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Following the mentorship guideposts provided by MIT ([link](https://oge.mit.edu/community-diversity/awards-recognition/committed-to-caring/mentoring-guideposts/)), Prof. Kamal is excellent. Literally every single guidepost he has demonstrated in my experience working under him, and I think most other students in his lab would definitely agree.... Read More

Honestly, just save yourself the trouble and join a different lab. He has had at least 3 graduate students leave his lab in the last 3 years and he is just an awful advisor. He is predatory and likes to get international students hooked in, and then makes you feel like you are trapped in his lab and have no options. In reality, you can always just... Read More

## Advisor Style & Mentorship ego driven and highly hierarchical. doesn't respect phds or postdocs. does not offer even opportunities and has no issue denying acknowledgement to early career researchers or assistant professors on a lower scale. favors those that compliment him excessively, irrespective of their professional merits or achievements.... Read More

## Advisor Style & Mentorship, Lab Culture Been wanting to write this review for a long time but was too worried about being deanonymized. Now that fear and cowardice has been fully surpassed by the shame and guilt of not warning future or prospective students to experience what I experienced working with Roya. She is vindictive, insecure, and... Read More

Research In terms of research, he is unprofessional. He always wanted to join fields without having any deep knowledge of them. All he knew were just a few keywords. He knew many things on a surface level but lacked a deep understanding of the topics. Any expert in the subject would quickly recognize that he didn't know much, yet he acted as if he... Read More

## Advisor Style & Mentorship Working with Dr. Hussain was an incredibly frustrating and demoralizing experience. He extremely micromanages regular life while providing little to no actual guidance in research. Meetings are frequent but never start on time—he reschedules at the last minute, sometimes delaying by hours, leaving students in limbo.... Read More

He's got some good qualities, but he's also manipulative and has abused his power relative to students in situations I won't get into detail about here. He also has at least one recorded incident of effectively retaliating against a student and threatening their job prospects in a phone call as the graduated student's recommender. His lab does... Read More

Avoid. Funding is poor and PI takes advantage of the students. Willing to destroy student's career over minor... Read More

## Advisor Style & Mentorship I felt compelled to write about this PI because, to my knowledge, she is exceptional. Her support and open communication, along with an extraordinary attention to detail, are distinguishing features. She is genuinely invested in her students' learning experiences. I will refrain from writing extensively to preserve my... Read More

## Advisor Style & Mentorship More independent, meeting-oriented. ## Expectations for PhD Students 2-3 first-author publications by graduation, self-driven research. ## Funding & Support Encourages self-funded work (e.g. fellowships, student-written proposals). ## Research Electron microscopy and self-assembly. ## Lab Culture Gossipy, clicky group... Read More