The graduate officer is the faculty member or senior academic staff member who oversees graduate affairs on behalf of a department or degree-granting program. Graduate officers advocate for graduate students, provide guidance, manage conflicts, enforce departmental policies, develop strategic programming and curricula, and approve final degree lists. Most importantly, graduate officers work to ensure that a graduate program works in the best interest of its students.
The full scope of the role is determined by the practice and culture of the department or program. Additional responsibilities may include recruitment and admissions, student orientation, and advising student groups. Various Institute offices collaborate with the graduate officers as a group to catalyze positive change for MIT’s graduate student community.
Graduate Officers monthly meetings, 2020-21
(Times TBD)
| Department | Name | Room | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 – Civil and Environmental Engineering | Colette Heald | heald@mit.edu | 48-335 | 324-5666 |
| 2 – Mechanical Engineering | Nicolas Hadjiconstantinou | ngh@mit.edu | 3-364 | 452-2280 |
| 3 – Materials Science and Engineering | Frances Ross | fmross@mit.edu | 13-5046 | 452-2535 |
| 4 – Architecture | Leslie Norford | lnorford@mit.edu | 5-418D | 253-8797 |
| 5 – Chemistry | Adam Willard | awillard@mit.edu | 6-231 | 253-1480 |
| 6 – Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Katrina LaCurts (MEng) | lacurts@mit.edu | 38-587 | 253-5994 |
| Leslie Kolodziejski (SM & PhD) | leskolo@mit.edu | 38-450 | 253-7327 | |
| 7 – Biology | Mary Gehring | mgehring@mit.edu | WI-561C | 324-0343 |
| Stephen Bell | spbell@mit.edu | 68-630 | 253-2054 | |
| 8 – Physics | Nergis Mavalvala | nergis@ligo.mit.edu | 4-304 | 253-8523 |
| 9 – Brain and Cognitive Sciences | Rebecca Saxe | saxe@mit.edu | 46-4019 | 324-2885 |
| 10 – Chemical Engineering | Patrick Doyle | pdoyle@mit.edu | E17-504 | 253-4594 |
| 11 – Urban Studies and Planning | Ceasar McDowell | ceasar@mit.edu | 9-422 | 253-7587 |
| 12 – Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences | Paul O’Gorman | pog@mit.edu | 54-1712 | 252-3382 |
| 14 – Economics | Amy Finkelstein | afink@mit.edu | E52-442 | 253-4149 |
| 15 – Sloan School of Management | Jacob Cohen (Masters Programs) | jcohen28@mit.edu | E60-366 | 324-8107 |
| 15 – Sloan School of Management PhD | Catherine Tucker | cetucker@mit.edu | E62-536 | 252-1499 |
| 16 – Aeronautics and Astronautics | Sertac Karaman | sertac@mit.edu | 32-D734 | 324-4254 |
| 17 – Political Science | Fotini Christia | cfotinimit.edu | E53-417 | 324-5595 |
| 18 – Mathematics | Davesh Maulik (Pure Math) | maulik@mit.edu | 2-346 | 253-1796 |
| Jonathan Kelner | kelner@mit.edu | 2-344 | 253-4344 | |
| Wei Zhang (Pure Math) | weizhang@mit.edu | 2-476 | 253-1918 | |
| 20 – Biological Engineering | Katharina Ribbeck | ribbeck@mit.edu | 56-235 | 715-4575 |
| Paul Blainey | pblainey@mit.edu | NE30-2015 | 714-7320 | |
| 21W – Science Writing | Alan Lightman | lightman@mit.edu | E51-179 | 253-2308 |
| 22 – Nuclear Science and Engineering | Ju Li | liju@mit.edu | 24-202 | 253-0166 |
| 24 – Linguistics and Philosophy | Brad Skow (Philosophy) | bskow@mit.edu | 32-D930 | 253-4147 |
| Sabine Iatridou (Linguistics) | iatridou@mit.edu | 32-D824 | 253-2640 | |
| ACT – Art, Culture, & Technology | Judith Barry | actdir@mit.edu | E15-211 | 324-6471 |
| CDO – Computation for Design and Optimization | Nicolas Hadjiconstantinou | ngh@mit.edu | 3-364 | 452-2280 |
| Youssef Marzouk | ymarz@mit.edu | 37-451 | 253-1337 | |
| CMS – Comparative Media Studies | Scot Osterweil | scot_o@mit.edu | NE48-328 | 324-3652 |
| CRE – Center for Real Estate | Dennis Frenchman | dennisf@mit.edu | 9-343 | |
| David Geltner | dgeltner@mit.edu | 9-343 | 253-5131 | |
| CSB – Computational and Systems Biology | Chris Burge | cburge@mit.edu | 68-271A | 258-5997 |
| CSE – Computational Science and Engineering | Nicolas Hadjiconstantinou | ngh@mit.edu | 3-364 | 452-2280 |
| Youseff Marzouk | ymarz@mit.edu | 37-451 | 253-1337 | |
| HST – Health Sciences and Technology | Julie Greenberg | jgreenbe@mit.edu | E25-518 | 258-6086 |
| IDSS – Institute for Data, Systems & Society | Stephen Graves | sgraves@mit.edu | E62-579 | 253-6602 |
| Ali Jadbabaie (SES) | jadbabai@mit.edu | E18-309 | 253-7339 | |
| Frank Field (TPP) | furd@mit.edu | E17-379 | 253-2146 | |
| Noelle Eckley Selin (TPP) | selin@mit.edu | E40-379 | 324-2592 | |
| LGO | Thomas Roemer | troemer@mit.edu | E40-319 | 324-6209 |
| MAS – Media Arts and Sciences | Joseph Paradiso | joep@media.mit.edu | E14-548P | 253-8988 |
| MICRO – Interdepartmental Microbiology | Jacquin Niles | jcniles@mit.edu | 56-341B | 324-5698 |
| MICRO – Interdepartmental Microbiology | Jeff Gore | gore@mit.edu | NE46-609 | 715-4251 |
| ORC – Operations Research Center | Georgia Perakis | georgiap@mit.edu | E62-565 | 253-8277 |
| Patrick Jaillet | jaillet@mit.edu | 32D-624/E40-149A | 452-3379 | |
| SCM – Supply Chain Management | Maria Jesus Saenz (Blended) | mjsaenz@mit.edu | E40-367 | 253-8235 |
| Josue Velazquez (Residential) | josuevm@mit.edu | E40-365 | 253-3630 | |
| SDM – Systems Design & Management | Warren Seering (SDM Track) | seering@mit.edu | 32-D624 | 452-3379 |
| Steven Eppinger (IDM track) | eppinger@mit.edu | 3-433 | 253-8253 | |
| STS – History, Anthropology and Science, Technology and Society | Tanalis Padilla | tanalis@mit.edu | E51-293 | 324-7544 |
| Joint Program with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | Delia Oppo | doppo@whoi.edu | Academic Programs Office, Woods Hole MA | 508-289-2681 |