Paula Hammond

Vice Provost for Faculty and Institute Professor

Department
Office of the Provost
Technology Areas
Biomaterials & Bioelectronics: Tissue Repair, Medical Device Coatings / Chemicals & Materials: Nanotechnology & Nanomaterials, Composites, Polymers, Catalysis & Synthesis, Fabrics & Textiles, Metals / Electronics & Photonics: Lasers, Photonics / Energy & Distribution: Photovoltaics, Electrochemical Devices, Energy Storage, Hydrocarbons / Biotechnology: DNA & RNA Editing, Biomedical Devices & Systems, Sensors & Monitoring, Synthetic Biology / Drug Discovery and Research Tools: Genomics & Proteomics, Cell Interrogation / Therapeutics: Cell Based Therapy, Regenerative Medicine, Small Molecules, Proteins & Antibodies, Nucleic Acids, Vaccines / Drug Delivery: Microparticles & Nanoparticles / Diagnostics: Assays / Sensing & Imaging: Imaging, Chemical & Radiation Sensing / Computer Science: Quantum Computing, Bioinformatics / Industrial Engineering & Automation: Manufacturing & Equipment

Background and Education

Professor Paula T. Hammond is an Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, head of the Department of Chemical Engineering and a member of MIT’s Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research. Professor Paula Hammond was elected into the National Academy of Science in 2019, the National Academy of Engineering in 2017, the National Academy of Medicine in 2016, and the 2013 Class of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.  She is also a member of the National Academy of Inventors.  She received the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Margaret H. Rousseau Pioneer Award for Lifetime Achievement by a Woman Chemical Engineer in 2019 and gave the Materials Research Society (MRS) David Turnbull Lectureship, 2019.  In 2021, Professor Hammond was selected to become a member of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST).  She has received the 2023-2024 MIT Killian Faculty Achievement Award. Prof. Hammond received her BS in Chemical Engineering from MIT, an MS in Chemical Engineering at Georgia Tech, PhD from MIT.   She held the Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, and on completing her PhD, was an NSF Postdoctoral Fellow at the Harvard University Chemistry Department before returning to MIT as a faculty member.

Hammond is a board member and co-founder of LayerBio, Inc., a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Moderna Therapeutics, Inc., the scientific advisory board of Camden Partners LLC,  a member of the Board of Alector, Inc. and member of the boards of Focal Medical and Senda Biosciences. She also serves on non-profit boards, including the Burroughs-Wellcome Fund and the MIT Engine. She is an advising partner in Catalio Nexus Ventures.

Awards and Honors

  • National Medal of Technology and Innovation | 2024
  • Othmer Gold Medal | 2024
  • Benjamin Franklin Medal in Chemistry | 2024
  • James R. Killian Jr. Faculty Achievement Award | 2023-24
  • President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) | 2021
  • Inaugural Black in Cancer Distinguished Investigator Award | 2021
  • MIT Institute Professor | 2021
  • MRS Turnbull Lectureship Award, Materials Research Society | 2019
  • AIChE’s Margaret H. Rousseau Pioneer Award | 2019
  • Elected to the National Academy of Sciences | 2019
  • ACS National Award in Applied Polymer Science | 2018
  • Elected to the National Academy of Engineering | 2017
  • Elected to the National Academy of Medicine | 2016
  • Elected AIChE Fellow | 2016
  • Alpha Chi Sigma Award for Chemical Engineering Research | 2014
  • Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences | 2013
  • Charles M.A. Stine Award | 2013
  • Ovarian Cancer Research Program Teal Innovator Award | 2013
  • Elected Fellow, ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry (POLY) | 2012
  • Distinguished Scientist Award, The Harvard Foundation | 2010
  • Elected AIMBE Fellow | 2010
  • Bayer Distinguished Lecturer | 2004
  • Georgia Tech Outstanding Young Alumni Award | 2004
  • Radcliffe Institute Fellow, Harvard University | 2003
  • Henry Hill Lecturer Award | 2002
  • Junior Bose Faculty Award | 2000
  • GenCorp Signature University Award | 2000
  • Lloyd Ferguson Young Scientist Award | 2000
  • NSF Career Award | 1997
  • EPA Early Career Award | 1996
  • DuPont Young Faculty Award | 1996
  • 3M Innovation Fund Award | 1995
  • NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship in Chemistry, Harvard University | 1994
  • Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellow | 1992
  • MIT Karl Taylor Compton Prize | 1992
  • Eastman Kodak Theophilus Sorrel Fellow | 1990

 

Technologies

Spray layer-by-layer with catechol-modified polymer for Li anode protective layers

Non-Exclusively Licensed Technology / Case number: #17113
Paula Hammond / Sun Hwa Lee
Technology Areas: Chemicals & Materials / Energy & Distribution / Industrial Engineering & Automation
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Layer-by-Layer Assemblies of Carbon-Nanotube-Like Materials and their Applications in Electrochemical Devices

Non-Exclusively Licensed Technology / Case number: #13207
Paula Hammond / Seung Woo Lee / Naoaki Yabuuchi / Yang Shao-Horn
Technology Areas: Chemicals & Materials / Energy & Distribution / Sensing & Imaging
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Development of Li Anode Protective Layers for Li-Air Batteries via Layer-By-Layer Method

Non-Exclusively Licensed Technology / Case number: #16045
Paula Hammond / Sun Hwa Lee
Technology Areas: Chemicals & Materials / Energy & Distribution
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Automated Spray-LbL Technology

Technology / Case number: #12307
Paula Hammond / Kevin Krogman / Nicole Zacharia
Technology Areas: Chemicals & Materials / Industrial Engineering & Automation
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Sequential Application of Anticancer Drugs Enhance Cell Death by Rewiring Apoptotic Signaling Networks

Technology / Case number: #15616
Paula Hammond / Stephen Morton / Michael Lee / Michael Yaffe
Technology Areas: Biotechnology
Impact Areas: Healthy Living
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Layer-by-Layer Technology for Electrochemical Devices

Technology / Case number: #12912
Paula Hammond / James Ashcraft / Avni Argun
Technology Areas: Chemicals & Materials / Energy & Distribution
Impact Areas: Advanced Materials
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Efficient TiO2 Coating on the Organic/Inorganic Substrates

Technology / Case number: #13342
Paula Hammond / Jung Ah Lee / Kevin Krogman / Randal Hill / Gregory C Rutledge
Technology Areas: Chemicals & Materials
Impact Areas: Advanced Materials
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Oxygen-Functionalized Carbons for Rechargeable Lithium Batteries

Technology / Case number: #15063
Paula Hammond / Nasim Hyder / Hye Ryung Byon / Betar Gallant / Seung Woo Lee / Yang Shao-Horn
Technology Areas: Energy & Distribution / Industrial Engineering & Automation
Impact Areas: Sustainable Future
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Layer-by-Layer Based Nanoparticles for Systemic Delivery Applications

Technology / Case number: #14680
Paula Hammond / Zhiyong Poon
Technology Areas: Chemicals & Materials / Computer Science / Drug Delivery
Impact Areas: Healthy Living
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Pooled Screening Identifies Genomic Features (Biomarkers) Modulating Nanoparticle-Cell Interactions

Technology / Case number: #22785J
Paula Hammond / Joelle Straehla / Natalie Boehnke / Angela Koehler
Technology Areas: Diagnostics / Drug Delivery / Therapeutics
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