Admir Masic
CEE Associate Professor
DMSE Faculty Fellow in Archaeological Materials
CMRAE Center for Materials Research in Archaeology and Ethnology
MIT ReACT Hub Faculty Director
M.S. University of Turin, Italy
Ph.D. University of Turin, Italy
Founder Adamantio Ltd. Science in Conservation, Turin, Italy
Research Scientist Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany
EDUCATION
Postdoctoral Fellow
Material Science
Postdoctoral Fellow
Material Science
Graduate Studies
Physical Chemistry
Undergraduate and Master
Chemistry
2008 - 2009
2007
2002 - 2006
1996 - 2001
Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam (Germany) | Advisor: Prof. Peter Frazl
University of Turin, Italy
Material Science
University of Turin, Italy | Advisor: Prof. Salvatore Coluccia
Title: Application of innovative characterization techniques for the study of deterioration pathways within objects of cultural and artistic interest.
University of Turin, Italy | Advisor: Prof. Roberto Gobetto.
Title: Molecular motions of organometallic compounds in cyclodextrins studied by means of solid state NMR. Grade 110/110 cum laude
EMPLOYMENT
Jan. 2021 - Present
Sep. 2018 - Present
Sep. 2015 - Jan. 2021
Jan. 2009 - Aug. 2015
Jan. 2008 - 2009
Jun. 2007 - Dec. 2007
Mar. 2007 - Dec. 2007
Feb. 2005 - Jun. 2007
Sep. 2003 - Oct. 2003
Associate Professor without Tenure (AWoT), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT
DMSE Faculty Fellow in Archaeological Materials, CMRAE, MIT
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT
Independent Group Leader, Department of Biomaterials at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biomaterials at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany.
Visiting scientist at BAM (Dr. Rabin) and BESSY (Dr. Schade), Berlin, Germany.
(BAM: Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing; BESSY: Berlin Synchrotron Facility)
Postdoctoral fellow (Prof. Coluccia), University of Turin, Italy.
Founder and scientific director of “Adamantio srl, Science in Conservation” (Turin, Italy), an academic Spin-Off of the University of Turin that focuses on materials characterization and other services in the field of Cultural Heritage (www.adamantionet.com)
Visiting scientist at University of London, Birkbeck College (Dr. Odlyha), UK.
OTHER APPOINTMENTS
Sep. 2019 - Present
May 2017 - Present
Jul. 2016 - Jun. 2017
Jul. 2009 - Aug. 2015
Jun. 2009
Feb. 2005 - Jun. 2007
MIT SOLVE, Faculty Advisory Board (Regular Member)
MIT Refugee Action Hub, MIT ReACT (Founder and Faculty Director)
MIT SOLVE, Challenge Leader
Vibrational spectroscopy lab chief scientist at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces.
Organizer of the Max-Planck summer school on Amorphous Solids in Physics and Biology (http://bioamorphys.mpikg.mpg.de/)
Founder and scientific director of “Adamantio srl, Science in Conservation” (Turin, Italy), an academic Spin-Off of the University of Turin that focuses on materials characterization and other services in the field of Cultural Heritage (www.adamantionet.com)
CONSERVATION SCIENTIST
Consultant for Adamantio srl and ERRESSE Group (http://www.erressegroup.it/restauro.html). Several years of experience in working on projects related to the restoration of archaeological, architectonic and artistic objects including: (i) Dead Sea Scrolls (Shrine of the Book, Jerusalem), (ii) Masterpieces of Italian painters: Caravaggio (Bacchus, Boy Bitten by a Lizard, The Raising of Lazarus), Titian (Martirio di San Lorenzo), Paolo Veronese (Last Supper), and others; (ii) Monuments and archaeological sites: Bernini columns of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome (Vatican City), Carignano Palace (Turin), Carignano Theater (Turin), Egyptian Museum (Turin), Stupinigi Palace (Turin), Imperial Roman Villa of Arcinazzo Romano (Rome), Royal Palace in Monza (Monza), archaeological excavations Criptoportici (Formia, Latina), archaeological excavations Santa Maria church and monastery of Tergu (Sassari), and others.
REVIEWER
PNAS, Nature Communications, Journal of Structural Biology, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, Construction and Building Materials, Rock Mechanics, Biomacromolecules, Archeometry, JMBBM
Frontiers, Research Topic: Functional Materials for Bio-Applications (Topic Editor)
HONORS AND AWARDS
Maseeh Excellence in Teaching Award, Department of CEE, MIT, 2019
Esther and Harold E. Edgerton Career Development Professorship, 2016
WITec Paper Award, 2016
Young Investigator Award, SPP1420, "Biomimetic Materials Research: Functionality by Hierarchical Structuring of Materials", 2012
EXIST Business Start-up Grant, German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. Project: INNERVision, 2011
PROVIN technology transfer regional grant (Italy). Project: “Adamantio srl”, 2005
EDISU Turin, Italy, full scholarship and housing for entire undergraduate and graduate studies (1997-2003)
Open Society Croatia Award, for outstanding achievement during high school education (1996).
Participation in the annual National Olympiad in Chemistry (Croatia) (1993/94/95/96).
Participation in the summer school of 20 best young chemistry students of Croatia (1993).
ACTIVE COLLABORATIONS
Biological materials (structural mechanical and chemical characterization)
Peter Fratzl, Damien Faivre, Helmut Schlaad (Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces), James C. Weaver (Harvard University, USA), Steve Weiner and Lia Addadi (Weizmann Institute, Israel), Ali Miserez (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), Herbert Waite (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA), Dong Soo Hwang (POSTECH, South Korea).
Regenerative medicine and bone disease diagnostics
Kay Raum (Berlin-Brandenburg School for Regenerative Therapies, Berlin, Germany), Klaus Klaushofer (Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology, Vienna, Austria), Lara Estroff and Claudia Fischbach (Cornell University, USA)
Archaeology and art restoration
Ira Rabin (BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, Berlin), Marco Nicola (Adamantio srl, Turin, Italy), Roberto Scalesse (ERRESSE Group, Rome, Italy).