Gregory J. McRae

Professor Gregory J. McRae is affiliated with the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He holds a Ph.D. from California Institute of Technology (1981) and M.S. in Chemical Engineering from the same institution (1975), alongside a B.E. from Monash University (1971).

• Research Interests: Atmospheric oxidant formation, acid deposition, global climate modeling, chemical transport in multimedia environments, process modeling, numerical analysis, and computational neuroscience.
• Notable Awards: Presidential Young Investigator Award (NSF, 1984), George Tallman Ladd Research Prize (1985), Niccograph Scientific Visualization Prize (1991), and multiple honors for environmental and computational contributions.
• Leadership Roles: Member of U.S. EPA Review Panels, National Research Council committees, NAS Panel on Destruction of Chemical Warfare Agents, SANDIA Combustion Research Facility advisory board, and U.S. DoE Science Advisory Board for Advanced Scientific Computing.
• Academic Contributions: Advisor to interdisciplinary researchers like Chuang-Chung Lee, who developed mathematical models for amyloid fibrillation and synaptic plasticity under his guidance.
• Publications: Span climate science, chemical engineering, computational methods, and neurodegenerative disease modeling, reflecting his cross-disciplinary expertise.