Key Administrative Contacts for Postdocs | MIT Postdoctoral Services

Many departments, laboratories and centers (DLCs) at MIT have individuals who have self-identified as the postdoc key administrative contact(s), that is, the lead administrator(s) for postdocs and postdoc-related issues. If your DLC does not have a key contact listed, you can contact the Administrative Officer or Human Resources Administrator listed on the DLC website for additional information.

Areas:

School of Architecture and Planning
School of Engineering
School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Sloan School of Management
School of Science
Schwarzman College of Computing
Office of the Provost
Vice President for Research

School of Architecture and Planning

School / DLC / unit Name	Postdoc Liaison	Title	Email
Architecture	Andreea O'Connell	Administrative Officer	andreeao@mit.edu
Center for Real Estate	Lisa Thoma	Associate Director	lthoma@mit.edu
Media Lab	Lisa Breede	Assistant Director of Human Resources	breede@media.mit.edu
Urban Studies and Planning	Karen Yegian	Administrative Officer	kyegian@mit.edu
Urban Studies and Planning	Peggy Bryan	Manager of Finance and Administration	mlbryan@mit.edu
School of Architecture and Planning Dean's Office	Dineen Doucette	Manager of Finance and Administration	dineend@mit.edu
School of Architecture and Planning Dean's Office	Martha Collins	Assistant Dean	mjcoll@mit.edu

School of Engineering

School / DLC / unit Name	Postdoc Liaison	Title	Email
Aeronautics and Astronautics	Hannah Ovaska	HR Administrator	ovaska@mit.edu
Aeronautics and Astronautics	Brian O'Connaill	Administrative Officer	oconaill@mit.edu
Biological Engineering (Dept)	Irina Singh	Human Resources Coordinator	ibsingh@mit.edu
Biological Engineering (Dept)	Roni Dudley-Cowans	Administrative Officer	dudley@mit.edu
Center for Biomedical Innovation	Erin Schenck	Administrative Officer	eschenck@mit.edu
Center for Transportation & Logistics	Mary Mahoney	Assistant Director Admin	maryem@mit.edu
Center for Transportation & Logistics	Joselin Sanz	HR Coordinator	sanzj@mit.edu
Chemical Engineering	Bori Stoyanova	HR Administrator	bori@MIT.EDU
Chemical Engineering	Robert Demitrios Fadel	Administrative Officer	rfadel@mit.edu
Civil and Environmental Engineering	Sarom Lay	HR Administrator	sarom@mit.edu
Civil and Environmental Engineering	Jarina Shrestha	Adminstrative Officer	jarina@mit.edu
Climate and Sustainability Consortium	Danuta Forbes	Administrative Assistant II	dmforbes@mit.edu
Industrial Performance Center	Peter Brenton	Adminstrative Officer	pbrenton@mit.edu
Industrial Performance Center	Valerie Censabella	Personnel Coordinator	censabel@mit.edu
Institute for Medical Eng. and Science (IMES)	Bonnie Crosby	HR Administrator	bcrosby@mit.edu
Institute for Medical Eng. and Science (IMES)	Erin Edwards	Assistant Director of Administration	erin@mit.edu
Materials Science and Engineering	Casey Johnson	Human Resources Coordinator	caseyj@mit.edu
Materials Science and Engineering	Magdalena Rieb	Administrative Officer	mrieb@mit.edu
Mechanical Engineering	Anna Churchill	Personnel Administrator	achurchi@mit.edu
Mechanical Engineering	Lynette Jones	SRS & Postdoc Coordinator	ljones@mit.edu
Mechanical Engineering	Joanne Mathias	Administrative Officer	mathiasj@mit.edu
Microsystems Technology Laboratories	Stacy McDaid	Adminstrative Officer	smcdaid@mit.edu
Microsystems Technology Laboratories	Katrina Mounlavongsy	Human Resources Administrator	mkatrina@mit.edu
Nuclear Science and Engineering	Valerie Censabella	Personnel Coordinator	censabel@mit.edu
Nuclear Science and Engineering	Peter Brenton	Administrative Officer	pbrenton@mit.edu
School of Engineering Dean's Office	Catherine Kim	Assistant Dean for Human Resources and Administration	kimcs@mit.edu

School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

School / DLC / unit Name	Postdoc Liaison	Title	Email
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab	Katrina Pereira	HR Administrator	aidasani@mit.edu
Anthropology Program	Amberly Steward	Administrative Officer	asteward@mit.edu
Center for International Studies	John Congdon	Administrative Officer	congdon@mit.edu
Comparative Media Studies/Writing	Sarah Smith	Administrative Officer	se_smith@mit.edu
Economics	Angie Flight	Personnel Coordinator	aflight@mit.edu
Global Studies and Languages	Liam Brenner	Administrative Officer	lbrenner@mit.edu
History	Patty Alves	Administrative Officer	alves@mit.edu
Linguistics & Philosophy	Mary Grenham	Administrative Officer	edel@mit.edu
Linguistics & Philosophy	Christine Graham	Sr. Admin. Assistant	cgraham@mit.edu
Literature Section	Alicia Mackin	Administrative Officer	amackin@mit.edu
Music and Theater Arts Section	Michelle Carmichael	Administrative Officer	maustin@mit.edu
Political Science	Diane Gallagher	Administrative Assistant II	dsgall@mit.edu
Program in Science, Technology & Society	Paree Pinkney	Administrative Officer	ppinkney@mit.edu
SHASS Dean's Office	Erminia Piccinonno	Director of Human Resources	erminia@mit.edu

Sloan School of Management

School / DLC / unit Name	Postdoc Liaison	Title	Email
Sloan	Stacy Buckley	HR Administrator, Faculty Affairs	buckleys@mit.edu

School of Science

School / DLC / unit Name	Postdoc Liaison	Title	Email
Biology	Helene Kelsey	HR Administrator	hkelsey@mit.edu
Biology	Esther Greaves Estwick	Senior Human Resources Representative	estherg@mit.edu
Brain & Cognitive Sciences	Kim DeMayo	Human Resources Administrator	kdemayo@mit.edu
Center for Global Change Science	see EAPS below
Chemistry	Michele Harris	Human Resources Administrator	mharris@mit.edu
Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences	Karen Fosher	Human Resources Administrator	kfosher@mit.edu
Kavli Inst for Astrophysics & Space Research	Sharon McGinnes	Human Resources Administrator	shannonk@mit.edu
Kavli Inst for Astrophysics & Space Research	Jack Defandorf	Administrative Officer	jmdefand@space.mit.edu
Laboratory for Nuclear Science	Elsye Luc	Senior Administrative Assistant	elsye@mit.edu
Laboratory for Nuclear Science	Heidi Demers	Administrator for HR, EHS and Facilities	hdemers@mit.edu
Mathematics	Amanda Kuhl	HR Administrator	akuhl@mit.edu
Mathematics	Nan Lin	Administrative Officer	nlin1@mit.edu
Physics	Vicky Metternich	Human Resources Administrator	vickym@mit.edu
Picower Institute for Learning & Memory	William Lawson	Assistant Director for Administration	wlawson@mit.edu
Picower Institute for Learning & Memory	Lauren Anderson	HR Business Partner	lauren1@mit.edu
School of Science Dean's Office	Heather Williams	Assistant Dean	heatherg@mit.edu
School of Science Dean's Office	Kelly Murray	Human Resources Admin	kmurray@mit.edu

Schwarzman College of Computing

School / DLC / unit Name	Postdoc Liaison	Title	Email
Comp Science & Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL)	Cherie Green	HR Manager	cdgreen@mit.edu
Comp Science & Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL)	Carmen Finn	Administrative Officer	carmen_p@mit.edu
Comp Science & Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL)	Maxwell Madzar	Human Resources Coordinator	mmadzar@mit.edu
Institute for Data, Systems and Society	Jennifer Kratochwill	Assistant Director for Administration	krat@mit.edu
Institute for Data, Systems and Society	Suzanne Bergenhenegouwen	Program Coordinator	sbergen@mit.edu
Lab for Information & Decision Systems	Rich Lay	Administrative Officer	rlay@mit.edu
Sociotechnical Systems Research Center	Jesse DeLaughter	Administrative Officer	jessed@mit.edu
Sociotechnical Systems Research Center	Teni Adeniyi	Sr. HR Representative	tadeniyi@mit.edu
College of Computing Dean’s Office	Diane Ramirez-Riley	Director of HR	dlrr@mit.edu
College of Computing Dean’s Office	Eileen Ng	Asst. Dean for Administration	eng@mit.edu

Office of Provost

School / DLC / unit Name	Postdoc Liaison	Title	Email
McGovern Institute for Brain Research	Mary Roderick	HR Administrator	maire@mit.edu
Libraries	Cherry Ibrahim	HR Generalist II	cherryib@mit.edu

Vice President for Research

School / DLC / unit Name	Postdoc Liaison	Title	Email
Center for Environmental Health Science	Gabrielle Stump Ceriales	Fiscal Officer	gstump@mit.edu
Center for Environmental Health Science	Amanda Tat	Administrative Officer	atat@mit.edu
Division of Comparative Medicine	Keith Kun	Administrative Officer	kkun@mit.edu
Haystack Observatory	Heidi Demers	Assistant Director for Administration	hdemers@mit.edu
Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies	Josh Freedman	Assistant Director for Finance and Administration	joshf@mit.edu
Koch Inst - Integrative Cancer Research	Terry Clewley	Senior Admin & HR Manager	tclewley@mit.edu
Materials Research Laboratory	Susan Dalton	Assistant Director	sdalton@mit.edu
Materials Research Laboratory	Lisa A. Sinclair	Senior Administrative Assistant	lpage@mit.edu
MIT Energy Initiative	Sarah Peterson	Human Resources Administrator	smhean@mit.edu
Nuclear Reactor Laboratory	Kristen Shikes	Administrative Officer	kshikes@mit.edu
Plasma Science and Fusion Center	Dave Parker	Administrative Officer	dfparker@psfc.mit.edu
Plasma Science and Fusion Center	Leslie West	Personnel Administrator	west@psfc.mit.edu
Research Laboratory of Electronics	Rachel S. Drake	Manager, Human Resources	rachel79@mit.edu
Research Laboratory of Electronics	Flor Gonzalez Nawara	HR Coordinator	fgnawara@mit.edu
Office of the Vice President for Research	Ann M. Skoczenski	Director of Postdoctoral Services	annskocz@mit.edu
Office of the Vice President for Research	Kenneth H. Lloyd	Director of Human Resources and Administration	klloyd@mit.edu
Office of the Vice President for Research	Colleen Mazzeo Leslie	Senior Director Research Admin & Compliance	leslie@mit.edu