Community Status: Faculty

T. Alan Hatton

Research Interests

transport phenomena, separation processes, microemulsions, colloids

Education

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1981

M.Sc., Eng, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa, 1976

B.Sc., Eng, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa, 1972

Publications

Honors and Awards

NAE Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education, 2026

Founding Fellow, AIMBE, 1992

Merck Faculty Development Award, 1989

Class of ’22 Career Development Chair, 1988

Presidential Young Investigator Award, NSF, 1985

Everett Moore Baker Award for Excellence in UG Teaching, MIT, 1983

Klavs F. Jensen

Research Interests

microsystems for chemical and biological applications,materials synthesis and processing, multiscale simulation of reactive processes

Education

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1980

M.Sc., Technical University of Denmark, 1976

Publications

Honors and Awards

The Neal R. Amundson Award, 2023

National Academy of Inventors Fellow, 2022

Corning Int’l Prize for Outstanding Work in Continuous Flow Reactors & Chemistry for a Greener and Safer World, 2018

John Prausnitz AIChE Institute Lecturer Award, 2018

Elected to the National Academy of Sciences, 2017

AIChE Founders Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Chemical Engineering, 2016

IUPAC-ThalesNano International Prize, 2012

AIChE’s William H. Walker Award for Excellence in Contributions to Chemical Engineering Literature, 2011

Elected AIChE Fellow, 2009

American Academy of Arts & Sciences, 2008

Royal Society of Chemistry, 2004

National Academy of Engineering, 2002

R. H. Wilhem Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2000

Berkeley Lectures in Chemical Engineering, UC Berkeley, 2000

Charles M.A. Stine Award, AIChE, 1995

Allan P. Colburn Award of the AIChE, 1987

John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, 1987

Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, 1987

Presidential Young Investigator Award (NSF), 1984

Young Author’s Award of the Electrochemical Society, 1983

Robert S. Langer

Research Interests

drug delivery, biomaterials, tissue engineering, biotechnology, immobilized enzymes, biomedical engineering

Education

Sc.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1974

B.S., Cornell University, 1970

Publications

Honors and Awards

CLRF Lipid Science Prize, 2025

Cato T. Laurencin Regenerative Engineering Founder’s Award, 2024

Kavli Prize in Nanoscience, 2024

Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research, 2023

Balzan Prize, 2022

BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Biology and Biomedicine, 2022

Maurice-Marie Janot Award, 2020

Dreyfus Prize in the Chemical Sciences, 2019

Number 1, Master of the Bench, Medicine Maker “Power List”, 2018

Kabiller Prize in Nanoscience and Nanomedicine, 2017

Number 1, Master of the Bench, Medicine Maker “Power List”, 2017

Honorary Doctor of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 2016

World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds list, Thomson Reuters, 2016

Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, 2015

Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year, 2015

Kyoto Prize, 2014

The Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, 2013

Israel’s Wolf Prize in Chemistry, 2013

National Medal of Technology and Innovation, 2013

Elected to National Academy of Inventors, 2012

Wilhelm Exner Medal, 2012

Perkin Medal, 2012

Warren Alpert Foundation Prize, 2011

American Chemical Society Fellows, 2011

Millennium Technology Prize, 2008

Max Planck Research Award, 2008

Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research, 2008

AIChE Founders Award, 2008

Chemistry of Materials Award (American Chemical Society), 2007

Herman F. Mark Award (ACS), 2007

United States National Medal of Science, 2006

National Inventors Hall of Fame, 2006

Dan David Prize in Materials Science, 2005

Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomed Research, 2005

General Motors Kettering Prize for Cancer Research, 2004

Heinz Award for Technology, Economy and Employment, 2003

Harvey Prize in Science and Technology and Human Health, 2003

John Fritz Award, 2003

Charles Stark Draper Prize, 2002

Dickson Prize for Science, 2002

Lemelson-MIT Prize for Invention and Innovation, 1998

Gairdner Foundation International Award, 1996

William Walker Award (AIChE), 1996

Elected to the National Academy of Sciences, 1992

Elected to the National Academy of Engineering, 1992

Stine Award in Materials Science and Engineering (AIChE), 1991

Professional Progress Award (AIChE), 1990

Elected to the Inst. of Medicine of the NAS, 1989

Food, Pharmaceutical and Bioengineering Award (AIChE), 1986