Paula Hammond, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Chemical Engineering Professor Cambridge, Massachusetts hammond@mit.edu Office: (617) 258-7577

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Dr. Hammond is the David H. Koch Professor in Engineering at MIT. She received her S.B. in Chemical Engineering from MIT in 1984, her M.S. from Georgia Tech in 1988, and earned her Ph.D. from MIT in 1993. In 1994, she was awarded the NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship in Chemistry while performing postd...

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Dr. Hammond is the David H. Koch Professor in Engineering at MIT. She received her S.B. in Chemical Engineering from MIT in 1984, her M.S. from Georgia Tech in 1988, and earned her Ph.D. from MIT in 1993. In 1994, she was awarded the NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship in Chemistry while performing postdoctoral research in the Harvard University Chemistry Dept as a member of the Whitesides research group. In 2000, she was awarded the Junior Bose Faculty Award, and the GenCorp Signature University Award. She has also received the NSF Career Award, the EPA Early Career Award, the DuPont Young Faculty Award, and the 3M Innovation Fund Award. Recently, The Harvard Foundation presented Dr. Hammond the 2010 Scientist of the Year Award as part of its annual Albert Einstein Science Conference: Advancing Minorities and Women in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics. Also, Dr. Hammond was one of a group of key faculty members involved in starting the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies.

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