The 2025 Nano Summit

8:45 AM

Registration & Breakfast 

9:45 AM

Welcome
Vladimir Bulović, Fariborz Maseeh (1990) Professor of Emerging Technologies and Director, MIT.nano

9:55 AM

Opening remarks
Sally Kornbluth, MIT President

10:00 AM

Future of health and life sciences
Chaired by Angela Koehler, Faculty Director, MIT Health and Life Sciences Collaborative; Associate Director, Koch Institute; Professor of Biological Engineering, MIT

Speakers:

Ana Jaklenec, Principal Research Scientist, Koch Institute
Jagesh Shah, Senior Vice President, Head of Platform, Mirai Bio
Giovanni Traverso, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, MIT

11:00 AM

Manufacturing from nanoscale to macroscale
Chaired by A. John Hart, Faculty Co-Director, Initiative for New Manufacturing; Department Head, Mechanical Engineering, MIT

Speakers:

John Liu, Principal Research Scientist, Mechanical Engineering, MIT
Daniel Oran, Founder and CEO, Irradiant Technologies
Elisabeth Reynolds, Professor of the Practice, Urban Studies and Planning, MIT

12:00 PM

Lunch & Startup Showcase

1:30 PM

Nano solutions for climate resilience
Chaired by Benedetto Marelli, Mission Director, MIT Climate Project; Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT

Speakers:

Desirée Plata, School of Engineering Distinguished Climate and Energy Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT
Michael Strano, Carbon P. Dubbs Professor in Chemical Engineering, MIT
Kripa Varanasi, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, MIT

2:30 PM

Break

3:00 PM

Picotalks about nano: A glimpse of ecosystems inside the lab
Chaired by Anna Osherov, Associate Director, Characterization.nano, and Jorg Scholvin, Associate Director, Fab.nano

Speakers:

Yixuan Jiao, PhD student, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, MIT
Ahmet Kemal Demir, Graduate Student, Physics, MIT
Somayajulu Dhulipala, PhD candidate, Mechanical Engineering, MIT
Alex Kashkin, Graduate Researcher, Microsystems Technology Laboratories, MIT 
Kaidong Peng, Postdoctoral Associate, Research Laboratory of Electronics, MIT
Suk Hyun Sung, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University
Yanjie Shao, Postdoctoral Associate, Research Laboratory of Electronics, MIT
Karen Yang, Graduate Research Assistant, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, MIT

4:00 PM

Honoring visionaries of nanoscience and nanotechnology
L. Rafael Reif, MIT President Emeritus and Professor of EECS

4:30 PM

The Nano Summit reception at MIT.nano