Faculty FacultyConnor W. ColeyClass of 1957 Career Development Professor; Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science phone617.253.9218fax617.253.1651emailccoley@mit.eduroom66-548 Research Website Support StaffCindy Welch Research Interests autonomous discovery, machine learning, laboratory automation, chemical synthesis, molecular design, drug discovery Education Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019 M.S.CEP., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016 B.S., California Institute of Technology, 2014 Publications Honors and Awards Scialog Funding for Automated Laboratories, 2024 James W. Swan Outstanding Faculty, 2024 Samsung AI Researcher of the Year, 2023 Technology Review, 35 Innovators Under 35, 2023 Class of 1957 Career Development Professorship, 2023 Schwarzman College’s Inaugural Common Ground Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2023 Schmidt Futures AI2050 Early Career Fellows Award, 2022 Bayer Foundation Early Excellence in Science Award, 2021 NSF CAREER Award, 2021 CAS Future Leader, 2019 ACS CINF Scholarship for Scientific Excellence, 2019 Forbes 30 Under 30: Healthcare, 2019 AIChE PD2M Student Award, 2018 C&EN’s “Talented 12”, 2018 DARPA Riser, 2018 William C. Rousseau Award, MIT, 2016 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 2014 Robert T. Haslam Presidential Graduate Fellowship, MIT, 2014 Frederic W. Hinrichs, Jr. Memorial Award, Caltech, 2014 Tau Beta Pi, 2013