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-one MIT community members were named to this year’s list, including 25 alumni. Check out the MIT alumni, faculty, and students named to the 2019 Forbes 30 Under 30 list below.
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.
Aziz Alghunaim ’15, MEng ’15, cofounder of Tarjimly, in the category of Social Entrepreneurs
Amine Anoun SM ’17, cofounder of Evisort, in the category of Law and Policy
Chris Boyce ’11, assistant professor of chemical engineering at Columbia University, in the category of Science
Sebastien Boyer SM ’16, cofounder of FarmWise, in the category of Manufacturing and Industry
Joy Buolamwini SM ’17, MIT graduate student in media arts and sciences and founder of the Algorithmic Justice League, in the category of Enterprise Technology
Fei Chen PhD ’17, principal investigator at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, in the category of Healthcare
Tyler Clites PhD ’17, postdoc at MIT, in the category of Healthcare
Joshua Cohen ’12, graduate student at Johns Hopkins University, in the category of Healthcare
Carter Chang ’12, head of solar products strategic planning at Tesla, in the category of Energy
Connor Coley SM ’16, MIT graduate student in chemical engineering, in the category of Healthcare
Dianna Cowern ’11, founder of Physics Girl, in the category of Education
Cheryl Cui, 2017 graduate of the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Science and Technology and cofounder of Nest.Bio, in the category of Healthcare
Chris Davlantes ’15, founder of Reach Labs, in the category of Energy
Ross Finman SM ’13, augmented reality research lead at Niantic Labs, in the category of Games
Catherine Freije, researcher at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, in the category of Healthcare
Atif Javed ’15, cofounder of Tarjimly, in the category of Social Entrepreneurs
Joel Jean SM ’13, PhD ’17, cofounder of Swift Solar, in the category of Energy
Shri Ganeshram ’15, vice president of growth, analytics, and strategy at Eaze, in the category of consumer technology
Rebecca Hui MCP ’18, founder of Roots Studio, in the category of Social Entrepreneurs
Achuta Kadambi PhD ’18, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of California at Los Angeles, in the category of Science
Sammy Khalifa ’12, cofounder of Vicarious Surgical, in the category of Manufacturing and Industry
Kishor Nayar SM ’14, founder of Rengen Technologies, in the category of Energy
Cameron Myhrvold, researcher at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, in the category of Healthcare
Xiaoyuan Ren SM ’16, SM ’17, founder of MyH2O, in the category of Social Entrepreneurs
Jeremy Rossmann ’13, cofounder of Make School, in the category of Education
Adam Sachs ’13, cofounder of Vicarious Surgical, in the category of Manufacturing and Industry
Kaitlyn Sadtler, MIT postdoc at the Koch Institute, in the category of Science
Raja Srinivas PhD ’17, cofounder of Asimov, in the category of Healthcare
Jonathan "Jonny" Sun, MIT graduate student (on leave) in urban studies and planning and illustrator and writer, in the category of Media
Scott Tan SM ’18, MIT graduate student in mechanical engineering, in the category of Science
Hyunwoo Yuk SM ’16, MIT graduate student in mechanical engineering, in the category of Science
