Faculty FacultyKaren K. GleasonAlexander and I. Michael Kasser Professor; Professor of Chemical Engineering, Emerita phone617.253.5066fax617.253.8388emailkkg@mit.eduroom3-240 & 66-542B Research Website Support StaffAlina Haverty Research Interests chemical vapor deposition, membranes, organic surfaces, interfaces, and devices Education Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, 1987 S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982 S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982 Publications Honors and Awards 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
