Martin Bazant is an expert in applied mathematics and engineering physics.

His research focuses on transport phenomena in microfluidics and electrochemical systems, with an eye toward applications in energy storage, water purification and lab-on-a-chip technology.

Tonio Buonassisi received his bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame in 2001, and a PhD at the University of California, Berkeley, under supervision of Eicke R. Weber in 2006. He was a visiting researcher at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) and the Max-Planck Institute for Microstructure Physics, and a crystal growth research scientist at Evergreen Solar.

He joined the faculty at MIT in 2007, where he is currently the SMA Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering.

Daniel Cohn began a career at MIT in 1971 as a research staff member at the Francis Bitter National Magnet Laboratory.

He has been involved in a variety of research activities involving use of plasmas for environmental and energy applications. He is currently head of the Plasma Technology Division of the Plasma Science and Fusion Center. Cohn also holds an appointment as a senior research scientist with the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering.

He was a consultant in laser-related defense technologies for MIT Lincoln Laboratory from 1986-1991. Cohn was a co-founder of Integrated Environmental Technologies, an early stage commercial stage company that provides plasma furnace systems for environmentally protective conversion of hazardous, medical, municipal and other waste into hydrogen and other valuable products. Cohn is a holder of 25 U.S. patents. He has authored or co-authored more than 150 publications in journals, conference proceedings and book chapters. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society and a member of the American Nuclear Society where he served as chairman of the Fusion Division. Cohn was editor of the Journal of Fusion Energy from 1984-1992. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Cohn was a recipient of R&D 100 Awards for environmental technologies in 1994, 1995 and 1998. He was the winner of the Discover Award for Technological Innovation in Transportation in 1999, given for his work on plasma boosted onboard hydrogen generation for environmentally improved internal combustion engines.

John Deutch is an Institute Professor at MIT. Deutch has been a member of the MIT faculty since 1970, and has served as chairman of the Department of Chemistry, dean of the School of Science and provost.

He has published more than 140 technical publications in physical chemistry, as well as numerous publications on technology, energy, international security and public-policy issues.

Deutch earned a BA in history and economics from Amherst College, and an SB in chemical engineering and PhD in physical chemistry from MIT. He holds honorary degrees from Amherst College, University of Lowell and Northeastern University. He serves as director for the following publicly held companies: Cheniere Energy, Citigroup and Raytheon. He is a trustee of the Center for American Progress, Resources for the Future, the Urban Institute (life), and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Daniel Enderton is executive director of the MIT Energy Initiative's Sustainable Energy Revolution Program, which seeks to coordinate and enhance support for breakthrough research in renewable energy sources — such as solar, wind, waves, geothermal and bioenergy — as well as their associated enabling technologies, including storage and transmission.

In 2008, Enderton defended his PhD in climate physics and chemistry in MIT's Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences. His research focused on estimating and understanding the poleward transport of energy by the atmosphere and oceans, and how this partition affects surface climate conditions. As a student, he was a Linden Earth System Fellow, 2007-2008 president of the MIT Energy Club, and content director for the 2007 and 2008 MIT Energy Conferences.

Clifton G. Fonstad Jr. received his BS degree in 1965 from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and his SM and PhD degrees in 1966 and 1970, respectively, from MIT.

He is the Vitesse Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in semiconductor devices and technology, and directs a graduate student research group focused on monolithically integrating III-V functionality with silicon electronic circuits. Additional interests include opto-electronic devices, molecular beam epitaxy and thermo-photovoltaics. With his students and collaborators, Fonstad has published more than 160 articles in refereed technical journals. He is also the author of Microelectronic Devices and Circuits, an undergraduate text on semiconductor device physics, models and applications; this text can be downloaded at no cost from: http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/34219.

Fonstad currently serves as the executive director of the Eni-MIT Solar Frontiers Center. He also serves on the MIT Hobby Shop Committee, and bike-commutes daily to MIT. He is a fellow of the IEEE and a member of the American Physical Society.