Admir Masic

Admir Masic is an Associate Professor at MIT's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, where he leads the Masic Lab. His research focuses on sustainable construction materials, particularly cement-based systems, and integrates insights from ancient materials to address modern environmental challenges. He holds tenure and is a faculty fellow in Archaeological Materials at the Center for Materials Research in Archaeology and Ethnology (CMRAE).

Education: PhD in Physical Chemistry (University of Turin, Italy) and postdoctoral research at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces. His work spans biomineralization, self-healing concrete, and carbon capture technologies. He co-directs the MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub and founded the MIT Refugee Action Hub (ReACT), providing education for displaced learners.

Research highlights include revealing the self-healing mechanisms of Roman concrete, developing carbon-storing cement composites, and creating energy-storing supercapacitors using ancient materials. His lab employs advanced techniques like Raman spectroscopy and correlative imaging to bridge nanoscale phenomena with macro-engineering applications.

• Awards: Tenured at MIT (2024), numerous grants from industry partnerships.
• Grants: Collaborations with Japanese industry via MIT EC^3 Hub, funding for sustainable infrastructure projects.

Labs/Teams: Masic Lab, MIT EC^3 Hub, MIT ReACT, and the Concrete Sustainability Hub. Active in translating research into industrial applications through partnerships like DMAT Performance Matters.