Jeffrey C. Grossman

Carl Richard Soderberg Associate Professor of Power Engineering

B.A. in Physics, Johns Hopkins University, 1991
M.S. in Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1992
Ph.D. in Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1996

Room 13-5049, 77 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, MA  02139
617-324-3566 (phone) 617-252-1175 (fax)
jcg [at] mit.edu
Prof. Grossman's research group

Prof. Jeffrey Grossman, formerly of the University of California, Berkeley, joins MIT in summer 2009, assuming a position that is the result of an interdepartmental search organized by the School of Engineering, for faculty pursuing energy research. His area of expertise is computational materials science and engineering with a focus on energy. His group uses theory and simulation to gain fundamental understanding, develop new insights based on this understanding, and then use these insights to develop new materials with improved properties – working closely with experimental groups at each step. While the focus of the group is primarily on materials with applications in energy conversion and storage, the group also works on problems related to surface phenomena, nano-mechanical phenomena, and synthesis and assembly. The research program includes a strong emphasis on a multidisciplinary approach in order to expand the scientific possibilities beyond any one discipline or field. Prof. Grossman's presence further enhances MIT's and DMSE’s strong computational materials group and furthers its work in the energy research that is so critical today.

Selected Publications

V. Srinivasan, G. Cicero, and J. C. Grossman, “The origin of adsorption induced surface stresses in alkanethiol-Au self-assembled Monloyers,” Physical Review Letters 101, 185504 (2008).

Y. Kanai and J. C. Grossman, “Role of Semiconducting and Metallic Tubes in P3HT/Carbon-Nanotube Photovoltaic Heterojunctions: Density Functional Theory Calculations,” NanoLetters 8, 909 (2008).

P. A. Greaney and J. C. Grossman, “Nanomechanical Resonance Spectroscopy: A Novel Route to Label-Free Ultra-Sensitive Detection,” NanoLetters 8, 2648 (2008).

L. Wagner and J. C. Grossman, “Light-Induced Defects in Amorphous Silicon Solar Cells,” Physical Review Letters 101, 265501 (2008).

J.-H. Lee, G. Galli, and J. C. Grossman, “Nanoporous Si as an Efficient Thermoelectric Material,” NanoLetters 8, 3750 (2008). [Nature Materials “Highlight”, Nat. Mat. 7, 925 (2008)].

Z. Wu, J. B. Neaton, and J. C. Grossman, “Charge Separation in Strained Silicon Nanowires,” NanoLetters., 9 (6), pp 2418–2422 (2009).

J. C. Grossman, “It’s Time to Blur the Lines Between Basic and Applied Research,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, Volume 55, Issue 37, May 22, 2009.

Teaching Involvements

Fall 2009 Special Topics in Materials Science