Paulo Lozano

Miguel Alemán Velasco Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Director, Space Propulsion Lab

Contact Info

Office Phone

617.258.0742

Email

plozano@mit.edu

Office

37-401

Administrative Contact

Jean Sofronas
jeans@mit.edu
617.258.5548

Financial Contact

Venecia Siders
venecia@mit.edu
617.715.5258
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Affiliated Labs

My goal is to develop new and exciting space propulsion technologies, especially for small and relatively inexpensive spacecraft that could be used for deep-space exploration and discovery.

Specialization and Research Interests

Space propulsion, electrospray thrusters, micro and nano-fabrication, space mission design, small satellite technology development, ion beams, micro-fluidics

Teaching Interests

Space and rocket propulsion; plasma and ion beam physics

Academic Degrees

Ingeniero Fisico Industrial, 1993, ITESM, Mexico, M.Sc., 1996, CINVESTAV, Mexico, S.M. 1998, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ph.D., 2003, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Society Memberships

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Associate Fellow; American Physical Society

I have climbed the most epic climbs in the Pyrenees and the Alps in my road bike and now I have the goal to climb the Dolomites. Photo credit: Andrew Cohen

Awards & Honors

  • Best Invention Award, Lincoln Laboratory, 2021
  • Outstanding Student Advisor Award, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 2019
  • Electric Propulsion Committee Technical Achievement Award, AIAA, 2016
  • Future Mind Award, Quo+Discovery Channel, 2011
  • Best Poster Award, MNE2010, 2010