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April 30, 2021

Robert Griffin elected to the National Academy of Sciences

The NAS has elected 120 new members and 30 international associates, including five professors from MIT — Dan Freedman, Robert Griffin, Larry Guth, Stephen Morris, and Gigliola Staffilani — in recognition of their “distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.Membership is one of the highest honors that a scientist can achieve.

MIT News

November 23, 2020

Chemists discover the structure of a key coronavirus protein

Led by Prof. Mei Hong, senior research scientist at the PSFC's Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory, MIT chemists have determined the molecular structure of a protein found in the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

MIT News

August 20, 2020

Mei Hong wins 2020 Nakanishi Award from the American Chemical Society

Professor Mei Hong has been selected by the American Chemical Society (ACS) as the winner of the 2021 Nakanishi Award, given in recognition of application of spectroscopy to biological phenomena.

MIT Department of Chemistry

April 10, 2020

Exploring novel and low-cost approaches to creating fusion energy

MIT experience with heating plasmas will support novel and low-cost approaches to creating fusion energy.

PSFC

April 8, 2020

Pyae Phyo: From Myanmar to NMR

PhD candidate’s journey to the center of the plant cell wall relies on nuclear magnetic resonance technology.

PSFC

June 14, 2019

Cody Can (PhD ’17) named the winner of the 2019 Raymond Andrew Prize

Thach (Cody) Can (PhD ’17), a former member of Professor Robert Guy Griffin‘s research group, has been selected as the winner of the 2019 Raymond Andrew Prize.

Department of Chemistry

December 18, 2017

Dongkeun Park: Winding a way to future medical insights

Dongkeun Park has been instrumental in the Francis Bitter Magnet Lab's decade-long pursuit to build an 800 MHz high-temperature superconducting magnet for NMR spectroscopy, a technology that provides a unique insight into biological processes.

PSFC

May 15, 2017

Sasha Soane wins IVEC best student paper award

“The best thing I learned in grad school is not necessarily how to amplify 140 GHz; it’s really the ability to go back and challenge the fundamental axioms behind your entire design approach.” - PhD Candidate Sasha Soane

PSFC

June 17, 2016

Arthur Freeman, first Associate Director of National Magnet Laboratory, dies at 86

Prof. Arthur Freeman, the first Associate Director of MIT’s National Magnet Laboratory (NML), passed away on June 7, 2016, at the age of 86.

PSFC

May 10, 2016

PSFC researchers find unexpected magnetic effect

A new and unexpected magnetic effect has taken researchers by surprise, and could open up a new pathway to advanced electronic devices and even robust quantum computer architecture.

MIT News Office