Paula Therese Hammond-Cunningham

Born: 1963

Country of Birth: USA

Nationality: USA

Ethnicity: Black

Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1984 BS & 1993 PhD Chemical Engineering; Georgia Institute of Technology MS Chemical Engineering 1988

Field of Study: Chemical Engineering

Institution/Corporation: MIT

Degrees & Memberships: Member: President s Council of Advisors on Science & Technology (PCAST 2021), National Academy of Sciences (2019), National Academy of Engineering (2017), National Academy of Medicine (2016), AIChE Fellow (2016), American Academy of Arts & Sciences (2013), Felow ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry (POLY 2012), AIMBE Fellow (2010), Radcliffe Institute Fellow Harvard University (2003), Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellow (1992), Eastman Kodak Theophilus Sorrel Fellow (1990), National Academy of Inventors (2021), Board of Directors Alector & Burroughs Wellcome Fund

Awards: 1997, NSF Career Award; 2023-24, James R. Killian Faculty Achievement Award; 2021, Inaugural Black in Cancer Distinguished Investigator Award; 2019, MRS Turnbull Lectureship Award, Materials Research Society; 2019, AIChE s Margaret H. Rousseau Pioneer Award; 2018, ACS National Award in Applied Polymer Science; 2014, Alpha Chi Sigma Award for Chemical Engineering Research; 2013, Charles M.A. Stine Award; 2013, Ovarian Cancer Research Program Teal Innovator Award; 2010, Distinguished Scientist Award, Harvard Foundation; 2004, Bayer Distinguished Lecturer; 2004, Georgia Tech Outstanding Young Alumni Award; 2002, Henry Hill Lecturer Award; 2000, Junior Bose Faculty Award; 2000, GenCorp Signature University Award; 2000, Lloyd Ferguson Young Scientist Award; 1996, EPA Early Cancer Award; 1996, DuPont Young Faculty Award; 1995, 3M Innovation Fund Award; 1994, NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship in Chemistry, Harvard University; 1992, MIT Karl Taylor Compton Prize

Achievements: Koch Professor of Engineering, Department Head of Chemical Engineering, Koch Institute of Integrative Cancer Research, MIT-1st woman & person of color appointed to head an engineering dept at MIT; co-founded MIT s Institute for Soldier Nanotechnology, a joint venture with the US Army to develop nanotechnology to improve soldier protection & survivability; founder of LayerBio Inc to commercialize LayerForm