Martin Bazant
Room 66-552
Phone: x8-7039
bazant@mit.edu
Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics
Martin Z. Bazant received both the B.S. degree in mathematics and physics (1992) and the M.S. degree in applied mathematics (1993) from the University of Arizona. He completed the Ph.D. in condensed matter physics from Harvard University in 1997, under the direction of Efthimios Kaxiras. He continued at Harvard with a postdoctoral fellowship, 1997-98, before coming to MIT as instructor in applied mathematics and postdoctoral associate, 1998-99. Professor Bazant joined the MIT faculty in applied mathematics in January 2000, and in 2008 also joined the faculty in chemical engineering. His research focuses on the mathematical modeling of transport phenomena. His contributions include theories of induced-charge electrokinetics in microfluidics, intercalation dynamics in Li-ion batteries, and dense granular flow. Professor Bazant received an Early Career Award from the U.S. Department of Energy in 2002. He has held the Paris Sciences Chair in 2002 and 2007 and the Joliot Chair in 2008 at Ecole Superiure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles. In 2007, he was selected by Popular Science for its Brilliant 10 listing of the nation’s top young scientists.
