Credits: Photos: Gretchen Ertl (left) and Mandana Sassanfar Previous image Next image Professors Jesse Kroll and Cathy Drennan are enthusiastic, whether students are sharing exciting early experimental results or raising concerns about public speaking. The two have been honored by a student-driven process as “Committed to Caring” for their dedication to students’ well-being and futures and for their ardent advocacy for student needs. Jesse Kroll: Congenial community Jesse Kroll is an associate professor in MIT’s departments of Chemical Engineering and Civil and Environmental Engineering. He joined the MIT faculty in 2009 after completing a PhD at Harvard University, serving as a postdoc at Caltech, and then working as a senior scientist at Aerodyne Research.