Research by PhD student Stefanie Stantcheva touches on taxation,
student loans and education incentives. Seven MIT women faculty
are among the 60 top scientists cited in the November issues of
Popular Science and Discover magazine. Professors Angela M.
Belcher and Linda G. Griffith are featured in Popular Science.
They are among the "PopSci Brilliant 10," a list of "scientists
who are shaking up their fields and whose work will touch your
life," according to the magazine. "The men and women in our
first annual list are not famous yet, but they are ground-
breaking, risk-taking, maniacally committed researchers."
Belcher is an associate professor in the Department of Materials
Science and Engineering and the Biological Engineering Division.
Griffith is a professor in the Biological Engineering Division
and the Department of Chemical Engineering. Another five MIT
faculty members appear in Discover magazine's story on the 50
most important women in science. The magazine reports that "to
read their stories is to u