Faculty
Members of the System Dynamics Group proudly carry on the legacy of its founder, Jay Forrester. They are engaged in research on process improvement and organizational transformation, sustainability, climate change policy, and global public health. The group develops formal simulation models and management simulators to help address important challenges in business and public policy. They also engage in empirical, field, and action research.
FULL-TIME FACULTY
Johan Chu
Hear name pronounced.Sarofim Family Career Development Assistant Professor
Johan Chu is the Sarofim Family Career Development Assistant Professor and an Assistant Professor of System Dynamics at the MIT Sloan School of ManagementJohan’s research examines the shifting bases of social power and corporate advantage. Recently…
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Hazhir Rahmandad
Hear name pronounced.Schussel Family Professor of Management Science
Hazhir Rahmandad is the Schussel Family Professor of Management Science and a Professor of System Dynamics at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Hazhir's research shows how complex organizational dynamics can lead to heterogeneity in organizational…
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Nelson P. Repenning
School of Management Distinguished Professor of System Dynamics and Organization Studies
Nelson P. Repenning is the Faculty Director of the MIT Leadership Center, and the School of Management Distinguished Professor of System Dynamics and Organization Studies at the MIT Sloan School of Management. His early work focused on understanding…
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John D. Sterman
Jay W. Forrester Professor of Management
John D. Sterman is the Jay W. Forrester Professor of Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management and a Professor in the MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society. He is also the Director of the MIT System Dynamics Group and the MIT Sloan…
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Vicky Chuqiao Yang
Richard S. Leghorn (1939) Career Development Assistant Professor in Management of Technological Innovation
Vicky Chuqiao Yang is the Richard S. Leghorn (1939) Career Development Assistant Professor in Management of Technological Innovation and an Assistant Professor of System Dynamics at the MIT Sloan School of Management.She was most recently an Omidyar…
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John Carrier
Senior Lecturer, System Dynamics
John Carrier is a Senior Lecturer of System Dynamics at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Carrier instructs senior managers on improving manufacturing and business processes and serves as an on-site coach in support of projects. His research…
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Charles Fine
Chrysler Leaders for Global Operations Professor of Management
Charles Fine is the Chrysler Leaders for Global Operations Professor of Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management. SInce 2015 he has also served as CEO, President, and Dean of the Asia School of Business (in Kuala Lumpur), established in…
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Mohammad Jalali
Senior Lecturer
Mohammad Jalali, aka ‘MJ’, is a Senior Lecturer at the MIT Sloan’s System Dynamics Group, and an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School.He also serves as a member of the Board of Scientific Counselors at the Centers for Disease Control and…
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Donald Kieffer
Senior Lecturer, Operations Management
Donald Kieffer is a Senior Lecturer in Operations Management at MIT Sloan.He is a career operations executive and co-creator of Dynamic Work Design. Kieffer started working running equipment in factories at age 17. He was vp of operational…
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Retsef Levi
J. Spencer Standish (1945) Professor of Management
Retsef Levi is the J. Spencer Standish (1945) Professor of Operations Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He is a member of the Operations Management Group at MIT Sloan and affiliated with the MIT Operations Research Center. Levi also…
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Harvey Michaels
Lecturer, System Dynamics and Information Technology
Harvey Michaels is an MIT Sloan Lecturer who teaches Energy Management Innovation, and is Principal Investigator for the MIT ESI Cities and Climate Change Program.At MIT he leads the Clean Heat Systems Dynamics Project, and participated in several…
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Robert Nachtrieb
Senior Lecturer, System Dynamics
Robert Nachtrieb is a Senior Lecturer in System Dynamics at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He co-teaches the System Dynamics II Elective for EMBAs and Sloan Fellows. Nachtrieb is the lead scientist at Lutron Electronics, the worldwide…
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John M. Reilly
Senior Lecturer, Emeritus
John Reilly is the co-director of the Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, and a Senior Lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management.An energy, environmental, and agricultural economist, Reilly focuses on understanding the…
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Anjali Sastry
Senior Lecturer, Global Economics and Management
Anjali Sastry is a Senior Lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management. She is also a Lecturer at Harvard Medical School. Sastry explores practical aspects of organizational and managerial effectiveness in settings facing complex challenges and…
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Peter M. Senge
Senior Lecturer, Leadership and Sustainability
Peter M. Senge is the founding chair of SoL (Society of Organizational Learning), a global network of organizations, researchers, and consultants dedicated to the “interdependent development of people and their institutions”, Senior Lecturer, Sloan…
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Steven Spear
Senior Lecturer, System Dynamics
Steve Spear DBA MS MS is principal of SeeToSolve LLC, whose SaaS products support the tapping into of an enterprise’s distributed and collective intelligence, and he is author of The High Velocity Edge. As a senior lecturer at MIT’s Sloan School of…
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Research centers at MIT and MIT Sloan pursue solutions to the world’s most significant challenges. Through collaboration with other top researchers and business leaders, MIT Sloan faculty and students have a powerful impact on leading organizations and on everyday life.
Faculty in the System Dynamics Group are affiliated with the following research centers at MIT:
Affiliated Faculty
Jason Jay
Hear name pronounced.Senior Lecturer, Sustainability
Jason Jay, PhD, is the Director of the MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative and a Senior Lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management. His teaching, research, and community-building help people navigate the tensions that arise as we simultaneously…
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Henry B. Weil
Senior Lecturer, Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Management
Henry Weil is a Senior Lecturer of Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Weil served as president and chief executive officer of Cambridge-based management consulting firm…
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