory
Email: amwtATmitDOTedu
Office: 13-4066
Research Interests: Machine learning, Energy materials
Research Approach: Theory
Email: txieATmitDOTedu
Phone: (617) 909-6481
Office: 13-4038
Website: http://www.mit.edu/~txie
Research Interests: Photovoltaics, quantum dots
Research Approach: Theory
Email: xzhang1@mit.edu
Phone: 857-636-1405
Office: 13-4038
Research Interests: Membranes for water desalination
Research Approach: Theory
Email: ajanaATmitDOTedu
Phone: 617-852-4184
Office: 13-4066
Research Interests: Photovoltaics, 2D materials
Research Approach: Experiments
Email: wchaeATmitDOTedu
Phone: 617-452-2455
Office: 13-4078
Research Interests: Batteries and fuel cells
Research Approach: Theory
Email: crabbATmitDOTedu
Office: 13-4077
Research Interests: Photovoltaics, machine learning
Research Approach: Theory
Email: kijana@mit.edu
Phone: 405-519-9718
Office: 13-4066
Research Interests: Machine learning; Li-ion battery; 2D materials
Research Approach: Theory
Email: shenggATmit.edu
Phone: 857-999-5247
Research Interests: Photovoltaics, nanomaterials
Research Approach: Experiments
Email: jjpatilATmitDOTedu
Office: 13-4042
Visiting Students
Research Interests: Nanoporous membranes for water filtration
Research Approach: Experiments
Email: methelyATmitDOTedu
Phone: 360-784-9656
Office: 13-4042
Research Interests: Natural carbonaceous materials, laser manufacturing
Research Approach: Experiments
Email: xhasbachATmitDOTedu
Office: 13-4042
Research Interests: natural carbon for applications in metal sintering; materials for geothermal applications in architecture
Research Approach: Experiments
Email: kierataiATmitDOTedu
Office: 13-4069
Undergraduate Students
Visiting Scholars
Eric Lee
Visiting student 2020
Zachary Gariepy
Visiting student 2020
Mia San Gabriel
Visting student 2019
Adrian Yabut
Visting student 2019
Lucia Hughes
Visting student 2019
Liam Leahy
Visting student 2019
Methely Sharma
Visiting student 2017
Jatin Patil
Visting student 2016
Filippo Savazzi
Visting student 2015
Federico Pinna
Master’s visiting student 2015
Federico Raffone
Visiting student 2015
Andrea Anelli
Master’s visiting student 2015
Andrii Omelianovych
Visiting student, 2014
Giovanna Lani
Visiting student, 2009
Current Position: PhD Student, Ecole Polytechnique, France
Graduate Students
Sheng Gong
PhD, graduated in 2022
Woo Hyun (David) Chae
PhD, graduated in 2022
Current position: Hardware Reliability Engineer at Apple
Ki-Jana Carter
PhD, graduated in 2022
Emily Crabb
PhD, graduated in 2022
Current position: Assistant Professor at Center College
Tian Xie
PhD, graduated in 2020
Eric Fadel
PhD, graduated in 2020
Jee Soo Yoo
M.S., graduated in 2019
Yun Liu
PhD, graduated in 2019
Current position: Post Doctoral at Cambridge University
Cedric Viry
M.S., graduated in 2019
Current position: Application engineer at ACTnano
Owen Morris
PhD, graduated in 2019
Eugene Cho
PhD, graduated in 2017
Current position: Post Doctoral at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Kayahan Saritas
PhD, graduated in 2017
Current position: Post-doctoral researcher at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Sangjin Lee
PhD, graduated in 2016
Current position: Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT), Korea
Marco Bernardi
PhD, graduated in 2013
Current position: Assitant Professor, California Insitute of Technology
Sophia Sklan
PhD, graduated in 2015
JongWon Choi
PhD, graduated in 2015
Current position: Dongjin Semichem Co.
Jeong Yun Kim
PhD, graduated in 2015
Postdoctoral fellow at MIT
Donghun Kim
PhD, graduated in 2015
Current position: Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Korea
Anna Cheimets
M.S., graduated in 2015
Priyank V. Kumar
PhD, graduated in 2015
Current position: Postdoctoral fellow, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Michelle Tomasik
PhD, graduated in 2015
Current position: Department of Physics, MIT, USA
David Cohen-Tanugi
PhD, graduated in 2015
Current position: Co-founder, embr labs, Cambridge, USA
Eric Johlin
PhD, graduated in 2014
Current position: Postdoctoral fellow, AMOLF, Netherlands
Undergraduate
Ninxing (Charlotte) Chen
Undergraduate student 2019 – present
Maya Reese
Undergraduate Student 2020-2021
Kiera Tai
Undergraduate student 2019-2021
Ava Waitz
Undergraduate student 2019-2020
Nolan Peard
Undergraduate student 2019
Rahul Ramakrishnan
Undergraduate student 2019
Amelia Kharey
Undergraduate student 2014-2015
Clarissa Towle
Undergraduate student 2013-2015
Allan Blanchard
Undergraduate Student, 2010
Zachary Cordero
Undergraduate Student, 2010
Amanda Evants
Undergraduate Student, 2010
Jennie Zheng
Undergraduate Student, 2010
Kevin Linke
Undergraduate Student, Graduated in 2010
Teddy Toussaint
Undergraduate Student, Graduated in 2010
Kavita Chandra
Undergraduate Student, Graduated in 2010
Yi-Han Hsu
Undergraduate Student, Graduated in 2010
Jin Wan
Undergraduate Student, Graduated in 2011