Contact a Current Student

We are a team of juniors and seniors eager to connect with you and tell you about being a ChemE at MIT, as you consider more about majors. We have a range of application interests within the broad field of ChemE and are happy to share our journey and answer your questions. Hover over our photos to learn more and view our contact info. Please reach out!

Energy/Transport

Major/Minor: Course 10-ENG
Email: priswasu@mit.edu
Application Interests: Biotherapeutics, Electrochemistry, Surface Chemistry, and Self-Assembly
Other Interests: N/A
Pris Wasuwanich

Biotech/Drug Delivery

Major/Minor: Course 10B, 7
Email: achin4@mit.edu
Research Interests: Biotechnology, Microbiomes, Drug Delivery
Other Interests: Piano, Hiking, Fishing, Archery
Fun Fact: My favorite Pokemon is Azumarill!
Austin Chin

Energy

Major/Minor: Course 10B/6
Email: sriki@mit.edu
Research Interests: Bioethanol Production from Yeast
Other Interests: Biking, avid reader of the horror genre
Smah Riki

Energy

Major: Course 10/French
Email: yijuny@mit.edu
Research Interests: Electrochemical Energy
Other Interests: Drawing and Painting
Fun Fact: A fun fact about me is that I'm obsessed with chicken noodle soup
Yijun Yang

Energy/Separations

Major/Minor: Course 10-ENG/15-1
Email: royn@mit.edu
Application Interests: Energy-Efficient Separations; MOF's; Carbon Capture & Sequestration
Other Interests: Dancing, Singing, Drawing, Photography
Fun Fact: I can speak 4 languages!
Naksha Roy

Energy/Computation

Major/Minor: Course 10-ENG, 18/Energy Studies
Email: jkuffour@mit.edu
Application Interests: Renewable Energy, Fluid Mechanics and Tansport Processes, Coding and Simulations
Other Interests: Soccer, philosophy, history, religion
Fun Fact: I was originally born in the UK! I am a big Liverpool fan! I have accumulated over 20 nicknames over my lifetime!
Joshua-Curtis Kuffour

Biotech/Pharma

Major/Minor: Course 10B
Email: alfonsor@mit.edu
Research Interests: Pharmaceuticals, biotech, food science
Other Interests: Cooking, playing music, paper, plants!
Fun Fact: I like making candy
Alfonso Restrepo

Biotech/Pharama

Major/Minor:
Email: adeena@mit.edu
Research Interests: Drug Delivery, Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals
Other Interests: Gaming, Solving Logic Puzzles, Dancing
Fun Fact: My favorite video game is The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker!
Adeena Khan

Biological/Computaional

Major/Minor: Course 10B and 18C/5
Email: f7mathlover15@gmail.com
Application Interests: Computational and Biological Systems
Other Interests: Choir, Running math contests
Fun Fact: I've never had class in 10-250 :O
Freya Edholm

Polymers

Major: Course 10/5
Email: meganeat@mit.edu
Research Interests: Polymers
Other Interests: Cooking, Baking, playing with my dog
Megan Eaton

Energy/Sustainability

Major/Minor: Course 10
Email: aevargas@mit.edu
Application Interests: Materials, Energy, Sustainability
Other Interests: Art, Cats, Swimming, Linguistics
Ava Vargas

Energy

Major/Minor: Course 10/Energy Studies
Email: krbailey@mit.edu t.edu
Research Interests: Inorganic synthesis of iron oxide nanoparticles to be used in biosensors
Other Interests: I am also part of the MIT Cheerleading Team, Dance Troupe, and Pi Beta Phi sorority!
Fun Fact: My favorite type of dance is tap!
Katie Bailey

Biotech/Materials

Major: Course 10B
Email: alexisjo@mit.edu
Application Interests: Materials Science, Sustainability, Drug Delivery, Biotechnology
Other Interests: Yoga, Soccer, Guitar, Zero! Waste!
Fun Fact: I accidentally dyed my dog pink trying to paint her like a bumble bee.
Alexis Jones

Biological Systems

Major: Course 10B & 7
Email: defiesta@mit.edu
Application Interests: N/A
Other Interests: DanceTroupe, ADT, Dancing
Dominique de Fiesta

Energy

Major/Minor: Course 10/Russian and PPSM
Email: britneyp@mit.edu
Research Interests: Advanced materials for sustainable energy
Other Interests: Working out and petting cats- sometimes at once
Fun Fact: I played the tuba
Duha Syar