Paula T. Hammond, a leading innovator in nanotechnology, has been named the recipient of the 2023-2024 James R. Killian Jr. Faculty Achievement Award. She is Institute Professor at MIT and a member of MIT's Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research. She is the Vice Provost for Faculty at MIT as of January 2024.

Professor Hammond, an MIT Institute Professor, was honored for her work designing novel polymers and nanomaterials, which have extensive applications in fields including medicine and energy. More at MIT News.

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