turbulent drag reduction, graph-theoretic modeling of hydrocarbon pyrolysis pathways, mechanistic investigation of high-transfer hydrogen transfer pathways
Sc.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1967
B.Tech, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 1962
Outstanding Veteran Advisor Award, 2016
metabolic engineering, biochemical engineering, bioprocess engineering, synthetic biology
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1999
S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994
AIChE’s Andreas Acrivos Award for Professional Progress in Chemical Engineering, 2021
Gordon Y. Billard Award, 2021
Fellow of the AAAS, 2018
MLK Leadership Award, 2017
Fellow, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, 2014-15
MacVicar Faculty Fellow, 2014
Biochemical Engineering Journal Young Investigator Award, 2011
MIT School of Engineering Junior Bose Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2010
National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2010
Technology Review “TR35” Young Innovator, 2007
Outstanding Faculty Award for Undergraduate Teaching, 2006
Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, 2005
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation New Faculty Award, 2004
Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, 1998
UNCF-Merck Science Initiative Graduate Fellowship, 1996
NOBCChE/DuPont Graduate Fellowship Award, 1996
NDSEG Fellowship, 1994
Robert T. Haslam Cup ChemE Dept, MIT, 1994
Karl Taylor Compton Prize, MIT, 1994
NSBE Distinguished Fellow, 1994
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
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
chemical vapor deposition, membranes, organic surfaces, interfaces, and devices
Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, 1987
S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982
S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982
AIChE’s Margaret Hutchinson Rousseau Pioneer Award for Lifetime Achievement by a Woman Chemical Engineer, 2021
John M. Prausnitz AIChE Institute Lecturer Award, 2019
Charles M.A. Stine Award, 2015
Elected Member of the National Academy of Engineering, 2015
Elected AIChE Fellow, 2013
AIChE Process Development Research Award, 2012
Printed Electronics Europe Best Materials Award, 2011
Keynote speaker, 23rd Int’l Conf. on Amorphous and Nanocrystalline Semiconductors, 2009
Chair, 5th Intl. Conf on Hot-Wire Chemical Vapor Deposition, August 2008
Donders Visiting Prof., Utrecht University, Netherlands, 2006
Excellence Award, SEMATECH, 2000
Tenth Annual Van Ness Award Lecturer, RPI, 2000
Chair, Gordon Conference of Diamond Synthesis, Oxford UK, 1998
Presidential Young Investigator, National Science Foundation, 1990
Young Investigator Award, Office of Naval Research, 1990
Amoco Foundation Fellow, 1982-85
NCAA Post-graduate Fellow, 1982
All-American NCAA Division III Swimming, 1978-82
macromolecular design and synthesis, targeted drug delivery for cancer, nanoscale assembly of synthetic biomaterials, electrostatic and directed materials assembly
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993
M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1988
S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1984
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
drug delivery, biomaterials, tissue engineering, biotechnology, immobilized enzymes, biomedical engineering
Sc.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1974
B.S., Cornell University, 1970
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