Contact Us

The MIT Kavli Institute (Director: Jacqueline Hewitt) is located in Building 37 of the MIT Campus at 70 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA, a short walk from the Kendall/MIT subway stop on Main Street in Kendall Square.  We also have offices and labs in Buildings NE80 and NW22.  View campus map for building locations.

For general information about the Kavli Institute, to be added to our colloquium mailing list, or to report website updates or corrections, please contact:

Debbie Meinbresse, Assistant to the Director

Phone: +1 (617) 253-1456

Fax: +1 (617) 253-3111

e-mail: meinbres@mit.edu

 

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The Astrophysics Division of the Physics Department at MIT (Division Head: Deepto Chakrabarty) is primarily located on floors 5 and 6 of the MIT Kavli Institute.  We co-sponsor a weekly MIT Astrophysics Colloquium and an Astrophysics Brown Bag Lunch Series with the MIT Kavli Institute.

For general inquiries about the Astrophysics Division, please contact:

Thea Paneth, Administrative Assistant

Phone: +1 (617) 253-3718

Fax: +1 (617) 253-9798

e-mail: tpaneth@mit.edu

 

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The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) (Director: David Shoemaker) is a facility dedicated to the detection of cosmic gravitational waves and the measurement of these waves for scientific research.  MIT LIGO is located at 185 Albany Street in Building NW22.

For general inquiries about LIGO, please contact:

Marie Woods, Administrative Assistant

Phone: +1 (617) 253-4824

Fax: +1 (617) 253-7014

e-mail: mwoods@ligo.mit.edu

 

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MIT Kavli Institute staff working on Chandra and related projects (ACIS, HETG and CXC) are primarily located at 1 Hampshire Street in Building NE80.

For general inquiries, please contact:

Elaine Tirrell, Administrative Assistant

Phone: +1 (617) 253-7480

Fax: +1 (617) 253-8084

e-mail: egt@space.mit.edu