Harvard SEAS

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Sarah Hancock, Ph.D. in environmental science & engineering, will stay with Prof. Daniel Jacob’s Atmospheric Chemistry Modeling Group as a staff researcher. "I had researched air quality before coming here, and if you’re working on air quality, this is the place to be."

Nicholas Balasus, Ph.D. in environmental science & engineering, will continue his methane emissions research with a postdoctoral position at the nonprofit Carbon Mapper. "We’re excited about it. It’s great that people care about your research."

Xing Zhao, Ph.D. in bioengineering, will be continuing her research as a postdoctoral researcher “SEAS doesn’t just teach you to think within one engineering field. In our lab we have people from not only engineering backgrounds, but also backgrounds in chemistry and physics.”

Philipp Arens, Ph.D. in electrical engineering, will be continuing in Prof. Conor Walsh’s Harvard Biodesign Lab as a postdoctoral researcher. "Figuring out when devices should apply assistance, and how to optimize and personalize settings to each user was the focus of my Ph.D.”

Elle Weeks, Ph.D. in applied math, has accepted a tenure-track assistant professor position in the mathematics department at Kenyon College in Ohio “It’s been cool to see all the different ways you can use math to understand things like climate.”

Victor Klippgen, M.E. in computational science and engineering, will be co-founding a company developing sensors to track and classify insects. "We’re hoping to start with the food processing and hospitality industries."

Eliot Atlani, S.M. in data science, will be working at Palantir. "Harvard is one of the best universities in the world," he said. "I always wanted to do AI-related research, and this is the best place to do it."

Elena Ghazi, S.M. in computer science, will continue pursuing her Ph.D. in the labs of Flavio Calmon and Salil Vadhan. "I am very excited about data privacy and its applications to machine learning, social sciences, and healthcare."

Hadi Khalaf, S.M. in computer science, will continue pursuing his Ph.D. in the lab of Flavio Calmon. “I work with different problems of AI safety and reliability. I come from a theoretical background, and I’m trying to apply these concepts to AI.”

Daniel Li, S.M. in computational science and engineering, will be working as a software engineer in New York. “I wanted to focus on theoretical computer science, and the faculty here are really strong."

Zhilu Chen, S.M. in data science, will be working as a data scientist at Two Sigma Ventures. “I really liked the curriculum. It was very rigorous, especially with AI. I got really interested in machine learning and deep learning here.”

Yiwen Li, S.M. in data science, will be working in industry after graduation. “The connections within my cohort, I felt like everybody knew exactly what they wanted to do right now, and what they plan to do in the future.”

Weiyue Li, S.M. in data science, will be working as a data scientist while considering Ph.D. programs. “I really took the opportunity to do research here during my master’s. If you have an interesting idea, you can easily find people to work with.”

Ioana-Andreea Cristescu, S.M. in data science, will be joining an AI team at Amazon Web Services. "In undergrad I studied computer science and mathematics. I wanted to get more into the AI space. Harvard had a great program for that."

SEAS Dean David Parkes leads the graduates into the Science Center Plaza

From personal experience with Crohn's to engineering new tools for IBD research. For her capstone project, bioengineering senior Leah Lourenco built a 3D alginate microgel platform to expand gamma delta T cells with tissue-healing bias for IBD therapies. bit.ly/4vfEGbW

From ECT to deep brain stimulation, electricity has long treated neurological disease. SEAS alum Adam Vareberg is pushing the field forward with wireless, scalp-mounted neurotech that aims to reduce invasiveness while preserving precision. bit.ly/3RVlBNC

From SEAS capstone to racecourse: Josh Brangan (S.B. ’26, MechE) built a semi-automatic rudder-centering and feedback system for coxed eights, helping coxswains hold a straighter course and shave time in competitive rowing. bit.ly/4wGjEEV

From a 1960s computer in high school physics to SEAS and a CubeSat in orbit, Madison Davis has spent four years bridging the hardware-software gap, leading clubs, and interning at companies like Cisco and Apple. bit.ly/4wMrKvO