Paula T. Hammond
Paula T. Hammond | |
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| Born | September 3, 1963 |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Awards | Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (2021), Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences (2019), Fellow of the National Academy of Engineering (2017), Fellow of the National Academy of Medicine (2016), Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (2016), Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2013) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biomaterials, Drug Delivery, Cancer immunology |
| Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Thesis | The Synthesis, Characterization and Optical Properties of Novel Diacetylene-Containing Aromatic Liquid Crystalline Polymers (1993) |
| Doctoral advisor | Michael Rubner |
| Other academic advisors | George M. Whitesides |
| Doctoral students | Jodie Lutkenhaus LaShanda Korley |
| Website | https://hammondlab.mit.edu/ |
Paula Therese Hammond (born September 3, 1963) is an Institute Professor and the Dean of the School of Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In 2015, she became the first woman and person of color appointed as head of the Chemical Engineering department. Her laboratory designs polymers and nanoparticles for drug delivery and energy-related applications including batteries and fuel cells.
Hammond has been the recipient of numerous awards and is a member of the National Academy of Medicine (2016), the National Academy of Engineering (2017, “for contributions to self-assembly of polyelectrolytes, colloids, and block copolymers at surfaces and interfaces for energy and healthcare applications”), the National Academy of Sciences (2019), and the National Academy of Inventors (2021).
She is an intramural faculty member of the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research and an associate editor of ACS Nano.