Fikile R. Brushett

Fikile R. Brushett is a full professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where he leads a group focused on advancing the science and engineering of electrochemical technologies for a sustainable energy economy.  Brushett has received several honors for his research and teaching including the AIChE Allan P. Colburn Award (2022), the ECS Charles W. Tobias Young Investigator Award (2022), the NOBCChE Lloyd N. Ferguson Young Investigator Award (2020), and the MIT ChemE C. Michael Mohr Outstanding Faculty Award (2014, 2017).  Brushett received his B.S. (2006) in chemical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, and his M.S. (2009) and Ph.D. (2010) from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where he worked in the laboratory of Professor Paul J.A. Kenis on microfluidic fuel cells as flexible power sources and electroanalytical platforms.