Past MITOS Student Researchers

A group of 6 students standing together and smiling at the Office of Sustainability

For more than a decade, students have partnered with MITOS to turn the campus into a testbed for sustainability innovation. Here, we recognize the more than 100 students who have worked in our office and applied their academic learning to real-world challenges through collaborative, campus-based work.

Academic Year 2024-2025

  • Becky Xu, MS DUSP 2025 - Scope 3 Emissions Accounting
  • Lilly Heilshorn, MIT 2025 - Sustainability Metrics and Reporting
  • Rudiba Laiba, MIT 2025 - Green Chemistry
  • Wacuka Ngata, MIT 2026 - Sustainability Criteria for Cloud Computing
  • Caroline Liu, MBA 2026 - Design out Waste
  • Delphine Protopapas, MIT 2026 - Climate Resiliency
  • Ria Verensia, MS 2025 - Climate Resiliency
     

Summer 2024

  • Dylan Cook, MIT 2027 - Sustainability Communications
  • Sawyer Garrett, MIT 2026 - Scope 3 Emissions Accounting
  • Jordyn Goldson, MIT 2027, Campus Biodiversity
  • Megan Lim, MIT 2024 - Student Engagement in Climate and Sustainability
  • Ananda Santos Figueriedo, MIT 2025, Heat Risk and Sustainable Food Systems
  • Katerina Boukin, PhD in Systems Engineering 2025 - Climate Resiliency

 

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 Offsets

 

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