Faculty FacultyStylianos (Stelios) VarchanisRaymond A. and Helen E. St. Laurent Career Development Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering emailsvarch@mit.eduroom66-470 Support StaffTseganesh Gudeta Research Interests transport phenomena, rheology, microscale fluid-structure interactions, computational mechanics Education PhD., University of Patras, 2020 M.Sc., University of Patras, 2016 B.Sc., University of Patras, 2013 Honors and Awards Flatiron Research Fellowship, Simons Foundation, 2023-2026 Best Research Presentation Runner-up Award, HAMER, 2025 Walters Prize, Best Paper of the Year, Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 2023 KAKENHI Early-Career Scientist, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2022-2023 Doctoral Scholarship, State Scholarships Foundation (IKY), 2018-2020 Best Oral Presentation Award, CES-WGP3, FORTH/ICE-HT, 2017 Academic Excellence Award, Highest-Ranking Graduate Student, Limmat Foundation, 2016