Eli Paster

Eli is a PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  He holds a B.S. from the University of Colorado at Boulder and an M.S. from MIT in the same field.  His research focuses on the development of novel chemical analysis instrumentation that utilizes stochastic system identification techniques to extract rapid, high-accuracy results from noisy environments.  He holds several US patents and is the co-author of several scientific journal and conference publications.

Eli has been involved in a variety student government and policy organizations while attending MIT, serving previously as a Graduate Student Council Representative, Advising Analyst, and Chair of the Advising Initiative Subcommittee.  He currently sits on the Institute Committee for Graduate Programs and is Chair of the MIT Legislative Action Committee.

As NAGPS Legislative Concerns Chair, Eli hopes to enable organized, effective responses to issues and policies that affect graduate students nationwide, and facilitate greater student-led legislative participation for the NAGPS constituency.