Meet the team behind Innovating Learning and Education in the Era of AI.
MIT RAISE TEAM
We bring together diverse expertise from faculty, staff and students across all five schools of MIT.
Faculty and Research Scientists
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Cynthia Breazeal
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Eric Klopfer
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Hal Abelson
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Hae Won Park
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Christina Bosch
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Aikaterini (Katerina) Bagiati, PhD.
Bagiati is currently a Principal Research Scientist within MIT Open Learning. She conducts research on STEM learning and educational program development with an emphasis on the engineering and technology component at the K-12, higher education and workplace education level, as well as on the efficacy of innovative learning technologies and pedagogical approaches for AI education She is also the developer of the Puppeteering to Engineering Curriculum.
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Dr. Andrés Felipe Salazar Gómez
Dr. Andrés Felipe Salazar Gómez is a research scientist at MIT Open Learning where he works in the intersection of neuroscience and education. His research is focused on studying novel pedagogical and technological approaches to promote learning, researching brain-computer interfaces for human-robot interaction, capturing and quantifying tacit knowledge and expertise to understand implicit learning, using AR/VR systems for improving training, and exploring science policy in the domain of education. Andrés has 10+ years of expertise in experimental design, data science and quantitative methods and advocates data-driven insights to enhance educational research and assessment towards accessible high-quality education, for everyone, everywhere.
Student Research Assistants
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Isabella Pu
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Prerna Ravi
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Huili Chen
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Randi Williams
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Safinah Ali
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Daniella DiPaola
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Xiajie Zhang
Staff
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Lydia Guterman
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John Masla
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David Kim
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Jeff Freilich
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Sarah Wharton
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Selim Tezel
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Robert Parks
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Marisol Diaz
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Angie Zhou
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Jeff Schiller
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Evan Patton
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Susan Lane
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Mary Cate Gustafson Quiett
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Steve Nelson
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