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Research Interests

metabolic engineering, biochemical engineering, bioprocess engineering, synthetic biology

Education

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1999

S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994

Honors and Awards

Elected, Member of the National Academy of Engineering, 2025

MIT, Committed to Caring (C2C) Award, 2023-25

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

Research Interests

polymer molecular theory, polymer fluid mechanics, rheology, multiscale process modeling, transport phenomena, applied mathematics

Education

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1973,

B.ChE., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1970

Honors and Awards

AIChE Founders Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Chemical Engineering, 2020

Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2020

Elected Member of the National Academy of Engineering, 2008

Bingham Medal Award, 2006

University of Wisconsin Distinguished Service Citation, 2001

Georgia Tech Academy of Distinguished Alumni, 1996

Warren McCabe Lecturer, North Carolina State University, 1995

Society of Rheology, President, 1993-95

Professional Progress Award, AIChE, 1992

Dynamics of Polymeric Liquids named as a Citation Classic, 1988

Midwest Mechanics Seminar Series Lecturer, 1987

Outstanding Faculty Award, ChemE Dept., MIT, 1975, 1976

DuPont Young Faculty Award, 1974, 1975

Research Interests

dynamic modeling, simulation and optimization, hybrid and embedded systems, mixed-integer and global optimization theory and algorithms, design and operation of micro-scale chemical processes, systems biology, energy systems engineering

Education

Ph.D., Imperial College, University of London, 1992

M. Eng., Imperial College, University of London, 1988

Publications

Honors and Awards

Constantin Caratheodory Prize, International Society of Global Optimization, 2021

Journal of Global Optimization, Best Paper Award, 2012

Computing in Chem. Eng. Award of AIChE’s CAST Division, 2011

Indo-American Frontiers of Engineering Award, 2008

Outstanding Young Researcher Award, AIChE CAST Division, 2004

Best Paper Award, Computers and Chemical Engineering, 2004

Hoyt C. Hottel Career Development Professorship, 1992-1997

IChemE’s Hinchley Medal, 1988

BOC/Dr. M.P. Schuftan Memorial Prize for Process Design, 1987

Daniel Blankschtein

Research Interests

colloid and interface science; thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and molecular simulations of surfactant self-assembly and hydrophobic solute micellar-enhanced solubilization in aqueous media; thermodynamics, molecular simulations, and kinetics of the dispersion and stabilization of nanomaterials (carbon nanotubes, graphene, MoS2) using solvents and aqueous surfactant solutions; transdermal and oral drug delivery

Education

Ph.D., Tel-Aviv University, 1983

M.Sc., Tel-Aviv University, 1979

B.Sc., Tel-Aviv University, 1977

Book

Lectures in Classical Thermodynamics with an Introduction to Statistical Mechanics, 2021
– In the News: Chemical engineering professor turns his legendary thermodynamics lectures into a textbook.

Publications

Honors and Awards

Capers and Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Mentoring and Advising, 2015

Outstanding Faculty Award, ChemE Dept, MIT: 1991, 1993, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2011, and 2015

Society of Cosmetic Chemists, Best Poster Award, 2004

NE Society of Cosmetic Chemists, Best Paper Award, 2001

Controlled Release Society, Dow Corning Award, 1999

American Pharmaceutical Association, Ebert Prize, 1996

Harvard Health Letter, Outstanding Research Award, 1996

NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award, 1989

Computer Programs Website

Arup K. Chakraborty

Research Interests

immunology, regulation of transcription, statistical mechanics

Education

Ph.D., University of Delaware, 1988

B. of Tech., Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, 1983

Publications

Honors and Awards

AIChE’s Alpha Chi Sigma Award, 2025

James Swan Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award, Chemical Engineering Department, MIT, 2023

Doctor of Science Honoris Causa, University of Chicago, 2023

APS Max Delbrück Prize in Biological Physics, 2023

Honorary Doctorate of Science, University of Delaware, 2022

John M. Deutch Institute Professor, MIT, 2021

Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award, Chemical Engineering Department, MIT, 2021

John M. Prausnitz Institute Lecturer, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2021

Schiesser Distinguished Lecture, Lehigh University, 2020

Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award, Chemical Engineering Department, MIT, 2020

Inaugural annual IMES Founder’s Lecture, 2019

Doctor of Engineering honoris causa, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (awarded 2019, conferred 2020)

Guggenheim Fellowship, 2018

Moore Distinguished Scholar, Caltech, 2018

Elected, Member of the National Academy of Medicine, 2017

Arthur D. Little Lectures, MIT, 2017

Elected, Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2016

Richard S. Mah Lectures, Northwestern University, 2016

Berman Memorial Lectures in Medical Physics, George Washington University, 2014

Weaver Lectures in Biophysics, UC Davis, 2014

David Ollis Lectures in Chemical Engineering, NC State University, 2013

Britton Chance Lectures in Engineering & Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 2012

Outstanding Graduate Teaching award, Chemical Engineering department, MIT, 2012

Bayer Lectures, University of Pittsburgh, 2012

Lacey Lectures, Caltech, 2011

Katz Lectures, CCNY, 2010

Raman Memorial Lectures, India, 2009

Outstanding Graduate Teaching award, Chemical Engineering department, MIT, 2009

Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2008

Distinguished Alumnus Award, Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur, 2008

Elected, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2007

E.O. Lawrence Award for Life Sciences, DOE, 2007

NIH Director’s Pioneer Award, 2006

Presidential Citation for Outstanding Achievement, University of Delaware, 2005

Wilber Lecture, Rice University, 2005

Doraiswamy Lecturer, Iowa State Univ. and National Chemical Laboratory, India, 2005

Dept. of Chem. Eng. Teaching Award, UC Berkeley, 2005

Engineering Foundation Endowed Lectureship, U.T. Austin, 2005

Elected, Member of the National Academy of Engineering, 2004

Professional Progress Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2004

Merck Collaboratus Lectures, Rutgers University, 2004

Trotter Lecturer, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2004

Chemcon Distinguished Lecturer Award, Bhubaneswar, India, 2003

Robert W. Vaughan Memorial Lecturer, Caltech, 2000

Research Professor, Miller Institute for Basic Science, Berkeley, 1999-2000

Featured Speaker, NAE Frontiers of Engineering Meeting, 1999

Allan P. Colburn Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1996

Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, 1994

AIChE, Berkeley Student Chapter, Appreciation for Distinguished Teaching, 1996-97

National Young Investigator Award, 1992-1997

Allan P. Colburn Memorial Lecture, University of Delaware, 1993

Royal Academy of Engineering (U.K.), ICI Fellowship, 1993- 1998

Shell Young Faculty Fellow, 1989-1992

Best Review Paper, Intnl. Conference on Polymer/Solid Interfaces, Belgium, 1991

Clark K. Colton

Research Interests

biomedical engineering, biochemical engineering, mass transfer

Education

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1969

B.ChE., Cornell University, 1964

Publications

Honors and Awards

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

Patrick S. Doyle

Research Interests

microfluidics, complex fluids, polymer physics, rheology and transport phenomena

Education

Ph.D., Stanford University, 1997

M.S., Stanford University, 1993

B.S., University of Pennsylvania, 1992

Publications

Honors and Awards

AIChE’s Alpha Chi Sigma Award for Chemical Engineering Research, 2022

Singapore Research Professorship, 2021

J-WAFS Seed Grant, 2019

Singapore Research Professorship, 2016

Michael Mohr Outstanding Faculty Award, 2013 & 2014

Singapore Research Professorship, 2013

Soft Matter Lectureship Award, 2012

Joliot Chair, ESPCI, 2009

John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, 2009

Rothschild-Yvette Mayent-Institute Curie Award, 2009

Van Ness Lectures at RPI, 2008

Lab on a Chip, Royal Society of Chemistry and Corning Inc., Pioneers of Miniaturization Prize, 2008

Henry L. and Grace Doherty Professorship, 2005-2007

University of Notre Dame Thiele Lectureship, 2006

U of DE Colburn Memorial Lecture, 2006,

NSF-CAREER Award, 2003

3-M Innovation Fund Award, 2003

Polypops Innovation Award, 2001

Fondation de la Recherche Medical Postdoctoral Grant, 1999-2000

Institut Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1998-1999

Chateaubriand Fellowship, 1997-1998

Stanford University’s Lieberman Fellowship, 1996-1997

William H. Green

Research Interests

chemical kinetics, molecular simulation, free radical reactions

Education

Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, 1988

B.A., Swarthmore College, 1983

Publications

Honors and Awards

AIChE’s R. H. Wilhelm Award in Chemical Reaction Engineering, 2019

Inaugural Fellow of the Combustion Institute, 2018

Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2016

Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Chemical Kinetics, 2009 – 2013 Associate Editor, 2005-2008

C.M. Mohr Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching, 2006

Executive Board, Eastern States Section, Combustion Institute, 2005 – 2009

ACS Div. of Environmental Chemistry Certificate of Merit, 2005

ACS Div. of Fuel Chemistry Richard A. Glenn Award, 2004, 2009, 2013

Bye-Fellow, Churchill College, Cambridge University, 2004-2005

Thiele Lectureship Award (Univ. of Notre Dame), 2004

NSF CAREER award, 1999-2003

NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, 1989-1990

The Charles & Katherine Darwin Research Fellow, Cambridge University, 1989-1990

NATO Postdoctoral Fellow, 1989

Amoco Foundation Graduate Fellow, 1987

NSF Graduate Fellow, 1983-1985

Paula T. Hammond

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

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

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