Within the Department of Physics, PEG’s staff are divided into a number of personnel units which align closely with the membership of the staff teams that execute PEG’s largest program areas. Currently, there are three of these groups, each supervised by a Group Manager. Contact information can be found on the Physics Department Directory.
Physics Advanced Laboratory Group (Junior Lab)
Junior Lab is a two semester sequence in experimental physics, usually taken by third-year physics majors. The course focuses on the professional and personal development of the student as a scientist through the medium of experimental physics. Our work is shared with the professional community of advanced physics laboratory instructors, notably through the Advanced Laboratory Physics Association (ALPhA).
MIT Online/Residential Physics Education (MORPHE)
MORPHE provides lecturers and technical staff for our on-and-off campus MITx courses through the MITx Digital Learning Lab. Our work on MOOCs is shared with the professional community notably through the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) and IEEE/ACM. We also conduct physics education research shared with the professional community notably through AAPT and the APS Topical Group on Physics Education Research (GPER).
Physics Instructional Resources Lab (PIRL)
PIRL provides technical and teaching support for introductory physics courses at MIT. This involves the creation and curation of demonstration apparatus as well as significant classroom interacton. Our work is shared with the professional community of physics educators, notably through AAPT and the Physics Instructional Resource Association (PIRA).
| Name | Position | Primary Group |
|---|---|---|
| Mohamed Abdelhafez | Lecturer | MORPHE |
| Rosie Anderson | Technical Instructor II | PIRL |
| Caleb Bonyun | Senior Technical Instructor | PIRL |
| Peter Dourmashkin | Senior Lecturer | MORPHE |
| Byron Drury | Lecturer | MORPHE |
| Shams El-Adawy | Postdoctoral Associate | MORPHE |
| Aidan MacDonagh | Senior Technical Instructor; Digital Learning Lab Junior Fellow | MORPHE |
| Christopher Miller | Technical Instructor II | PIRL |
| Orisvaldo Salviano Neto | Assistant Educator | Junior Lab |
| Aaron Pilarcik | Technical Instructor | Junior Lab |
| Sean P. Robinson | PEG Senior Manager; Junior Lab Associate Director; Lecturer | Junior Lab |
| Cory Romanov | Technical Instructor | Junior Lab |
| Alex Shvonski | Lecturer; Digital Learning Lab Scientist | MORPHE |
| Amit Tiwari | Postdoctoral Associate | MORPHE |
| Michelle Tomasik | MORPHE Manager; Lecturer; Digital Learning Lab Scientist | MORPHE |
| Carey Witkov | Postdoctoral Associate | MORPHE |
| Joshua Wolfe | PIRL Manager; Senior Technical Instructor | PIRL |
Past Members
| Name | Position | Primary Group |
|---|---|---|
| Randy Peterson | Visiting Professor from Sewanee: The University of the South in Spring 2024 | Junior Lab |