People | MIT Sustainable Design Lab

Fall Hike 2024 | Ben, Akshata, Nada, Eric, Christph, Marie, Nathan, Karl

Fall Hike 2023 | Jeannette, Zach, Svenja, Ben, Christph, Zoe, Ellen

Fall Hike 2022 | Cody, Ramon, Christoph, Nada, Tristan, Zach, Svenja, Leilah, Amanda, Zoe, Lauren, Zoe

Lab dinner 2021 | Phil, Irmak, Sam, Mariana, Christoph, Ramon, Alpha, Liz, Yu Qian, Ellen, Kloe, Meredith

BT Fall Hike 2019 | Mariana, Nicole, Zach, Christoph, Eduardo, Charu, Nikelish

Snowshoeing 2019 | Yu Qian, Chloe, Khadija, Alpha, Christoph, Mariana, Ana

SDL gathering in NYC 2018 | Bing, Alstan, Jeff, Christoph, Carlos, Tarek, Khadija, Alpha, Liz, Jamie

Lab Hike 2016 | Alpha, Irmak, Jiamin, Cody, Carlos, Shreshth, Nathaniel, Jay, Jamie, Christoph

Lab Hike 2015 | BR: Nathaniel, Cody, Jay, Alpha; FR: Christoph, Jamie, Carlos

Lab Party 2014 | BR: Cody, Julia, Timur, Nathaniel, Christoph; FR: Brianna, Aiko, Manos, Carlos, Tarek, Jeff

Gala Dinner at Building Simulation 2013 | Feli, Alstan, Elliot, Carlos, Timur, Tarek, Christoph, Diego and Nathaniel

UMI Symposium, May 2013 | Carlos, Christoph, Tarek, Timur, Alstan and John

June 2012 | Diego, Holly, Christoph, Karthik, Alstan and Tarek

Current Members

Yu Qian Ang Research collaborator

Akshata Atre MArch Student, MIT Department of Architecture

Khadija Benis Research collaborator

Eric Kyle Cheung SMArchS, MIT Building Technology Program

Nathan Collett TTP program, MIT

Ata Chokhachian Postdoctoral Researcher

Darya Guettler SMArchS, MIT Building Technology Program

Jeff Hall SMArchS, MIT Building Technology Program

Ali Irani PhD Student, MIT Building Technology Program

Karl Pops SMArchS, MIT Building Technology Program

Christoph Reinhart Terri and Alan Spoon Professor of Architecture and Climate, Group Head

Cody Rose Research collaborator

Nada Tarkhan PhD Student, MIT Building Technology Program

Ben Taube PhD Student, MIT Building Technology Program

Sam Wolk PhD Student, MIT Building Technology Program

Prospective Students

Current and past students in our lab have been enrolled in a variety of different degree programs at MIT including SMBT, SMARCHS, or PhD degrees in the Building Technology Program in Archtecture as well as the MCP program in Urban Planning. If you are thinking about applying, it is recommended that you contact Christoph Reinhart to discuss which program(s) would be the best fit for you.

Alumni [MIT Sustainable Design Lab and G(SD)²]

Postdocs and doctorate students

year	name, degree granted/position	1st affilation after graduation/postdoc
2022	Yu Qian Ang, PhD, MIT	National University of Singapore (faculty)
2022	Alpha Yacob Arsano, PhD, MIT	Northeastern University (faculty)
2022	Zach Berzolla, PhD, MIT	Building Decarbonization Section Head - Maryland
2018	Carlos Cerezo Davila, PhD, MIT	KPF Environmental Performance Director
2021	Samuel Letellier-Duchesne, Research Scientist	Elementa Engineering, New York City
2018	Jay Dhariwal, Research Scientist	Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (faculty)
2015	Timur Dogan, PhD, MIT	Cornell University (faculty)
2014	Diego Ibarra, DDesS, Harvard	Boston Consulting Group
2014	J Alstan Jakubiec, PhD, MIT	Singapore U Technology & Design (faculty)
2017	Nathaniel Jones, PhD, MIT	ARUP San Francisco
2019	Shreshth Nagpal, PhD, MIT	Elementa Engineering, New York (Principal)
2015	Tarek Rakha, PhD, MIT	Syracuse University (faculty)
2013	Holly W Samuelson, DDesS, Harvard	Harvard University (faculty)
2020	Irmak Turan, PhD, MIT	Illinois Institute of Technology (faculty)
2024	Ramon Weber, PhD, MIT	UC Berkeley (faculty)

Master and undergraduate students

year	name, degree granted/position	1st affilation after graduation
2016	Jamie Bemis, Master in City Planning, MIT	City of New York
2011	Eduardo Berlin, MDesS Harvard	Modern Development Studio (CEO)
2024	Zoe De Simone, SMArchS MIT	PhD MIT
2011	Karthik Dondeti, MDesS Harvard	Zofnass Program at Harvard
2017	Jamie Farrell, SMArchS Urbanism, MIT	Postmates, San Fransisco
2015	Jeff Geisinger, SMArchS BT, MIT	Rhode Island School of Design (faculty)
2012	Elliot Glassman, MDesS Harvard	Built Ecology, New York
2024	Svenja Herb, SMBT MIT	Danfoss Climate Solutions, Germany
2011	Seth Holmes, MDesS Harvard	University of Hartford (faculty)
2017	Ali Irani, MEng, MIT	SOM, Chicago
2024	Amanda Kirkeby, SMBT MIT	National Renewable Energy Laboratory
2009	Cynthia Kwan, MDesS Harvard	Woods Bagot, Hong Kong
2010	Kera Lagios, MArch Harvard	Lam Partners, Cambridge
2024	Zoe Le Hong, SMBT MIT	Urban Partners, Denmark
2020	Mariana Liebman-Pelaez, SMBT MIT	The Green Engineer, Cambridge
2010	Rohit Manudhane, MDesS Harvard	Ove Arup & Partners, New York
2011	Rashida Mogri, MDesS Harvard	Gensler, Houston
2024	Lauren Moore, SMBT MIT	SOM, New York
2015	Aiko Nakano, SMBT MIT	Höweler + Yoon Architecture, Boston
2011	Jeff Niemasz, MArch Harvard	Solemma, LLC (managing member)
2011	Azadeh Omidfar, MDesS Harvard	EYP Architecture & Engineering, Boston
2010	Tiffany Otis, MArch Harvard	Ullernfaret 1B, Oslo
2012	Debashree Pal, MDesS Harvard	Modern Development Studio, Boston
2024	Ellen Reinhard, MArch MIT	Boston Consulting Group, Zuerich
2016	Cody Rose, Research Fellow, MIT	Millenium Management
2015	Manos Saratsis, SMArchS Urbanism, MIT	NRG Renew
2011	Jon Sargent, MArch Harvard	SOM, New York
2015	Julia Sokol, MSc MechE	MIT MechE (PhD student)
2011	Devon Sparks, BS, MIT	Ove Arup & Partners, San Fransisco
2013	John Sullivan, Research Fellow, MIT	Buro Happold, Dubai
2018	Jiamin Sun, SMArchS BT	Adobe
2009	Jennifer Sze, MDesS Harvard	Israel Berger & Associates, New York
2009	Bradley Tran, SM BT, MIT	Accenture
2021	Elizabeth Young, SMBT MIT	JTC Corporation, Singapore

Visiting students

	year	name, home university
	2020	Jakub Szczesniak, ETH Zurich
	2020	Niall Buckley, University College Dublin
	2016	Sara Freitas, University of Lisbon
	2014	Nelson Soares, Universidade de Coimbra