Contact Information:
66-566 Department of Chemical Engineering
77 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
Email: strano@mit.edu
Phone: (617) 324-4323
Fax: (617) 258-8224

Professor Michael S. Strano
Charles and Hilda Roddey Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering

B.S. Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY, 1997
Ph.D. University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 2002

Post-doctoral Chemistry/Physics Rice University (R.E. Smalley)Spectroscopy


Awards:

*2009 PopSci's annual Brilliant 10 (Go to Article)
*2007 Unilever Award, American Chemical Society

*2006 Collaboration Success Award, The Council of Chemical Research
*2006 2005 Presidential Early Career Award (PECASE)
*2006 Beckman Young Investigator Award
*2006 3M Nontenured Faculty Award
*2006 Coblentz Award for Molecular Spectroscopy
*2005 Young Investigator Award, Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum, AIChE
*2005 Top 1% of Highly Cited Researchers, Essential Science Indicators/Web of Science
*2005 National Science Foundation Career Award
*2004 Top Young Innovator Award, MIT Technology Review (TR100)
*2004 Dupont Young Investigator Award
*AICHE Separations Division Graduate Award
*Garrett Reed Cantwell Fellowship, University of Delaware
* Editorial board member: Journal of Experimental Biology and Medicine

Publication List and Curriculum Vitae

Postdoctoral Associates and Visiting Scholar
Dr. Aravind Vijayaraghavan

Post-doctoral fellow, Institute of Nanotechnology, Forschungszentrum
Karlsruhe, Germany. (2006 - 2009)

Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy,
NY, USA. (2005)

B.Tech. Metallurgical Engineering. Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India. (2000)

Dr. Jae-Hee Han

Post-Doc, Sungkyunkwan University- Suwon, Korea, 2005-2006

Ph.D.(2005), M.S.(2001), B.S. (1999), Sungkyunkwan University- Suwon, Korea

 
Dr. Changsik Song

Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007 (Organic Chemistry)

B.S.(2000), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Chemistry)

Dr. Moon-Ho Ham

Ph.D.(2007) Yonsei University - Seoul, Korea

B.S.(2002) Yonsei University - Seoul, Korea

 
Dr. Jong Ho Kim

Ph.D.(2007), M.S. (2003) Seoul National University, Korea

B.S.(2001), Kunsan National University, Korea

Dr. Hyeonseok Yoon

Ph.D.(2008), M.S. (2004) Seoul National University, Korea

B.S.(2002), Hanyang University, Korea

 

 
Dr. Paul Barone

Ph.D. (2008), M.S. (2004) University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

B.S. University of Missouri, 2002

Chemical Engineering

 

Dr. Jin-Ho Ahn

Post-Doc, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea, 2007-2008

Ph.D.(2007), B.S.(2001), Seoul National University-Seoul, Korea

 
Dr. Kang

Postdoctoral Associate (2008-2009), Hanyang University, Korea

Ph.D.(2008), Seoul National University, Korea

 

Dr. Rajasekar Krishnan

Assistant Professor, Anna University Coimbatore, India

Ph.D. Anna University Chennai, India

Chemistry

 
Dr. Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh

Associate Professor, RMIT University, School of Electric and Computer Engineering, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

   
 
Graduate Students

Chang Young Lee

M.S. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2007

B.S. Seoul National University, 2003

Chemical Engineering

Esther Jeng

M.S. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2006

B.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001

Chemical Engineering

 
Richa Sharma

M.S. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2007

B.S. Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi, 2005

Chemical Engineering

Hong Jin

M.S. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2007

B.S. Tsinghua University, 2005

Chemical Engineering

 
Joel Abrahamson

B.S. University of Kansas, 2006

Chemical Engineering

 

 

Wonjoon Choi

B.S. Seoul National University,2003

Mechanical Science and Engineering

 

 

 
Ardemis Boghossian

B.S. University of Michigan, 2007

Chemical Engineering

Jingqing Zhang

B.S. Tsinghua University, 2007

Chemical Engineering

 
Geraldine Paulus

M.S. KULeuven, Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Belgium, 2007

B.S. KULeuven, Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Belgium, 2005

Chemical Engineering

Andrew Hilmer

B.S. University of Rochester, 2008

Chemical Engineering

 
Undergraduate Students
Mia Shandell

Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 

 

A. J. Hansborough

Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 

 
George Pratt

Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 

 

 

Alina Rwei

Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 
Strano Group Pictures

Strano Group 2009: (Front Row, left to right): Wonjoon Choi, Dr. Moon-Ho Ham, Prof. Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh, Prof. Michael Strano, Joel Abrahamson, Ardemis Boghossian, Geraldine Paulus, Jingqing Zhang. (Back Row, left to right): Prof. Rajasekar Krishnan, Dr. Jong-Ho Kim, Dr. Hyeonseok Yoon, Dr. Jae-Hee Han. Dr. Sang Wook Kang, Dr. Changsik Song, Dr. Daniel Heller, Dr. Paul Barone, Andrew Hilmer

Strano Group 2009: (Front Row, left to right): Dr. Kang, Moon-Ho Ham, Alina Rwei, Jingqing Zhang, Chang Young Lee; (Back Row, left to right): Hong Jin, Ardemis Boghossian, Joel Abrahamson, Paul Barone, WooJae Kim, Jin-Ho Ahn

Strano Group 2008: (Front Row, left to right): Jae-Hee Han, Changsik Song, Daniel Heller, Youn-Kyoung Baek, Hong Jin, Richa Sharma, Esther Jeng, Woo-Jae Kim, Ardemis Boghossian, (Back Row, left to right): Woojoon Choi, Paul Barone, Moon-Ho Ham, Joon Hyun Baik, Chang Young Lee, Dr. Michael Strano, Joel Abrahamson, Jong Hyun Choi, Nitish Nair

Strano Group 2006: (Front Row): Monica Usrey, Hong Jin, Esther Jeng, Chang Young Lee, Ryuichiro Maruyama, (Back Row): Dr. Michael Strano, Jae-Hee Han, Daniel Heller, Woo Jae Kim, Joel Abrahamson, Rachel Graff, Paul Barone, Richa Sharma, Nitish Nair, Jong Hyun Choi, Wonjoon Choi, Jaeyun Sung

AIChE 2005: Cincinnati, Ohio: (Front Row): Monica Usrey, Chang Young Lee, (Back Row): Paul Barone, Daniel Heller, Dr. Michael Strano, Rachel Graff, Esther Jeng

Strano Group 2005: (Front Row): Brittany Martinez, Christian Silva, Dhaval Patel, Dan Agnew, Ceasar Pina (Second Row): Dan Heller, Toni Moll, Ethan Lippmann, Jong Hyun Choi, Nitish Nair (Back Row): Chang Young Lee,_Monica Usrey, Hong Jin, Richa Sharma, Paul Barone, Rachel Graff, Esther Jeng, Woo-Jae Kim, Dr. Michael Strano.
Strano Group 2004: (Front Row): Paul Barone, Rachel Graff, Gurjit Sandhu, Ethan Lippmann, Dr. Michael Strano, (Back Row): Dr. Seunghyun Baik, Xuan Li, Rachel Leong, Rebecca Mayrhofer, Monica Usrey, Esther Jeng, Chang Young Lee, Daniel Heller.
Strano Group 2003: (Front Row): John Swanson, Daniel Heller, Monica Usrey, (From the back): John Weistroffer, Paul Barone, Dr. Michael Strano, Ardemis Boghossian,
Group Alumni

Postdoctoral Associates

Dr. Woo-Jae Kim, 2005 - 2009

Dr. Taeyun Kown, 2009

Dr. Marie Kalbacova, 2008, visiting scientist from Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Dr. Jong Hyun Choi, 2005-2008

Dr. Joon Hyun Baik, 2008

Dr. Ryuichiro Maruyama 2006-2007, visiting researcher from Sony

Dr. Cristiano Fantini, 2007-2008

Dr. Jianqi Zhang 2004-2005

Dr. Seunghyun Baik 2003-2004, Current Position: Assistant Professor, Dept.of Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea

Graduate Students

Daniel A. Heller, Ph.D. University of illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009

Nitish Nair, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009.

Monica Usrey, Ph.D. University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, 2008.

Youn-Kyoung Baek Ph.D. Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. Visiting Student 2008.

Byung-Seon Kong Ph.D. Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. Visiting Student 2007-2008.

Rachel Graff M.S. University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, 2007.

Jaeyun Sung M.S. University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, 2008.

Xuan Li M.S. Tulane University, 2004. B.S. Nanjing University of Chemical Technology, 2001. Visiting Student.

Undergraduate Students

Rene Ortiz Vordiplom Technical University of Munich, Visiting Student 2007-2008.


The Strano Laboratory | Building 66| Cambridge, MA 02139 | U.S.A.

Phone: (617) 324-4323

Fax: (617) 258-8224

Department of Chemical Engineering