Chemical engineering is one of the broadest backgrounds one can have. It can enable you to work in so many areas - nanotechnology, materials, energy, medicine, and many others. And it can enable you to discover and invent things that can change the world.
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
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