Past MITOS Student Researchers

From the beginning MITOS has hired student to help drive campus sustainability projects. So far we hired 104 students. See below to read more about the talented students.

 

Summer 2024

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Katerina Boukin
Climate Action Researcher

Katya is a PhD student at the “Concrete Sustainability Hub” at the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Her passion lies in structural resiliency of the city scape to flood related natural disasters. Joining MIT office of sustainability in September of 2020 as a climate resiliency modeler and simulator, she is working on developing an improved method to assess, predict and mitigate storm and flood induced hazards. Her research project matches her work at MITOS, combining the projects she is using MIT campus as a test bed in her research work, trying to assess and mitigate natural disaster hazards as well as impacts of climate change on the severity of damages.

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Dylan Cook
Sustainability Researcher

Dylan is a current sophomore from southern Virginia who has worked at MITOS for a year as a social media assistant, creating content and editing videos for the Instagram and YouTube accounts of MITOS. He is also working on the UA Sustain Garden and MacGregor Minihives, and he co-produces and broadcasts a WMBR radio show on Tuesdays at 10pm.

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Sawyer Garrett
Sustainability Researcher

Sawyer is a rising Junior studying Finance at MIT. Last summer he worked at an Investment banking firm focusing mostly on the tech media industry. His work at MITOS focuses on scope 3 emissions analysis surrounding purchased goods. Sawyer is also a MIT Track and Field team member competing in the pole vault during the academic year.

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Jordyn Goldson
Sustainability Researcher

Jordyn is a rising sophomore majoring in Civil and Environmental Engineering. She's specifically interested in making cities and their infrastructure more resilient and sustainable. In her first year, she was part of the Terrascope learning community where she learned more about tackling large environmental problems. She has also done previous research on tree canopies over the decades and implementing hydroelectric power into water treatment plants. In her free time she enjoys crocheting and baking.

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Megan Lim
Sustainability Researcher

Megan Lim is a MIT 2024 business management graduate. Her interest lies in the innovation to deployment process; understanding the relationship between stakeholders, including educational systems, political systems, and the general public; prioritization, communication, and delegation frameworks; and system change in the context of tackling social issues like climate change. She was chair of the UA Innovation Committee and Logistics Lead for Banana Lounge for the past 3 years, and is working on a geothermal heat pump and thermal storage system project to decarbonize building clusters. At MITOS, she is working on low-to-zero waste strategies and student engagement with climate action.

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Ananda Santos Figueriedo
Sustainability Researcher

Ananda is a rising senior majoring in Climate Systems Science and Engineering. Hailing from northeastern Brazil, she is very passionate about sustainability and the ways in which science can help us improve systems and create a more equitable world. She has previously studied areas such as food systems, carbon markets, and international climate negotiations, and was a Scholar through the MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium. A first-generation, low-income student, she also loves engaging with student advocacy on campus, and is currently Vice-President for MIT’s Dormitory Council. In her free time, you will often find her geeking out about movies, books, and theater (especially Shakespeare!), or walking around Boston.

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Becky Xu
Sustainability Researcher

Becky Xu is a Master's student at MIT's Department of Urban Studies and Planning, specializing in data-driven solutions for climate resiliency. Her research encompasses renewable energy infrastructure, decarbonizing the built environment, and climate action strategies. She has experience in climate risk analytics, city-level clean energy and climate planning, environmental justice research, and net-zero building design.In her free time, Becky designs websites, creates marketing materials, and manages social media for student organizations like the MIT Energy & Climate Club. With a background in computational design and fabrication, she also enjoys dancing with the MIT Asian Dance Team.

 

Academic Year 2023-2024

  • Ippolyti Dellatolas, PhD Candidate Mechanical Engineering- Climate Action
  • Jie Fan, MS Architecture 2024 - Data Analyst
  • Rebecca Houston-Read, MCP 2024 - Data Analyst
  • Sanjana Paul, MCP 2025 - Heat Risk
  • Erika Pilpre, MIT 2025 - Sustainable Food and Dining

 

Summer 2023

  • Manasa Acharya, Harvard MA 2023 - Environmental Justice
  • Cheng-Hsin Chan, SMArchS 2024 - Climate Resiliency and Adaptation Planning
  • Nathan Kim, MIT 2026 - Design out Waste
  • Njeri, MIT 2024 - Carbon Offset

 

Academic Year 2022-2023

  • Yihong Amy Chen, MIT 2026 - Climate Communications, Design
  • Thea Feldgoise, Tufts 2024 - Sustainable Building Materials
  • Ana Fiallo, MS MIT 2024 - Scope 3 GHG Analyst
  • Janka Hamori, MIT 2025 - Climate Action - Waste
  • Mahwish Khalil, SMArchS 2024 - Climate Action
  • Katelyn McVay, MSP 2024 MIT - Campus Heat Risk
  • Dhwani Mehta, MSP 2024 MIT - Climate Action
  • Shanan Kumar Powell, MBA MIT 2023 - Climate Action
  • Pimpakarn Rattanathumawat (Prim), MS 2023 - Climate Communications, Design
  • Maaya Prasad, MS 2024 MIT - Climate Communications, Writing
  • Melissa Stok, MIT 2024 - Design out Waste 
Sustainability Fellows 2016 to 2021

Academic Year 2021-2022

  • Anushree Chaudhuri, MIT 2024 - Climate Change Scope 3
  • Vivian Chinoda, MIT 2025 - Electric Vehicle
  • Ippolyti Dellatolas, MIT 2024, MA - Climate Action
  • Doris Qingyi Duanmu, SMarchS MIT 2023 - Electric Vehicle
  • David Gottdiener, MS MIT 2023 - Climate Impact Goals
  • Anna Lander, SB 22, MIT - Sustainability Data Analytics
  • Sheng-Hung Lee, MS MIT 2022 - Safe and Sustainable Labs
  • Danielle Moore, MSP 2023 MIT - Campus Environmental Justice
  • Pimpakarn Rattanathumawat - MS 2023, MIT - Climate Resiliency
  • Shu-Yang Zhang, MIT 2024 - Electric Vehicle
  • Ziyuan Zhu - MS 2022 - Circular Design

Summer 2021

  • Darya Guettler, SB, MIT - Climate Change Scope 3
  • Asia Hypsher, SB, MIT - Campus Environmental Justice
  • Eva Then, SB, MIT - Climate Resiliency

Academic Year 2020-2021

  • Grace Cassidy, MEng, MIT - Sustainability Reporting
  • Darya Guettler, SB, MIT - Climate Change Scope 3
  • Asia Hypsher, SB, MIT - Campus Environmental Justice
  • Piero Orderique, MIT 2024 - Climate Resiliency
  • Isy Osubor, SB, MIT - Writing and Digital Engagement
  • Diane Zhang, MIT 2023 - Data-Driven Sustainability Reporting

Academic Year 2019-2020

  • Diego Castillo Peredo, MCP, MIT - Climate Resiliency
  • Effie Jia, SB, MIT - Design and Digital Outreach
  • Joseph Elsherbini, PhD, MIT - Data Analytics
  • Julia Field, MCP, MIT - Carbon Neutrality - South America
  • Shail Joshi, MCP, MIT - Water Stewardship
  • Katherine Liew, SM, MIT - Writing, Design, and Digital Engagement
  • Yael Nidam, MCP, MIT - Climate Resiliency
  • Taylor Safrit, SM, MIT - Data Analytics
  • Mary Hannah Smith, MCP, MIT - Climate Change Resiliency
  • Tianyu Su, MCP, MIT - Data Analytics Transportation

Summer 2019

  • Joseph Elsherbini, PhD, MIT - Data Analytics
  • Emma Homstad, Tufts - Sustainable Procurement
  • Effie Jia, SB, MIT - Design and Digital Outreach
  • Kashaf Nawal Momin, Georgetown - Food Systems
  • Yael Nidam, MCP, MIT - Climate Resiliency
  • Tianyu Su, MCP, MIT - Data Analytics Transportation

Academic Year 2018-2019

  • Audrey Bazerghi, SM and MBA, MIT - Sustainability Leadership Fellow
  • Sabira Lakhani, SM, MIT - Materials Management
  • Theresa Machemer, SB, MIT - Writing and Digital Outreach Fellow
  • Soma Mitra-Behura, SB, MIT - Urban Farm and Garden
  • Jasmine Qin, SM, MIT - Climate Resiliency
  • Yue Wu, SM, MIT - Analytics and Visualization – Material Matters

Summer 2018

  • Julian Victor Barber SMME, MIT - Energy Analytics
  • Karine Ip Kiun Chong, PhD, MIT - Analytics and Visualization
  • Harry Kelso, Whitman College - Urban Living Lab
  • Skylar Lewis, Dartmouth - Sustainable Materials Management
  • Soma Mitra-Behura, SB, MIT - Urban Farm and Garden
  • Rachel Moskowitz, Smith - Climate Change Resiliency
  • Sunil Yernagula, UConn - Analytics and Visualization

Academic Year 2017-2018

  • Effie Jia, SB, MIT - Communications, Design, and Digital Strategy
  • Yimou (Andrew) Li, MSF, MIT - Analytics and Visualization
  • Cristina Logg, MCP, MIT - Sustainable Procurement
  • Rachel Perlman, PhD, MIT - Sustainable Materials Management
  • Faina Rozental, MBA, MIT - Climate change Resiliency

Summer 2017

  • Nehal Davda, UConn - Analytics and Visualization
  • Brent Ginsberg, NYU - Climate Change Resiliency
  • Cristina Logg, MCP, MIT - Sustainable Procurement
  • Rachel Perlman, PhD, MIT - Sustainable Materials Management
  • Frankie Schembri, SM, MIT - Communications, Design, and Outreach
  • Sebastian Torrente, Tufts - Urban Living Lab

Academic Year 2016-2017

  • Dora Aldama, MBA and SM, MIT - Sustainable Procurement
  • Zachary Lamb, PhD, MIT - Climate Change Resiliency
  • Louis Liss, MCP, MIT - Cambridge Community Innovation
  • Elizabeth Rider, SB, MIT - Analytics and Visualization

Summer 2016

  • Hannah Jun, Smith - Technical Research
  • Erin Kenney, MCP, MIT - Technical Research
  • Xiao (Frank) Li, Bentley - Data and Metrics
  • Catherine Nabukalu, UPenn - Food Systems
  • Kimberly Meersma, Mt. Holyoke - Writing and Engagement