Research Interests
macromolecular design and synthesis, targeted drug delivery for cancer, nanoscale assembly of synthetic biomaterials, electrostatic and directed materials assembly
Education
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993
M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1988
S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1984
Publications
Honors and Awards
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 from the Materials Research Society, 2019
AIChE’s Margaret H. Rousseau Pioneer Award, 2019
Elected to the National Academy of Sciences, 2019
ACS Nat’l 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