Key Administrative Contacts for Postdocs | MIT Postdoctoral Services

_{Updated May 9, 2025}

Many departments, laboratories and centers (DLCIs) 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 DLCI does not have a key contact listed, you can contact the Administrative Officer or Human Resources Administrator listed on the DLCI website for additional information.

If the contact for your DLCI needs to be updated, please submit changes to postdocservices@mit.edu.

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 of Architecture and Planning
School / DLC / unit Name	Postdoc Liaison	Title	Email
Architecture	Jackie Dufault	Administrative Officer	dufaultj@mit.edu
Architecture	Doug Le Vie	Fiscal Officer	dougl@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	Patty Alves	Director of Administration and Finance	alvesp@mit.edu
Urban Studies and Planning	Peggy Bryan	Assistant Director of Administration and Finance	mlbryan@mit.edu
School of Architecture and Planning Dean's Office	Kiley Clapper	HR and Faculty Affairs Administrator	kclapper@mit.edu
School of Architecture and Planning Dean's Office	Martha Collins	Assistant Dean	mjcoll@mit.edu

School of Engineering

School of Engineering
School / DLC / unit Name	Postdoc Liaison	Title	Email
Aeronautics and Astronautics	Eunice Nganga	HR Administrator	eunicen@mit.edu
Aeronautics and Astronautics	Brian O'Connaill	Director of Administration and Finance	oconaill@mit.edu
Biological Engineering (Dept)	Irina Singh	HR Administrator	ibsingh@mit.edu
Biological Engineering (Dept)	Roni Dudley-Cowans	Director of Administration and Finance	dudley@mit.edu
Center for Transportation & Logistics	Alicia Mackin	Director of Administration and Finance	amackin@mit.edu
Center for Transportation & Logistics	Oltiana Kacori	HR Administrator	okacori@mit.edu
Chemical Engineering	Bori Stoyanova	HR Administrator	bori@MIT.EDU
Civil and Environmental Engineering	Sarom Lay	HR Administrator	sarom@mit.edu
Civil and Environmental Engineering	Jarina Shrestha	Director of Administration and Finance	jarina@mit.edu
Climate and Sustainability Consortium	Jeremy Gregory	Executive Director	jgregory@mit.edu
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Devin DiBernardo	HR Administrator	devindib@mit.edu
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Kelly White	Director of Administration and Finance	whiteka@mit.edu
Industrial Performance Center	Peter Brenton	Director of Administration and Finance	pbrenton@mit.edu
Industrial Performance Center	Valerie Censabella	HR Administrator	censabel@mit.edu
Institute for Medical Eng. and Science (IMES)	Brianna Bader	HR Administrator	btbader@mit.edu
Institute for Medical Eng. and Science (IMES)	Erin Edwards	Director of Administration and Finance	erine@mit.edu
Materials Science and Engineering	Andre Obin	Human Resources Administrator	aobin@mit.edu
Mechanical Engineering	Amanda Holley	Manager of Human Resources	aholley@mit.edu
Mechanical Engineering	Joanne Mathias	Director of Administration and Finance	mathiasj@mit.edu
Mechanical Engineering	Lynette Jones	SRS & Postdoc Coordinator	ljones@mit.edu
Nuclear Science and Engineering	Valerie Censabella	Human Resources Administrator	censabel@mit.edu
Nuclear Science and Engineering	Peter Brenton	Director of Administration and Finance	pbrenton@mit.edu
School of Engineering Dean's Office	Catherine Kim	Assistant Dean for Human Resources and Administration	kimcs@mit.edu
School of Engineering Dean's Office	Michele Harris	Director of Human Resources	mharris@mit.edu

School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
School / DLC / unit Name	Postdoc Liaison	Title	Email
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab	Regina Satagaj Orrock	Senior HR Manager	rsatagaj@mit.edu
Anthropology Program	Amberly Steward	Director of Administration and Finance	asteward@mit.edu
Center for International Studies	Nadie Brathwaite	Director of Administration and Finance	ntrotman@mit.edu
Comparative Media Studies/Writing	Sarah Smith	Director of Administration and Finance	se_smith@mit.edu
Economics	Angie Flight	HR Administrator	aflight@mit.edu
Economics (Blueprint Labs)	Jennifer Jackson	Operations Manager	jjacks@mitblueprintlabs.org
Global Studies and Languages	Paula Cogliano	Director of Administration and Finance	pcog@mit.edu
History	Veronica Little	Director of Administration and Finance	vclittle@mit.edu
Linguistics & Philosophy	Jennifer Purdy	Director of Administration and Finance	purdy@mit.edu
Linguistics & Philosophy	Christine Graham	Academic Administrator	cgraham@mit.edu
Literature Section	Lisa Noble	Director of Administration and Finance	lanoble@mit.edu
Music and Theater Arts Section	John Congdon	Director of Administration and Finance	congdon@mit.edu
Political Science	Diane Gallagher	Administrative Assistant II	dsgall@mit.edu
Program in Science, Technology & Society	Paree Pinkney	Director of Administration and Finance	ppinkney@mit.edu
SHASS Dean's Office	Erminia Piccinonno	Assistant Dean	erminia@mit.edu
SHASS Dean's Office	Victoria Herman	HR Representative	vherman@mit.edu
SHASS Dean's Office	Ana Ludwig	Financial Administrator	hernanac@mit.edu

Sloan School of Management

Sloan School of Management
School / DLC / unit Name	Postdoc Liaison	Title	Email
Sloan	Anna Churchill	Human Resources Administrator, Faculty Affairs, MIT Sloan Human Resources	achurchi@mit.edu

School of Science

School of Science
School / DLC / unit Name	Postdoc Liaison	Title	Email
Biology	TBA	--	--
Biology	Aurora Carberry	Human Resources Representative	aurorac@mit.edu
Brain & Cognitive Sciences	Kim DeMayo	Human Resources Administrator	kdemayo@mit.edu
Center for Global Change Science	Rachel Ward	Human Resources Administrator, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences	rkward@mit.edu
Chemistry	Deborah Obanla	Senior HR Rep	dobanla@mit.edu
Chemistry	Carol Leone	HR Administrator	cmleone@mit.edu
Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences	Rachel Ward	Human Resources Administrator	rkward@mit.edu
Kavli Inst for Astrophysics & Space Research	Shannon 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	Nico Lang	Administrator for HR, EHS and Facilities	nlang@mit.edu
Laboratory for Nuclear Science	Caroline Shepherd	Coordinator for HR and Special Projects	cshep@mit.edu
Mathematics	Stacy McDaid	Director, Administration and Finance, Department of Mathematics	smcdaid@mit.edu
Mathematics	Michelle Tabako	HR Administrator	mtabako@mit.edu
Physics	Vicky Metternich	Human Resources Administrator	vickym@mit.edu
Picower Institute for Learning & Memory	William Lawson	Director of Administration and Finance	wlawson@mit.edu
Picower Institute for Learning & Memory	Nina Thirakoune	HR and Operations Assistant	nthirako@mit.edu
School of Science Dean's Office	Annie Lee	Faculty Affairs and HR Director	ayl@mit.edu
School of Science Dean's Office	Magdalena Rieb	Assistant Dean for HR and Administration	mrieb@mit.edu

Schwarzman College of Computing

Schwartzman College of Computing
School / DLC / unit Name	Postdoc Liaison	Title	Email
Center for Biomedical Innovation	Flora Kemurian	Assistant Director	florak@mit.edu
Center for Biomedical Innovation	Jesse DeLaughter	Director of Administration and Finance	jessed@mit.edu
Comp Science & Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL)	See Dean's Office	--	--
Institute for Data, Systems and Society	Michelle Carmichael	Director of Administration and Finance	maustin@mit.edu
Lab for Information & Decision Systems	Stephen Heim	Director of Administration and Finance	sjheim@mit.edu
Sociotechnical Systems Research Center	Jesse DeLaughter	Director of Administration and Finance	jessed@mit.edu
College of Computing Dean’s Office	Eileen Ng	Asst. Dean for Administration	eng@mit.edu
College of Computing Dean’s Office	Diane Ramirez-Riley	Director of HR	dlrr@mit.edu

Office of the Provost

Office of the Provost
School / DLC / unit Name	Postdoc Liaison	Title	Email
McGovern Institute for Brain Research	Meaghan Jalbert	Human Resource Business Partner	macdonme@mit.edu
Libraries	Cherry Ibrahim	HR Generalist II	lib-hr@mit.edu

Vice President for Research

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	Dineen Doucette	Human Resources Administrator	dineend@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	Andreea O'Connell	Director, Administration and Finance	andreeao@mit.edu
Materials Research Laboratory	Lisa A. Sinclair	Human Resources Administrator	lpage@mit.edu
Microsystems Technology Laboratories	Stacy McDaid	Director of Administration and Finance	smcdaid@mit.edu
MIT Energy Initiative	Sarah MacLeod	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	Flor Gonzalez Nawara	HR Administrator	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	Karen Shirer	Chief of Staff	shirer@mit.edu