Principal Investigator
Ritu Raman, PhD is the Eugene Bell Career Development Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT. Her lab is centered on 4D tissue engineering of biological actuators for applications in medicine and machines. Ritu’s research has received several recognitions including the NSF CAREER Award, the Army Research Office YIP Award, and the Office of Naval Research YIP Award. She is also the recipient of the Spira Award for Excellence in Teaching at MIT and the author of the MIT Press book Biofabrication.
Prof. Raman received her BS from Cornell University and her PhD as an NSF Fellow at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She completed her postdoctoral research as a L’Oréal For Women in Science Fellow and NASEM Ford Foundation Fellow with Prof. Robert Langer at MIT.
The Raman Lab accepts graduate students from all relevant departments at MIT. Prof. Raman is affiliated with Robotics at MIT, the Program in Polymers and Soft Matter, the Center for Neurobiological Engineering, the Aging Brain Initiative at the Picower Institute, and the Center for Multi-Cellular Engineered Living Systems. Faculty Website
Administrative Staff
Tyler Butler, administrative assistant in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Postdocs
Postdoctoral Associate
PhD BME,
Sabanci University ’20
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD BioE,
EPFL ’23
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD MechE,
Cornell University ’23
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD MechE,
University of Toronto ’23
Graduate Students
BS BME, University of Florida ’21
BS BME, Georgia Tech ’20
BS MechE, MIT ’23
BS BME, Duke ’23
BS BME, WUSTL ’21
BS MechE, MIT ’23
BS BME, Penn State ’24
BS MechE, MIT ’24
Undergraduate Students
BS MechE, MIT ’26
BS/MS MechE, MIT ’25
BS, Notre Dame ’25
BS MechE, MIT ’26
BS, MechE ’26
BS, UMBC ’25
Alumni
MS MechE, MIT ’23
Postdoctoral Fellow ’21-’23
BS MechE, MIT ’24
BS Biology, MIT ’26
High School Intern