atmospheric chemistry, particulate matter, organic oxidation processes, and chemical kinetics
Ph.D., Harvard University, 2002
A.M., Harvard University, 1999
A.B., Harvard College, 1996
MIT: Excellence in Postdoctoral Mentoring, 2023
NSF Career Award, 2017
James B. Macelwane Medal, American Geophysical Union, 2013
NASA Earth System Science Fellow, 2000-2002
NSF Graduate Fellow, 1997-2000
biomolecular engineering, applications of redox chemistry, clinical diagnostics, molecular biotechnology
Ph.D., Stanford University, 2003
B.S., Tulane University, 1997
Willard Henry Dow Professorship of Chemical Engineering, 2023
MIT, Committed to Caring (C2C) Award, 2019
ACS Best of BIOT Award, 2018
Selected as Innovative Young Engineer, NAE, 2017
Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award at the Scientific Interface, 2006-2011
National Institute of Chemists Outstanding Postdoc Award, 2005
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) for Postdoctoral Fellows, 2003-2005
Evelyn Liang McBain Graduate Fellow, 2001-2002
ARCS Foundation Graduate Fellow, 2000-2001
National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Fellow, 1997-2000
Barry M. Goldwater Scholar, 1996-1997
Tulane University Dean’s Honor Fellowship, 1993-1997
Phi Beta Kappa, 1997
American Chemical Society Award for College Seniors, 1997
Ann Hero Northrup Award in Chemistry, 1996
heterogeneous catalysis, energy: biomass conversion, biofuels, CO2 utilization, design of catalytic materials, porous materials
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin – Madison
B.S.E., University of Pennsylvania, Chemical Engineering
Postdoc, California Institute of Technology
IACS – International Catalysis Award, 2024
Paul H. Emmett Award in Fundamental Catalysis, 2024
The Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists – finalist, 2022
Robert T. Haslam (1911) Chair of Chemical Engineering, 2021
ACS Early Career in Catalysis Award, 2019
Rutherford Aris Award, 2019
Bose Research Grant Award, 2018
AIChE Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Young Investigator Award, 2018
Robert Augustine Award, 2018
NSF Career Award, 2015
Young Investigator Award, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, 2013
BP Postdoctoral Fellow
nano-based drugs, personalized medicine, cancer immunology
Ph.D., University of California at Davis
B.A., University of California at Santa Cruz
immunology, regulation of transcription, statistical mechanics
Ph.D., University of Delaware, 1988
B. of Tech., Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, 1983
James Swan Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award, Chemical Engineering Department, MIT, 2023
Doctor of Science Honoris Causa, University of Chicago, 2023
APS Max Delbrück Prize in Biological Physics, 2023
Honorary Doctorate of Science, University of Delaware, 2022
John M. Deutch Institute Professor, MIT, 2021
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award, Chemical Engineering Department, MIT, 2021
John M. Prausnitz Institute Lecturer, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2021
Schiesser Distinguished Lecture, Lehigh University, 2020
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award, Chemical Engineering Department, MIT, 2020
Inaugural annual IMES Founder’s Lecture, 2019
Doctor of Engineering honoris causa, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (awarded 2019, conferred 2020)
Guggenheim Fellowship, 2018
Moore Distinguished Scholar, Caltech, 2018
Elected, Member of the National Academy of Medicine, 2017
Arthur D. Little Lectures, MIT, 2017
Elected, Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2016
Richard S. Mah Lectures, Northwestern University, 2016
Berman Memorial Lectures in Medical Physics, George Washington University, 2014
Weaver Lectures in Biophysics, UC Davis, 2014
David Ollis Lectures in Chemical Engineering, NC State University, 2013
Britton Chance Lectures in Engineering & Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 2012
Outstanding Graduate Teaching award, Chemical Engineering department, MIT, 2012
Bayer Lectures, University of Pittsburgh, 2012
Lacey Lectures, Caltech, 2011
Katz Lectures, CCNY, 2010
Raman Memorial Lectures, India, 2009
Outstanding Graduate Teaching award, Chemical Engineering department, MIT, 2009
Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2008
Distinguished Alumnus Award, Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur, 2008
Elected, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2007
E.O. Lawrence Award for Life Sciences, DOE, 2007
NIH Director’s Pioneer Award, 2006
Presidential Citation for Outstanding Achievement, University of Delaware, 2005
Wilber Lecture, Rice University, 2005
Doraiswamy Lecturer, Iowa State Univ. and National Chemical Laboratory, India, 2005
Dept. of Chem. Eng. Teaching Award, UC Berkeley, 2005
Engineering Foundation Endowed Lectureship, U.T. Austin, 2005
Elected, Member of the National Academy of Engineering, 2004
Professional Progress Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2004
Merck Collaboratus Lectures, Rutgers University, 2004
Trotter Lecturer, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2004
Chemcon Distinguished Lecturer Award, Bhubaneswar, India, 2003
Robert W. Vaughan Memorial Lecturer, Caltech, 2000
Research Professor, Miller Institute for Basic Science, Berkeley, 1999-2000
Featured Speaker, NAE Frontiers of Engineering Meeting, 1999
Allan P. Colburn Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1996
Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, 1994
AIChE, Berkeley Student Chapter, Appreciation for Distinguished Teaching, 1996-97
National Young Investigator Award, 1992-1997
Allan P. Colburn Memorial Lecture, University of Delaware, 1993
Royal Academy of Engineering (U.K.), ICI Fellowship, 1993- 1998
Shell Young Faculty Fellow, 1989-1992
Best Review Paper, Intnl. Conference on Polymer/Solid Interfaces, Belgium, 1991
physics and chemistry of polymers, polymer surfaces/interfaces, structure-property relationships
Postdoctoral Fellow, Oxford University, 1972-1973
Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 1972
M.S., California Institute of Technology, 1970
B.S., Cornell University, 1968
Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2015
ACS’s Paul J. Flory Polymer Education Award, 2012
Fellow, Materials Research Society, 2010
Elected to the National Academy of Engineering, 2010
Capers and Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Mentoring & Advising, MIT School of Engineering, 2006
Fellow, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2005
Fellow, American Physical Society, 2004
Charles M. A. Stine Award, AIChE, 2000
GenCorp Signature University Award, 1999
Society of Plastics Eng. Best Paper Award, Montreal RETEC, 1997
Shell Distinguished Lecturer, Northwestern University, 1996
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher and Scholar Award, 1987
R. W. Vaughan Memorial Lecturer, Caltech, 1984
Harold and Esther E. Edgerton Assistant Professor, MIT, 1975, 1977
DuPont Young Faculty Award, ChemE Dept., MIT, 1974
biomedical engineering, biochemical engineering, mass transfer
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1969
B.ChE., Cornell University, 1964
Gambro AB Award, International Society of Blood Purification, 1986
Curtis W. McGraw Research Award, American Society for Engineering Education, 1980
Allan P. Colburn Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1977
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Teacher-Scholar Award, 1972
biochemical engineering
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1970
S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1967
B.S., University of Pennsylvania, 1966
Elected, Member of the National Academy of Engineering, 2025
ICB Inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award, 2024
Honoris Causa by Ramon Llull University in Barcelona, 2012
Dieter & Inga Koehn Lecture, 2010
Fellow of the American Chemical Society, 2009
Founding Fellow, American Institute for Medical & Biological Engineering, 1992
Institute of Biotechnological Studies, 1989 Gold Medal
James Van Lannen Award for Distinguished Service to the Division of Microbial & Biochemical Technology of the American Chemical Society, 1985
Food, Pharmaceutical & Bioengineering Division Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1983.
Becten-Dickenson Award lecturer, American Society for Microbiology, 1977
Listed in Who’s Who in Frontiers of Science & Technology
Listed in American Men of Science
Sigma Xi
bioengineering, transport phenomena, membrane separations
Ph.D., Stanford University, 1973
M.S., Stanford University, 1971
B.S., Columbia University, 1969
Graduate Student Council Outstanding Faculty Award, 2012, 2013, 2016
Warren K. Lewis Award, AIChE, 2012
Bose Award for Excellence in Teaching, MIT, 2012
Ruth and Joel Spira Award for Distinguished Teaching, MIT, 2011
Dr. Balwant S. Joshi Distinguished Visiting Professor in Chemical Engineering, UICT, Mumbai, India, 2008
Founding Fellow, AIMBE, 1992
Western Electric Fund Award, ASEE, 1982
microfluidics, complex fluids, polymer physics, rheology and transport phenomena
Ph.D., Stanford University, 1997
M.S., Stanford University, 1993
B.S., University of Pennsylvania, 1992
AIChE’s Alpha Chi Sigma Award for Chemical Engineering Research, 2022
Singapore Research Professorship, 2021
J-WAFS Seed Grant, 2019
Singapore Research Professorship, 2016
Michael Mohr Outstanding Faculty Award, 2013 & 2014
Singapore Research Professorship, 2013
Soft Matter Lectureship Award, 2012
Joliot Chair, ESPCI, 2009
John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, 2009
Rothschild-Yvette Mayent-Institute Curie Award, 2009
Van Ness Lectures at RPI, 2008
Lab on a Chip, Royal Society of Chemistry and Corning Inc., Pioneers of Miniaturization Prize, 2008
Henry L. and Grace Doherty Professorship, 2005-2007
University of Notre Dame Thiele Lectureship, 2006
U of DE Colburn Memorial Lecture, 2006,
NSF-CAREER Award, 2003
3-M Innovation Fund Award, 2003
Polypops Innovation Award, 2001
Fondation de la Recherche Medical Postdoctoral Grant, 1999-2000
Institut Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1998-1999
Chateaubriand Fellowship, 1997-1998
Stanford University’s Lieberman Fellowship, 1996-1997