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Admir Masic

A man with short gray hair and glasses, wearing a white lab coat over a light blue shirt, stands in front of a blurred background featuring shelves with books and a yellow object.

Materials scientist at MIT, born in Bosnia and trained in Italy, who led the team that identified the self-healing mechanism in Roman concrete in a 2023 Science Advances paper. His lab applies spectroscopic techniques to archaeological materials, including parchment, frescoes, and ancient mortars. He has co-founded a startup, DMAT, commercialising hot-mixed cement formulations for modern construction.

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