MIT Brainpower Highlighted in Forbes’ 30 Under 30 Lists

Healthcare
“Abudayyeh and Gootenberg pioneered two advances: a new enzyme for editing genes and a new technique for editing RNA.”

Science
Bharadia built a radio that “transmitted and received at the same time at the same frequency.”

Energy
“At MIT he helped to develop a thermophotovoltaic converter that absorbs sunlight and converts it to a form of light.”

Enterprise Technology
“The boundary-breaking nonprofit is dedicated to building safe AI and ensuring AI’s benefits are widely and evenly distributed.”

Science
“Chen’s research found that dysfunctional brain regions could be stimulated by metal nanoparticles powered by magnetic fields.”

Enterprise Technology
“Chu is cofounder of Remix, a public transit platform used by more than 200 agencies worldwide…that evaluates transit data and suggests improvements.”

Law & Policy
“Conn joined Facebook to lead the civic leadership team in its community partnerships program. Previously at the MIT Media Lab, Conn was program manager of the Electome Project.”

Science
“Instead of fewer than 10 slices, 3Scan’s…robotic microscope can turn a small tissue sample into up to 60,000 slices.”

Energy
“Infinite Cooling…recaptures 80 percent of the water vapor that normally escapes from cooling towers attached to big power plants.”

Manufacturing & Industry
“Dubbin is the science director at Aether, which builds 3D-printers capable of creating living tissue. She’s responsible for creating the “bio-inks” that Aether uses to build tissues.”

Enterprise Technology
“NeuroMesh provides endpoint security for smart devices and re-engineers malware to become a vaccine for the Internet of Things.”

Healthcare
“Johnson created a database of ICU records used by 4,000 researchers from 30 countries to conduct clinical research.”

Manufacturing
"Via Separations develops membrane materials for separation processes. Keller (is) part of MIT’s The Engine accelerator program."

Consumer Technology
“Saigal and Li decided spin-out MIT’s App Inventor tool, the drag-and-drop service for building your own app.”

Science
“Manthiram’s research is focused on providing farmers with fertilizer by manufacturing it out of thin air, literally, by using air, water and solar power.”

Finance
“(Domeyard) is a small hedge fund that is using high frequency strategies to trade U.S. equity futures and currencies.”

Science
“Raman’s research focuses on understanding the dynamic interactions between biological and synthetic materials and developing bio-hybrid systems to tackle different applications.”

Energy
“Has contributed to nanophotonic breakthroughs that could shape the future of energy. Light-AI designs computer chips powered by light rather than electricity.”

Science
“Sun’s research uses analytics and machine learning combined with  internet-of-things enabled sensors to track the health of buildings.”

Consumer Technology
“Nima is a portable bluetooth-enabled device that tests foods for allergens before you eat.  The company has raised more than $20 million between venture funding and government grants.”

Manufacturing
“Kuvee has engineered a patented, smart wine bottle that prevents oxygen from reaching the wine inside, and has raised $10 million in venture funding to roll it out.”

Science
“Wang is cofounder and CTO of TetraScience, which is bringing the Internet of Things to daily lab work. The company has raised over $10 million in venture capital.”

Healthcare
“Based on Andrew Warren’s PhD at MIT, Glympse Bio uses modular nanoparticle sensors to create diagnostics for diseases potentially including cancer. ”

Manufacturing
“Wu’s company, Pipeguard Robotics, manufactures a shuttlecock-shaped robot that travels through water pipes to detect leaks.”

Games
“Xu has released nine mobile games that have been downloaded over 3.5 million times, including Can You Escape Fate.”

Finance
“Emerging markets trader with big role on a large macro team at billionaire Israel Englander’s $34 billion hedge fund.”