The Grossman Group

Group Leader

Jeffrey C. Grossman

Carl Richard Soderberg Associate Professor of Power Engineering

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Phone: 617-324-3566

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Address: 13-5049, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge MA 02139

Research Scientist

Nicola Ferralis
Director of Experimental Research

Research Interests: novel application of natural and artifical nanostructured materials for energy, sensing, water treatment and electronic applications; bottom-up investigations of geological materials; carbon-based energy technologies; surface science; instrumentation development; science education

Email: ferralisATmitDOTedu

Office: 13-5134

Lab: 13-5044

Phone (office): (617) 324-0372

Phone (lab): (617) 324-4549

Post-Docs

	Can Ataca Research Interests: Cement chemistry, photocatalysis, photovoltacis, solar fuel, 2D monolayer systems, Photo-electrochemical water splitting, nanoscale material design Research approach: theory, modeling, computation Email: atacaATmitDOTedu Phone: (617) 258-8741 Office: 13-4077
	Timothy J. Kucharski Research Interests: solar fuels, photochromic molecules, strained molecules, mechanochemical kinetics, mechanoresponsive materials, photoactuating materials. Research approach: experiment Email: tkuchATmitDOTedu Phone: (617) 452-2455 Office: 13-4078
	John P. McGann Research Interests: Graphitic and semi-graphitic materials, porous carbon materials, energy storage technologies, photovoltaics, nanoscale characterization, organic electronics, advanced polymers Research approach: experiment Email: jmcgannATmitDOTedu Phone: (617) 452-2455 Office: 13-4078
	Rajamani Raghunathan Research Interests: Nanomechanical phenomena, thermal transport, solar photovoltaics Research approach: theory, modeling, computation Email: rajamaniATmitDOTedu Phone: (617) 258-8741 Office: 13-4069
	Giuseppe Romano Research Interests: Thermoelectrics, photovoltaics, energy harvesting, multiscale modeling, thermal transport, molecular electronics. Research approach: theory, modeling, computation Email: romanogATmitDOTedu Web: www.mit.edu/~romanog Phone: (617) 452-2455 Office: 13-4078
	Matthew J. Smith Research Interests: Advancing energy materials by using Raman spectroscopy and electron microscopy to understand the fundamental relationships between bulk material properties and their structure across all length scales. Research approach: experiment Email: mjsmithATmitDOTedu Phone: (617) 710-0796 Office: 13-4069
	David Strubbe Research Interests: photoisomerization, thermoelectrics, quantum transport, nonlinear optics, many-body perturbation theory, time-dependent density-functional theory, scientific code development. Research approach: theory, modeling, computation Email: dstrubbeATmitDOTedu Phone: (617) 324-9613 Web: web.mit.edu/~dstrubbe/www Office: 13-4066
	Yun Liu Research Interests: Solar thermal fuel design, high throughput computational search for solar fuel materials, shale gas and amorphous carbon modeling. Research approach: theory, modeling, computation Email: yunlATmitDOTedu Phone: (617) 324-9613 Office: 13-4066

Graduate Students

	Marco Bernardi Research Interests: Ab-initio simulation, Photovoltaics, Nanoscale Materials, Carbon, Self-Assembly, Transport on Networks. Research approach: theory, modeling, computation Email: bmarcoATmitDOTedu Phone: 617-258-0222 Office: 13-4042
	Eugene Cho Research Interests: Solar Thermal Fuels Research approach: experiment Email: e_choATmitDOTedu Phone: 617-258-0222 Office: 13-4042
	Jongwon Choi Research Interests: Thermoelectric materials Research approach: theory, modeling, computation Email: jwonchoiATmitDOTedu Phone: 617-258-8741 Office: 13-4069
	David Cohen-Tanugi Research interests: Clean water technology, molecular dynamics, energy policy, renewable energy Research approach: theory, modeling, computation Email: dctanugiATmitDOTedu Website: http://www.mit.edu/~dctanugi/ Phone: (617) 324-9613 Office: 13-4066
	Shreya Dave Research interests: materials for water desalination, energy efficiency, energy policy Research approach: experiment Email: sdaveATmitDOTedu Phone: (617) 324-9613 Office: 13-4066
	Eric Johlin Research Interests: Amorphous silicon, photovoltaics, electron traps in disordered materials Research approach: theory, modeling, computation, experiment Email: johlinATmitDOTedu Website: http://ejohlin.com Phone: 617-258-0222 Office: 13-4042, 35-010
	Brent Donald Keller Research Interests: Photovoltaics, synthesis and characterization of graphene and related structures, nanomechanical sensing. Research approach: experiment Email: kellerbdATmitDOTedu Phone: 617-258-0222 Office: 13-4042
	Priyank Vijaya Kumar Research Interests: Photovoltaics, Graphene oxide, quantum dots, metal oxides, surface phenomena, nuclear energy systems Research approach: theory, modeling, computation, experiment email: priyankATmitDOTedu Phone: 617-258-8741 Office : 13-4077
	Donghun Kim Research Interest: Photovoltaics Research approach: theory, modeling, computation Email: donghunATmitDOTedu Phone: 617-710-0796 Office: 13-4069
	Jeong Yun Kim Research Interests: Thermal transport, thermoelectric materials, photovoltaics Research approach: theory, modeling, computation Email: jeongyunATmitDOTedu Phone: (617) 258-8741 Office: 13-4069
	Elizabeth M. Y. Lee Research Interests: Quantum dots, Photovoltaics, Exciton transport Research approach: theory, modeling, computation Email: emyl3196ATmitDOTedu Phone: 617-258-0222 Office: 13-4042
	Sangjin Lee Research Interests: Photovoltaics, transport, energy harvesting Research approach: theory, modeling, computation Email: sjinleeATmitDOTedu Phone: 617-258-8741 Office: 13-4077
	Kayahan Saritas Research Interests: Cement chemistry, Quantum Monte Carlo, Photoisomerization Research approach: theory, modeling, computation Email: kayahanATmitDOTedu Phone: 617-258-8741 Office: 13-4077
	Sophia Robin Sklan Research Interests: Thermoelectrics, nanoscale materials, and materials design. Research approach: theory, modeling, computation Email: ssklanATmitDOTedu Phone: (617) 258-8741 Office: 13-4069
	Michelle Tomasik Research Interests: Metal-semiconductor and metal-organic surfaces, photovoltaics Research approach: theory, modeling, computation Email: mtomasikATmitDOTedu Phone: (617) 258-8741 Office: 13-4069
	Jee Soo Yoo Research Interests: Solar fuels Research approach: theory, modeling, computation Email: jeesooATmitDOTedu Phone: 617-452-2455 Office: 13-4078

Visiting Scientists

Maurizia Palummo

Maurizia Palummo

Università di Roma (Italy)

Research Interests: DFT, many-body perturbation theory, systems: surfaces,semiconducting and oxide nanostructures, organic molecules and crystals.

Email: mpalummoATmitDOTedu

Phone: 617-324-9613

Office: 13-4066

Visiting Students


	Alexander F. Keller MIT - Department of Architecture Research Interests: Three-Dimensional Photovoltaics Email: akellerATmitDOTedu
	Francesca Risplendi Politecnico di Torino (Italy) Research Interests: nanostructured materials for photovoltaics, mechanical properties of surfaces Email: frisplenATmitDOTedu Phone: 617-258-0222 Office: 13-4042

Undergraduate Students

	Amanda Evans Research Interests: Nanoporous graphane membranes for desalination
	Mac Gager Research Interests: Three-dimensional Photovoltaics Email: mgagerATmitDOTedu

	Sidhanth "Sid" Rao Research Interests: Three-dimensional Photovoltaics Email: sidhanthATmitDOTedu
	Maha Shady Research Interests: Energy storage and conversion, Solar fuel cells, and water desalination Email: mashadyATmitDOTedu
	Sam Shames Research Interests: Energy Conversion and Storage, Computational Materials Science, Modeling & simulation, Solar Fuels, Consciousness, Solar Photovoltaics, Philosophy of mind Email: shamesATmitDOTedu
	Mateo S. Williams Research Interests: Three-dimensional Photovoltaics Email: msw1293ATmitDOTedu
	Jennie Zheng Research Interests: Solar-Thermal Fuels Email: jenniezATmitDOTedu

Former Members

	Tiziana Musso Visiting Research Student, 2011 Current Position: PhD Student, Aalto University, Finland tiziana.mussoATaaltoDOTfi
	Engin Durgun Post-Doctoral Research Associate, 2010-2012 Current Position: Assistant Professor UNAM - Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Bilkent University durgunATunamDOTbilkentDOTeduDOTtr
	Alexie Kolpak Post-Doctoral Research Associate, 2010-2012 Current Position: Assistant Professor Mechanical Engineering, MIT kolpakATmitDOTedu
	Joo-Hyoung Lee Post-Doctoral Research Associate, 2009-2011 Current Position: Assistant Professor Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology jhyoungATgistDOTacDOTkr
	Tim Mueller Post-Doctoral Research Associate, 2010-2011 Current Position: Assistant Professor Materials Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University tmuellerATjhuDOTedu