My 2011 Physical Review Letters paper is my second first-author paper; there is no other student or postdoc on the paper (just me, my MIT PhD advisor, and another MIT CEE faculty member); the paper currently has 160 citations. For this paper, I built my own experimental setup

Publishing with research disruption is tough. Continuous access to the lab, facilities, equipment, and preserved samples is critical. For instance, our 2020 CCR paper: the lab closed for 3 months during the pandemic, yet the lab was still functional, and we preserved our samples;

Ecole Polytechnique – X2006 Orientation Week in Sept 2006. Ecole Polytechnique is and has consistently been THE best engineering school in France. There, I earned the finest education I could dream of. Thanks École polytechnique. #X2006 #Xforlife #PourlaPatrielesSciencesetlaGloire

My most highly cited paper stems from a collaboration with industry. Two years of late-night studying and frequent trips to the industrial partner site led to a new method for determining the fracture toughness of materials at the microscale, which we published in the Journal of

A big shout-out to those two very young future generational leaders! Five years of being in the Top 2% while caring for, playing with, and having fun with them! #godisgood

The Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientist List is out: I made the list again in 2025 and for the fifth year in a row! Thank you so much to the scientific community for all the love, for recognizing my work, and for citing it. #Godisgood

The best part of MIT? The MIT Gospel Choir. It helped me fall in love with MIT. In between lab sessions, the time spent with my friends deepened my love for music (and science). Here are group pictures from a public event 15 years ago, where I am with short hair, red festive top,

When your postdoc and his wife offer you flowers for your birthday. Thank you NC State University !

When your Department Chair throws a birthday party for you and your coworker. Thank you NC State University

Turning construction waste into durable concrete? 🏗️ Carbon Nanofibers (CNFs) might be the key. This Editor's Choice paper shows 0.5 wt.% CNFs promote C-S-H formation and reduce porosity by 9%. Read more: mdpi.com/3172032 #Nanotechnology #GreenBuilding #Sustainability

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Our paper has been selected for the Editor's Choice Paper Award for Nanomaterials. Thank you @NanomaterialsMDPI!