Miho Mazereeuw
Director
Associate Prof. of Architecture and Urbanism
MIT Climate Mission Lead: Empowering Frontline Communities
Richard Serino
Senior Advisor
Deputy Administrator FEMA (2009-2014)
Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Harvard School of Public Health, National Preparedness Leadership Initiative,
Lisbeth Shepherd
SA+P Entrepreneur in Residence
MIT Climate Corps Initiative Lead
Akinobu Murakami
Senior Advisor
Professor of Urban Planning, University of Tsukuba
Justin Brazier
Architecture, Sustainability, Community Engagement
Ekin Bilal
Architecture, Storytelling, Aesthetics
Mark Brennan
Disaster Assistance, Supply-Chain
Charlotte Matthai
Design, Post-Disaster Housing, Sustainability
Manudeep Herle
UX Design, Software Engineering, AI-Driven Urban Resilience
Jin Gao
SMArchS, MS - EECS’25
Urban Simulation, Decision-Support Tools, Collaborative Design Tools
Ami Kurosaki
SMArchS’26
Architecture, Urbanism, Waste
Yutian He
MCP’26
Design, Policy, Disaster Resilience
Sabrina Su
BS'25, MEng'26
Design, Responsible AI, Sustainability
Franklin Nguyen
BS’25
Climate Change, Sustainability, Computation
Joanna Chen
BS’25
Software Development, Sustainability, Housing
Ava Dijstelbloem
BS’25
Design Engineering, Sustainability, Prototyping
Rutvik Deshpande
Research Intern
Architecture, Computation and Software Development
Chris Schmidt-Hong
BS’27
Architecture, Sewing, Sustainable Design
Visiting Researchers
Kenya Endo
Landscape Architect, Instructor National University of Singapore
Kamakshi Sirisha Pathapati
UX Design, Product Design Strategy, Design Thinking
Angela Loescher-Montal
Resilient Design Incentives, Systems, Public-Private Relationships
Romina Cordova Grados
Architecture & Urbanism, Latin America, Collaborative Design
Research Affiliates
Abraham Quintero
Research Affiliate
Claudia Bode
Research Affiliate
Zahraa Saiyed
Research Affiliate
Barry Beagen
Research Affiliate
Rodrigo Escandón Cesarman
SMArchS'20 (Urbanism)
Jean Carlos Vega Diaz
Research Affiliate, University of Puerto Rico
Dr. Lily Bui
Research Affiliate
Maya Taketani
Research Affiliate
Affiliated Faculty and Labs
Fadi Masoud
Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urbanism, University of Toronto
Justin Steil
Associate Professor of Law and Urban Planning
Yoshihiro Hiraoka
Faculty of Miyagi University
Jenny Suckale
Assistant Professor of Geophysics at Stanford University
Associate Professor, MIT Digital Structures Group
Past Collaborators
Saeko Baird, Liane Xu, Evellyn Tan, Jonathon Brearley, David Moses, Dylan Lewis, Chen Chu, Helena Rong, Xio Alvarez, Charlotte D'Acierno, Celia Sanchez Zelaya, Kyoko Murayama, Lenna Johnsen, Lynced Torres, Ibuki Iwasaki, Amy Liu, Matthew Berryman, Kelly Leilani Main, Hugh Magee, Monica Britt Hutton, Joohui Son, Jongwan Kwon, Kira Intrator, Maanasa Priyaa Dharmapuri Sridhar, Ananya Nandy, Danielle Hecht, Erica Liu, Alexa Jan, George Beane, Johanna Greenspan-Johnston, Noor Titan Putri Hartono, Erioseto Hendranata, Namjoo Kim, Seungho Park, Nicholas Polansky, Oscar Malaspina, Einat Rosenkrantz, Adriana Chavez, Ana Vargas, Jie Zhang, Mingxi Zou, Sky Milner, Curtis Roth, Pamela Ritchot, Ridhima Singh, Tejumola Bayowa