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More than 30 from MIT Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 Lists

Nov 30, 2018
Jay London
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Forbes calls its 2019 30 Under 30 honorees “a collection of bold risk-takers who are putting a new twist on the old tools of the trade.” So it should come as no surprise that the MIT community is well represented among the 20 categories and 600-plus names.

Thirty-three MIT community members were named to this year’s list, including 27 alumni. Check out the MIT alumni, faculty, and students named to the 2019 Forbes 30 Under 30 list below. (All images via Forbes unless otherwise noted.)

Visit the 30 Under 30 website for the full list. For more young innovators from MIT, learn about the community members who were named to the 30 Under 30 lists in 2018, 2017, 2016, and 2015.

Forbes 2019 30 Under 30: MIT Community Members

Aziz Alghunaim ’15, MEng ’15 (Social Entrepreneurs)

Cofounder, Tarjimly
Amine Anoun SM ’17 (Law and Policy)

Cofounder, Evisort
Chris Boyce ’11 (Science)

Assistant Professor, Columbia University
Sebastien Boyer SM ’16 (Manufacturing and Industry)

Cofounder, FarmWise
Joy Buolamwini SM ’17 (Enterprise Technology)

Founder, Algorithmic Justice League
Fei Chen PhD ’17 (Healthcare)

Principal Investigator, Broad Institute, Harvard-MIT
Tyler Clites PhD ’17 (Healthcare)

Postdoctoral Associate, MIT
Joshua Cohen ’12 (Healthcare)

MD-PhD Candidate, Johns Hopkins University
Carter Chang ’12 (Energy)

Head of Strategic Planning, Solar Products, Tesla
Connor Coley SM ’16 (Healthcare)

PhD Candidate, MIT
Dianna Cowern ’11 (Education)

Founder, Physics Girl
Cheryl Cui, 2017 graduate, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Science and Technology (Healthcare)

Cofounder, Nest.Bio
Chris Davlantes ’15 (Energy)

Founder, Reach Labs
Ross Finman SM ’13 (Games)

AR Research Lead, Niantic Labs
Catherine Freije (Healthcare)

Researcher, Broad Institute, Harvard-MIT
Atif Javed ’15 (Social Entrepreneurs)

Cofounder, Tarjimly
Joel Jean SM ’13, PhD ’17 (Energy)

Cofounder, Swift Solar
Shri Ganeshram ’15 (Consumer Technology)

VP Growth, Analytics & Strategy, Eaze
Rebecca Hui MCP ’18 (Social Entrepreneurs)

Founder, Roots Studio
Achuta Kadambi PhD ’18 (Science)

Assistant Professor, University of California, Los Angeles
Sammy Khalifa ’12 (Manufacturing and Industry)

Cofounder, Vicarious Surgical
Brian Liston SM '15 (Enterprise Technology)

Cofounder, Seed CX
Kishor Nayar SM ’14 (Energy)

Founder, Rengen Technologies
Cameron Myhrvold (Healthcare)

Researcher, Broad Institute, Harvard-MIT
Xiaoyuan Ren SM ’16, SM ’17 (Social Entrepreneurs)

Founder, MyH2O
Jeremy Rossmann ’13 (Education)

Cofounders, Make School
Adam Sachs ’13 (Manufacturing and Industry)

Cofounder, Vicarious Surgical
Kaitlyn Sadtler (Science)

Postdoctoral Fellow, MIT
Raja Srinivas PhD ’17 (Healthcare)

Cofounder, Asimov
Jonny Sun G (Media)

Illustrator, Writer
Scott Tan SM ’18 (Science)

Graduate Student, MIT
Edward Woodford SM '15 (Enterprise Technology)

Cofounder, Seed CX
Hyunwoo Yuk SM ’16 (Science)

Graduate Student, MIT

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